Pedagogy of Social Sciences

Contents: Preface. Preface to the first edition. 1. Social sciences: meaning, nature, scope and importance. 2. Values or advantages of social sciences teaching. 3. Aims and objectives of teaching social sciences. 4. Formulation of instructional objectives in social sciences. 5. Social sciences curriculum. 6. Correlation in social sciences. 7. Methods of social sciences teaching. 8. Strategies and devices of teaching social sciences. 9. Social sciences textbook. 10. Social sciences room or laboratory. 11. Instructional material or teaching aids in social sciences. 12. Utilization of community resources in social sciences teaching. 13. Organization of co-curricular activities in social sciences. 14. E-learning in social sciences. 15. E-learning resources in social sciences. 16. Team teaching in social sciences. 17. Social sciences teacher. 18. Professional growth of the social sciences teachers. 19. Individualized self-instruction through programmed learning. 20. Development of teaching skills through micro-teaching. 21. Pedagogical analysis of the contents in social sciences. 22. Unit planning and daily lesson planning in social sciences. 23. Evaluation in social sciences. 24. Diagnostic testing and remedial teaching in social sciences. References. Suggested readings. Index.

 

Written in an easy-to-understand style, the text has been thoroughly revised in tune with the spirit and need of the new nomenclature Pedagogy of Social Sciences in place of the old designation Teaching of Social Studies. It reflects on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to teach Social Sciences in an effective manner.

 

Introducing new chapters, the second edition of the book mainly focuses on improving the methodological concepts of the Social Sciences teachers. In doing so, it covers various strategies and devices of teaching Social Sciences, e-learning in Social Sciences, e-learning resources in Social Sciences, and professional growth of the Social Sciences teacher. Besides, the chapters of the previous edition have been updated, with the required information given in various new sections.

 

This book is suitable for a course on ‘Pedagogy of Social Sciences’ for the students of B.Ed. and M.A. (Education). It can also be used for the in-service teacher education programmes organized by the Central and State education boards.

 

NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION:

 

• In addition to the four new chapters, the book now incorporates several new sections:

• Concept and meaning of the term Social Sciences; distinguishing the subject Social Sciences from Natural Sciences and the subject Social Studies; justification for using the term teaching/pedagogy of Social Sciences in place of teaching/pedagogy of Social Studies (Chapter 1)

• Bloom’s revised taxonomy, 2001 (Chapter 4)

• Views of NCF and Focus Group (NCERT) about curriculum at the various stages of school education (Chapter 5)

• Survey method and cooperative learning method for the teaching of Social Sciences (Chapter 7)

• Reference books in Social Sciences (Chapter 9)

• Atlases, newspapers, digital audio recorders and players and documentaries as instructional material or teaching aids (Chapter 11)

• Question banks, grading system, open book examinations and use of rubrics as the means and ways for improving the evaluation programmes in Social Sciences (Chapter 23)

• Also, the chapter on ‘Relationship of Social Studies with other Subjects’ has been replaced with a more comprehensive and detailed chapter on ‘Correlation in Social Sciences’ (Chapter 6)