Principles and Practices Of Teaching Civics and Citizenship Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Meaning, Importance and Place of Civics in the School Curriculum. 2. Objectives of Teaching Civics. 3. Correlation of Civics with Other Social Sciences. 4. Curriculum and Principles of Curriculum Construction. 5. Organisation of Curriculum in Civics. 6. Curriculum of Civics at Different Levels. 7. Civics Curriculum Suggested by Review Committee (1977). 8. Curriculum of Civics at Different Levels. 9. Curriculum in Political Science in Classes IX and X as Suggested by NCERT. 10. Project Method and Source Method. 11. Problem Solving-Deductive and Inductive Methods. 12. Socialized Recitation and Supervised Study. 13. Lecture Method, Text-book Method and Heuristic Method. 14. Assignments, Home Work and Dictating Notes Methods. 15. Dalton Plan and Discussion Method. 16. Play-Way in Education. 17. General Principles, Maxims and Techniques of Teaching. 18. Questioning and Answering. 19. Audio-Visual Aids in the Teaching of Civics. 20. Description and Preparation of Audio-Visual Aids. 21. Lesson Planning in Civics. 22. Civics Text-book and Supplementary Material. 23. Civics Room and Museum. 24. Civics Teacher and His Qualities. 25. Utilizing Community Resources and Current Affairs in Civics. 26. Role of Teaching of Civics in Emotional and National Integration. 27. Salient Features of Indian Constitution. 28. Citizenship-Fundamental Rights and Duties. 29. Human Rights. 30. Organisation of Youth Parliament in Schools. 31. Examination and Evaluation in Civics. 32. Bloom\'s Approach to Evaluation: Writing Instructional Objective Type Test Items. 33. Illustrative Lesson Plans.

"The book highlights one of the most important objectives of education i.e. inculcation and promotion of qualities of good citizenship which is of great significance in the building of a great democratic nation.

For sometime now the subject of Civics which is an important instrument in inculcating values of an enlightened citizenship has been losing ground in utility and the interest, it once commanded. The book is an attempt at instilling interest again in the teaching and learning of the subject. A perusal of the educational literature indicates that there is a great paucity of standard books on the subject and the present volume may fulfill the gap.

The book offers important principals and practical measures of promoting citizenship education.

The publication which focuses on the ideals, values and forces shaping the society, is especially designed to equip the perspective teacher as well as teacher-in-service with maximum information, knowledge and the wisdom to guide the would be citizens.

On account of wide coverage of the subject matter the book should prove useful to all those who are interested in promoting qualities of citizenship."