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Pedagogy of Social Science Syllabus

Pedagogy of Social Science Syllabus For B.Ed First Year, Second Year, And Semester 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th And 8th Free Download PDF For The Session 2020 - 2021 - 2022

Pedagogy of Social Science

• Time: 3 Hour
• Max. Marks: 100
• (Theory: 80, Internal: 20)

NOTE FOR PAPER SETTER

• Paper setters will set 9 questions in all, out of which students will be required to attempt 5 questions.
• No. 1 will be compulsory and will carry 16 marks. There will be 4 short-answer type questions of 4 marks each to be selected from the entire syllabus.
• Two long answer type questions will be set from each of the four units, out of which the students will be required to attempt one question from each unit. Long-answer type questions will carry 16 marks each.

Course Outcomes (COs)

After completion of this course the student–teachers will be able to:

• Elaborate on the concept, nature, and scope of social science.
• Establish a correlation of social science within or with other school subjects and life situations.
• Get acquainted with the procedures of skills and pedagogical analysis for social science teaching.
• Prepare lesson plans by applying knowledge of planning.
• Explain the essentials of curriculum and textbooks of social science
• Select and develop the support material required for designing learning experiences.
• Develop an understating of methods and approaches of teaching social science.
• Acquire competencies in preparing tools of evaluation social science learning.

COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

UNIT 1

Nature & Scope of Teaching of Social Science

• Meaning, Nature and Scope of Social Sciences as a school subject.
• Aims and Objectives of Teaching Social Sciences at School level.
• Values of Teaching Social Sciences
• Taxonomy and behavioral Objectives in Social Sciences.
• Relationship of Social Science with other subjects and within the subject.
• Understanding terminology of Social Sciences: Social structure, social stratification, community, state, region, market

Read Also: Pedaogogy Of Social Science Notes

UNIT-2

Pedagogical Analysis and lesson planning

• Meaning and importance of pedagogical analysis
  • Points followed for pedagogical analysis: (i) Identification of concept (ii) Listing behavioral outcomes (iii) Listing activities & Experiments (iv) Listing evaluation techniques.
• Some content for pedagogical analysis:
  • Constitution of India
  • Physical features of India
  • Indian Freedom Movement
  • Population
  • Democracy in the contemporary world
  • Disaster Management
• Skills of teaching Social Sciences: Skill of Introducing, Skill of Illustration with Examples, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of Questioning and Skill of Stimulus Variation
• Lesson planning in Social Sciences: Need & Importance, Basic Elements & its Preparation

UNIT 3

Teaching-learning resources and process

• Meaning, Importance, and Principles of designing a good Curriculum of Social Sciences; Critical Appraisal of the Existing Curriculum in Social Sciences, Suggestions for improvement; Approaches of organizing social sciences curriculum- logical, concentric, spiral, chronological.
• Teaching Learning Material: Textbook & Reference Books, Documentaries, News Papers, Maps, Community, Atlas, and E-resources (Blog, World Wide Web, and Social Networking.)
• Social Science Club- Meaning, Importance, and Organization(Club activities, Exhibitions, Field Trips, Quiz Competitions)

UNIT 4

Approaches and Evaluation in Teaching

• Classroom Processes: Discovery method, Discussion method, Source method, Survey Method, and Story Telling.
• Meaning, Importance, and Types of Evaluation in Social Sciences.
• New approaches to Assessment – Question bank, Open Book Examination, Grading & Credit System.
• Construction of Achievement Test – Concept and Steps.

Practicum/Sessional

Any one of the following:

• Explore how cartoons, stamps, currency, magazines, globes, and so on be used in teaching social science.
• Make an Observation and prepare a list of places of historical interest/monument nearer to your residence and prepare a report on it.
• Conduct a quiz competition in the class on a day of national importance and prepare a report of the same.
• Prepare an action plan for the social science club.
• Prepare a list 10 of books/Journals in social sciences with all bibliographic details for purchasing to the classroom library.
• Draw different types of maps of the World, India, and locality /Create a comparative timeline of events in India and the world of the Modern Age.
• Prepare a sample of Different Types of Test items on different objectives or Select a concept in Social Science prepare a diagnostic test
• Prepare a sample of Content analysis, instructional objectives, Learning Activities, Learning Experience of a Topic from standard 6th or 10th.

Suggested Readings / REFERENCE BOOKS:

• Agarwal, J.C. (1993). Teaching of Social Studies- A Practical Approach, Second Revised Edition, Vikas Publishing House.
• Batra, P.(ed) (2010) Social Science Learning in Schools: Perspective and Challenges, New Delhi, Sage
• Dhamija, N. (1993). Multimedia Approaches in Teaching Social Studies, New Delhi: Harman Publishing House
• Eklavya (1994) Samajik Adhyayan Shikshan: Ek Prayog, Hoshangabad: Eklavya.
• George, A. and Madan, A.(2009) Teaching Social Science in Schools, NCERT’s New Textbook, New Delhi: Sage
• Gupta Rainu (2013) Teaching of Social Science, New Delhi, Doaba Publications.
• Gupta Rainu (2012) Samajik Vigyan Shikshan, New Delhi :Doaba Publications.
• Khan, S. U. (1998). History Teaching-Problems: Prospective and Prospect, New Delhi: Heera Publications
• Kochhar, S.K.(1998).Teaching of Social Studies, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt, Ltd New Delhi.
• NCERT (2006). Position Paper National Focus Group on Teaching of Social Sciences, New Delhi: NCERT
• NCERT Social Science Textbooks for classes VI-X, New Delhi: NCERT.

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