CC-07A_2_Social Science_Pedagogy of Social Science Teaching: Political Science

Author: Ms. Sukanya Ghosh

Syllabus:

Unit I: Foundation of Social Science Teaching:

• Aims and objectives of Social Science Teaching.

• Social Science Curriculum, Values of Social Science Teaching.

• Inter relationship of various branches of Social Science

• Innovations in Social Science teaching

• Inculcation of National Integrity through social science teaching

Unit II: Strategies of Social Science Teaching:

• Features, Limitations and comparison of different methods

• Lecture Method,

• Interactive Method

• Demonstration-observation Method

• Regional Method

• Heuristic Method

• Project Method

• CAI

Unit III: Learning Resource in Social Science Teaching:

• Meaning, type and importance of Learning Resources.

• Quality of good social science text book.

• Teaching aids in Social Science.

• Improvisation of Teaching Aids.

• Planning and organization of Social Science Laboratory

Unit IV: Learning Designing:

• Concept, Importance and Types of Learning Design

• Steps of Learning Design

• Qualities of Good Learning Design

Unit V: Evaluation in Social Science Education:

• Evaluation devices, evaluation programme in social studies

• Competency based evaluation, continuous and comprehensive evaluation; formative and summative evaluation, diagnose and remediation; construction of assessment tools like achievement test.