The teacher in any educational process occupies a key position. He is the key to success and failure of entire educational process. Educational aims at developing desired behaviors among the students this aim is achieved by teacher’s human touch and effective interaction with the students.
SPECIAL QUALITIES OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER
He should have an open mind towards other cultures of the world. He should have interest and knowledge in the subject. He should also like his profession. Other qualities which are important for the Social Studied teachers are as follows:
• Art of developing human relations.
• In depth knowledge of the subject.
• Should know to apply the knowledge of the subject in real life?
• A teacher who is well informed and the one who keeps himself up to date with the current events, affairs and happenings.
• A teacher should be a good communicator.
• He should be a widely traveled person.
• He should be a resourceful and creative person, and full of new ideas.
• Well experienced person with exposure is various cultures, traditions, tradition, customs, and different countries.
• He should be interested in traveling, should have interest in other, cultures.
• She should have high moral standards.
• He should be skilled to use technology.
SOCIAL STUDIES TEXT TEXTBOOKS:
Characteristics of good social studies textbooks
1) A good Social Studies book should be child centered.
2) It should contain valid information and should explain the content well.
3) It should be interesting for the students.
4) It should use suitable language for the age group of the class.
5) It should be written in such a way so the students can do self study.
6) It should contain glossary, exercises, and suggested activities.
7) It should have colourful pictures and diagrams to illustrate new concepts.
8) Paper quality and binding should be also sturdy and longlasting.
Evaluation of social studies text book of std 8$9.
1) Author- Information about the writer.
2) Publisher or publications
3) External format- Inner layout, printing quality, diagrams, pictures, graphs, illustrations, no. of pages, etc…
4) Organization of the book.
5) Presentation, style, language, vocabulary, clarity of language, etc….
Unit analysis in social studies:
1) We must find out whether the book is divided the lessons according to units or not.
2) Teaching according to units is better to create better understanding of the whole topic.
Using current events on social studies:
1) It is very essential to include current events in Social Studies teaching.
2) This makes the teaching of Social Studies more relevant and effective, students can learn make connection with the theory and the actual life situation.
3) It makes the students aware about current happenings in our country and in the world. It creates interesting study.
SPECIAL QUALITIES OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER
He should have an open mind towards other cultures of the world. He should have interest and knowledge in the subject. He should also like his profession. Other qualities which are important for the Social Studied teachers are as follows:
• Art of developing human relations.
• In depth knowledge of the subject.
• Should know to apply the knowledge of the subject in real life?
• A teacher who is well informed and the one who keeps himself up to date with the current events, affairs and happenings.
• A teacher should be a good communicator.
• He should be a widely traveled person.
• He should be a resourceful and creative person, and full of new ideas.
• Well experienced person with exposure is various cultures, traditions, tradition, customs, and different countries.
• He should be interested in traveling, should have interest in other, cultures.
• She should have high moral standards.
• He should be skilled to use technology.
SOCIAL STUDIES TEXT TEXTBOOKS:
Characteristics of good social studies textbooks
1) A good Social Studies book should be child centered.
2) It should contain valid information and should explain the content well.
3) It should be interesting for the students.
4) It should use suitable language for the age group of the class.
5) It should be written in such a way so the students can do self study.
6) It should contain glossary, exercises, and suggested activities.
7) It should have colourful pictures and diagrams to illustrate new concepts.
8) Paper quality and binding should be also sturdy and longlasting.
Evaluation of social studies text book of std 8$9.
1) Author- Information about the writer.
2) Publisher or publications
3) External format- Inner layout, printing quality, diagrams, pictures, graphs, illustrations, no. of pages, etc…
4) Organization of the book.
5) Presentation, style, language, vocabulary, clarity of language, etc….
Unit analysis in social studies:
1) We must find out whether the book is divided the lessons according to units or not.
2) Teaching according to units is better to create better understanding of the whole topic.
Using current events on social studies:
1) It is very essential to include current events in Social Studies teaching.
2) This makes the teaching of Social Studies more relevant and effective, students can learn make connection with the theory and the actual life situation.
3) It makes the students aware about current happenings in our country and in the world. It creates interesting study.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1) Field trips to places: Field trips are enjoyable; children love to visit different places. It gives them firsthand information. Mostly every city has a Museum that can provide, interesting, ideas. It can be a joyful experience. Visit to planetarium as a very educate experience. Visits to exhibitions can be arranged by schools; they are very useful tool for teaching the subject. Field trips can also be organized to other institutions; that can give them interesting experiences.
2) Arranging exhibition in schools: Students work, projects, charts, models, booklets, reports can be displayed in the school and the students can explain their projects orally. This activity can really create lot of interest and also it develops creativity.
3) Display of bulletin boards: School boards can have displays of photographs and information from newspaper magazines charts, graphs, maps mode by students. It can also display students’ class work, current events, photos etc….
4) Watching videos and T.V. programmes, on the topics related to social studies: The teacher can record interesting programmes from T.V. shows. Now days there are many ready made CDs available on various topics of Social Studies. The teacher can also prepare PPT s for the lessons he is teaching- that can help to clarify the concepts.
5) Surfing on the internet: Students can find information from internet from internet. They can also find images other related information, data and details to understand the social studies concepts, issues, events etc…
SOCIAL STUDIES CLUB:
Social study club is an organization, where activities related to social studies can be carried on in the school premises. Social Studies teacher can prepare a constitution with the students of the school and different students can take up different portfolio to manage the club and they can learn many interesting things.
• The members can decide an attractive name for the club
• The members of the club also plan out activities which they want to do during the whole year
• The club can form its objectives. They can be like
• Creating interest in the subject
• Developing creativity and social skills among students
• To develop patriotism and unity among students
• To cultivate hobby of collection stamps, coins, flags, Interesting, information from different cultures
• To learn about different countries their cultures and people
• To develop social interaction among the students
These activities can also provide opportunities to the students to communicate with the community members as well as among students themselves and teachers.
ACTIVITIES OF THE CLUB:
1) Youth parliament.
2) Three plantation- Environmental awareness.
3) Dramatics.
4) Exhibitions, surveys, social services.
5) Guest lectures.
6) Field trips to mecums, historical, sites, planetariums etc….
7) Quiz debates, seminars, workshops, competitions etc….
ROLE OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS AND COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Children cannot learn content and content related skills without valid source of information. Information sources for the social studies can be grouped into two categories.
1) Reading materials and resources. Textbooks encyclopedias, references, compilers, magazine, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, periodicals, brochures.
2) Non reading materials and resources. Pictures films, filmstrips recordings, field trips, maps, globs and community resources. The chosen material should be such that will help the teacher to achieve those learning objectives. After selection the textbooks she should find appropriate teaching aids. Why?
a) Because all the children don’t learn in some way.
b) Children learning range differs.
c) Each media has strength and limitations. Instructional material needs to be evaluated carefully before during, and after they have used. It is not a good policy to use any and materials simply because they are available. The quality of the material or resource should be primary consideration in deciding its use. Maps, that are out of date, films that are of poor quality, pictures that are inaccurate, or field trips that are poorly guided, it is better to not to use such material.
d) More than one media helps in motivating and creating interest in the subject.
e) Different sources provide different insights so all possible medias should be used.
1) Authorship of the Textbook: It should ensure scholarly accuracy. It should appeal to the students’ it should consider its standard and should keep reading level of the students in mind. It should keep the syllabus in mind.
2) Treatment of content: It should have adequate subject matter which should be selected from a broad range of sources like history, geography, civics, political science and economics etc. and other social sciences. It should provide global platform.
3) Formal and general appearance of the textbook: To ensure an interesting and appealing look the book should be of proper size .with good quality binding. Illustrations should be simple not too complicated.
4) Organization of the textbook: It should meet the existing curricular pattern and see that it meets the needs of students. The organization of the book should encourage students to study.
5) Visual materials: Colorful accurate illustrations of sufficient number and size should be used. Visual material should be useful to enhance learning. Not just to add the attractiveness of the book?
6) Textbook as an Instructional aid: It should become a useful teaching aid to the teachers which can provide them the basic knowledge about the syllabus of the class.
7) Literary quality of the textbook: It should have consistent writing simple but proper language should be used.
USIING CURRENT EVENTS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SOCIAL STUDY:
Instruction
The most common method of including current affairs is,
1) Teaching current affairs in addition to social study.
2) Using current to supplement or reinforce the Social Studies programme.
3) Using currents affair as the as the basic for social units.
4) Using current affairs in addition to Social Studies textbook.
The teacher can spend a few minutes each morning for the discussion of important news stories. Encourage the children to bring news clipping from newspapers, magazines etc. which are related to classroom work and the teacher helps to interpret these stories. This way the students can understand the current events and local issues in much better way.
This will also help to form the habit of news paper reading when they become adult citizens.
1) Field trips to places: Field trips are enjoyable; children love to visit different places. It gives them firsthand information. Mostly every city has a Museum that can provide, interesting, ideas. It can be a joyful experience. Visit to planetarium as a very educate experience. Visits to exhibitions can be arranged by schools; they are very useful tool for teaching the subject. Field trips can also be organized to other institutions; that can give them interesting experiences.
2) Arranging exhibition in schools: Students work, projects, charts, models, booklets, reports can be displayed in the school and the students can explain their projects orally. This activity can really create lot of interest and also it develops creativity.
3) Display of bulletin boards: School boards can have displays of photographs and information from newspaper magazines charts, graphs, maps mode by students. It can also display students’ class work, current events, photos etc….
4) Watching videos and T.V. programmes, on the topics related to social studies: The teacher can record interesting programmes from T.V. shows. Now days there are many ready made CDs available on various topics of Social Studies. The teacher can also prepare PPT s for the lessons he is teaching- that can help to clarify the concepts.
5) Surfing on the internet: Students can find information from internet from internet. They can also find images other related information, data and details to understand the social studies concepts, issues, events etc…
SOCIAL STUDIES CLUB:
Social study club is an organization, where activities related to social studies can be carried on in the school premises. Social Studies teacher can prepare a constitution with the students of the school and different students can take up different portfolio to manage the club and they can learn many interesting things.
• The members can decide an attractive name for the club
• The members of the club also plan out activities which they want to do during the whole year
• The club can form its objectives. They can be like
• Creating interest in the subject
• Developing creativity and social skills among students
• To develop patriotism and unity among students
• To cultivate hobby of collection stamps, coins, flags, Interesting, information from different cultures
• To learn about different countries their cultures and people
• To develop social interaction among the students
These activities can also provide opportunities to the students to communicate with the community members as well as among students themselves and teachers.
ACTIVITIES OF THE CLUB:
1) Youth parliament.
2) Three plantation- Environmental awareness.
3) Dramatics.
4) Exhibitions, surveys, social services.
5) Guest lectures.
6) Field trips to mecums, historical, sites, planetariums etc….
7) Quiz debates, seminars, workshops, competitions etc….
ROLE OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS AND COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Children cannot learn content and content related skills without valid source of information. Information sources for the social studies can be grouped into two categories.
1) Reading materials and resources. Textbooks encyclopedias, references, compilers, magazine, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, periodicals, brochures.
2) Non reading materials and resources. Pictures films, filmstrips recordings, field trips, maps, globs and community resources. The chosen material should be such that will help the teacher to achieve those learning objectives. After selection the textbooks she should find appropriate teaching aids. Why?
a) Because all the children don’t learn in some way.
b) Children learning range differs.
c) Each media has strength and limitations. Instructional material needs to be evaluated carefully before during, and after they have used. It is not a good policy to use any and materials simply because they are available. The quality of the material or resource should be primary consideration in deciding its use. Maps, that are out of date, films that are of poor quality, pictures that are inaccurate, or field trips that are poorly guided, it is better to not to use such material.
d) More than one media helps in motivating and creating interest in the subject.
e) Different sources provide different insights so all possible medias should be used.
1) Authorship of the Textbook: It should ensure scholarly accuracy. It should appeal to the students’ it should consider its standard and should keep reading level of the students in mind. It should keep the syllabus in mind.
2) Treatment of content: It should have adequate subject matter which should be selected from a broad range of sources like history, geography, civics, political science and economics etc. and other social sciences. It should provide global platform.
3) Formal and general appearance of the textbook: To ensure an interesting and appealing look the book should be of proper size .with good quality binding. Illustrations should be simple not too complicated.
4) Organization of the textbook: It should meet the existing curricular pattern and see that it meets the needs of students. The organization of the book should encourage students to study.
5) Visual materials: Colorful accurate illustrations of sufficient number and size should be used. Visual material should be useful to enhance learning. Not just to add the attractiveness of the book?
6) Textbook as an Instructional aid: It should become a useful teaching aid to the teachers which can provide them the basic knowledge about the syllabus of the class.
7) Literary quality of the textbook: It should have consistent writing simple but proper language should be used.
USIING CURRENT EVENTS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SOCIAL STUDY:
Instruction
The most common method of including current affairs is,
1) Teaching current affairs in addition to social study.
2) Using current to supplement or reinforce the Social Studies programme.
3) Using currents affair as the as the basic for social units.
4) Using current affairs in addition to Social Studies textbook.
The teacher can spend a few minutes each morning for the discussion of important news stories. Encourage the children to bring news clipping from newspapers, magazines etc. which are related to classroom work and the teacher helps to interpret these stories. This way the students can understand the current events and local issues in much better way.
This will also help to form the habit of news paper reading when they become adult citizens.
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