Social Science Education (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2024
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Paperback. This book provides an introduction into social science pedagogy in India. It delves into the interrelationships between society, social relationships, education, and learning.Social science education in schools helps build a critical understanding of social processes and institutions. This book critically examines school spaces and approaches to social science teaching and pedagogy in Indian schools. It outlines distinguishing features, differences, and similarities in pedagogical models and also explains how these varied approaches can be applied in the teaching process. The book also addresses the challenges and possibilities of integrating technology in teaching social sciences. Part of the series, Principles-based Adaptive Teaching, this book will be of interest to students and teachers of education and the social sciences. It will also be of interest to teachers, educators, curriculum designers, policy makers and social science course developers, NGOs, and public and private sector bodies who focus on teaching and learning practices. This book provides an introduction into social science pedagogy in India. It delves into the interrelationships between society, social relationships, education and learning. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Social Science Education (Paperback)
- Author
- Simantini Dhuru
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1032568461
- ISBN 13
- 9781032568461
- Series
- Book 4 of 4: Principles-based Adaptive Teaching
This book provides an introduction into social science pedagogy in India. It delves into the interrelationships between society, social relationships, education, and learning.
Social science education in schools helps build a critical understanding of social processes and institutions. This book critically examines school spaces and approaches to social science teaching and pedagogy in Indian schools. It outlines distinguishing features, differences, and similarities in pedagogical models and also explains how these varied approaches can be applied in the teaching process. The book also addresses the challenges and possibilities of integrating technology in teaching social sciences.
Part of the series, ‘Principles-based Adaptive Teaching’, this book will be of interest to students and teachers of education and the social sciences. It will also be of interest to teachers, educators, curriculum designers, policy makers and social science course developers, NGOs, and public and private sector bodies who focus on teaching and learning practices.
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About the Author
Yemuna Sunny is a researcher, teacher and writer who has been engaged with social science education for nearly three decades. She has been a senior fellow in the Eklavya Foundation in Madhya Pradesh. She has been part of the focus group for social science for the National Curriculum Framework, 2005, and played a pivotal role in guiding teachers to write social science text books in Kerala state in 2008. She was central to the evolution of the course 'Pedagogy of social studies' in the Masters of Arts in Education (Elementary) (MAEE) programme at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, which she taught for nine years. She has vast experience in writing for teachers, students, and curriculum developers. Her research and publications are based mostly on social geography, politics of knowledge, and critiques of curriculum and educational policies, tribal issues and sustainable development. She has authored a number of articles and books. Her recent writings, along with innovative cartographies, are being published as books for young readers.
Simantini Dhuru is the Director of the Avehi Abacus Project, Mumbai – a unique educational initiative devoted to strengthening and transforming public education. She has played a key role in policy-making and curriculum development bodies at state and national levels (particularly actively contributing her experiences and insights in the capacity of a member to the National Executive Committee for Sarva Shikha Abhiyan, NCERT and Maharashtra SCERT). She is a visiting faculty with the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE, formerly CEIAR), where she developed and taught the integrated B.Ed. M.Ed. course, and the School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She also developed and taught a course in Indian Education at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. She is also a documentary filmmaker with national and international awards to her credit.
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