Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Block - 1 : Introduction to Disciplines and
School Subjects
Unit - 1 : Concept and Meaning of School Subject,
Discipline and Academic Disciplines
Unit Structure
1.1.1
Learning Objectives
1.1.2
Introduction
1.1.3
Learning Points and Learning Activities
1.1.3.1.
Concept and Meaning of School Subject
Check Your Progress - 1
1.1.3.2.
Concept and Meaning of Discipline
Check Your Progress - 2
1.1.3.3.
Concept and Meaning of Academic Disciplines
Check Your Progress - 3
1.1.4
Let us Summarise
1.1.5
Answers to ‘Check Your Progress’-1, 2, and 3
1.1.6
Unit-end Exercises
1.1.7
References
1.1.1. Learning Objectives
After learning through this Unit, the student teachers will be able to
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Explain the concept and meaning of School Subjects
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Explain the concept and meaning of Discipline
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Explain the concept and meaning of Academic Disciplines
1.1.2. Introduction
You are familiar about different school subjects like Science, Social Science and
Mathematics etc. You also know that these subjects belong to different disciplines. If you
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have noticed the way we teach these subjects, you will realise that we teach each of these
subject in a different fashion. You might have already noticed it. Science is not taught as
we teach social science. Why is this? This is because the nature of each discipline is different
and this demands different type of methodology or approach for each subject. Hence it is
very important for each teacher to understand the nature of each discipline so that the
methodology can be properly adopted. Before understanding the nature of each discipline,
it is important to know the meaning of ‘Discipline’ and its related concept ‘Academic
Discipline’ and the concept of school subjects. Let us understand the meaning of these
concepts and relationship among them in this unit.