Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

2.3.4. Let us Summarise
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Humanities is a stream of study which primarily deals with aspects of human
behaviour and its effects on society. This covers the areas of human behaviour,
psychology, philosophy, criminology, sociology, anthropology and much more.
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In the Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area includes a
study of history, geography, civics, citizenship, economics, business and much
more.
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Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human 
society and culture.
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There are many advantages of learning humanities subjects
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While framing the curriculum, it is important to know the functions it needs to
fulfil. They can be identified as follows:
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Organisation of social science curriculum needs to be meticulous task. It involves
mainly four aspects namely, the objectives, pedagogic strategies, content and
evaluation procedures
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There are different approaches to organize the content of social sciences and
they are the spiral, concentric, and topical approaches. Each approach has merits
and limitations. Teachers have to select appropriate approaches based on the
level, need and interest of students.
Check Your Progress – 2
Classify the following attributes under spiral, concentric and topical approaches
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strategy that fosters continuous un broken learning of the subject matter of
social science
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the whole curriculum is spread over a number of years
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focus is on developing simple generalization
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organised according to the mental development of the pupil
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provides an action plan for dealing with vast material
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details are gradually added
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themes of interest for students are selected
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will make social science a subject of immediate and real interest for the average
pupil
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involves logical and rational procedures