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Social Science Education: Developing Social Scientific Perspective (Principles-Based Adaptive Teaching)

Social Science Education: Developing Social Scientific Perspective (Principles-Based Adaptive Teaching)

Simantini Dhuru, Yemuna Sunny
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Publication Date: August 22nd, 2024
Publisher:
Routledge Chapman & Hall
ISBN:
9780367706425
Pages:
152
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Description

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 critical understanding of social processes and institutions. This book critically examines school spaces and approaches to social science teaching and pedagogy in modern 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 using technology and the experiences of using technology-based resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part of the series, 'Principles-based Adaptive Teaching', this book will be of interest to students and teachers of education and sociology. It will also be of interest to teachers, educators, curriculum designers and social science course developers, NGOs, and public and private sector bodies who work in science teaching and learning practice.

About the Author

Yemuna Sunny is a researcher and writer; she has been engaged with social science education for nearly three decades. She has been part of the focus group for social science for NCF, 2005 and of textbook writing for the Kerala government. She was crucial in evolving the course, 'Pedagogy of social studies', in MAEE 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, critiques of curriculum and educational policies. 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 level. She is a visiting faculty with the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE formerly CEIAR) and School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She is also a documentary filmmaker with national and international awards to her credit.

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