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Democracy through social science

Social Science education for democracy Concept of democracy The word democracy is derived from two Greek words Demos-  people Kratia - power Democracy means power of the people. Definition Democracy is the government of the people by the people and for the people - Abraham Lincoln The word democracy points out two views The type of government on hand The way of life Both these have a common element. That is control. keeping in view the good of the people, individual and social contacts are subjected to control. In the first view, the control is by the government, and it is external in nature . In the second view, the control of the individual by himself for the social welfare, and it is external in nature. Democracy includes Political democracy The right to vote the majority to power Give sovereignty to the people Social democracy Implies a classless society Equality before law and Justice Cultural democracy ...

Self instructional strategies

Self instructional strategies (individualised instruction) Self instruction in is to make each child's learning selfie associated and self directed. Individual instruction implies that attention is given to to individual student and not to class as a whole. Programmed learning Program instruction involves controlled, carefully specified and skillfully arranged learning experiences.  programmed learning applies the principles of psychology and technology in the learning process. The main objective of program learning is to provide individualized instruction .  Programmed learning is a self instructional and self corrective technique in which all the learning material is presented to the learner stage by stage through sequentially arranged smaller units called frames.  The frames are graded according to the level of difficulty as well as logical sequence. It is presented in such an order that it results in the best understanding and retention. A programme ...