EMMANUEL SOCIAL SCIENCE

  LESSON PLAN   The plan for a single lesson for a period is known as a lesson plan. A lesson plan is a plan of action . It gives an outline of the lesson to be taught. It indicates all the objectives to be realised by teaching a lesson, the learning experiences to be provided and the evaluation procedure to be adopted. Lesson planning involves defining the objectives , selecting and arranging the subject matter and determining the method and procedure.  Planning lesson is one of the most important aspect under pedagogic meditators Need for lesson planning T he specific needs for planning a lesson are listed below: To give a definite direction to the teacher for each day's work. To make the teacher mastery in content and to enable him to develop confidence. To plan for maintaining links between different lessons for teaching a particular unit and between the various learning materials in the same lesson. To specify well defined goals to be realised in the course o...

  UNIT PLAN Unit Plan The plan for the instruction of a unit is known as unit plan. It is a challenging task to be performed by a teacher as part of the pedagogic analysis.  A well developed unit plan will give the teacher a meaningful gestalt of the unit and would enable him to handle it in a systematic manner. He should select the units as per the year plan. All aspects such as objectives, content analysis, major learning experiences, instructional strategies and aids, evaluational procedures, etc. regarding the unit plan are to be thoroughly analysed and systematically recorded in the unit plan. Provisions suggested in t year plan for the unit also should be taken care of. In order to understand the scope of the unit at that particular stage the unit has first to be analysed into subunits or major learning points. Importance of Unit Plan 1. Unit plan assists a teacher in arranging the contents of the unit in a meaningful way. 2. Teacher can utilise, the time and periods...

  Year plan  Planning Planning is the process of deciding in advance what is to be done in future. Need for planning instruction For successful and effective teaching, planning is necessary. Teacher can present the content in a logical and systematic way. Teacher can save time and effort. Teacher can expect good instruction. Planning reflects the teachers individuality and personality. Lesson plan provides opportunity for experiment. It provides feeling of security. It fits the responsibility of teacher. Year plan Planning for the whole year's work as part of the pedagogic analysis is known as year plan. Here the subject matter and other tasks related to curriculum transaction could be tallied with the total time of the teacher. Proper utilisation of all the inputs available also could be ensured. It helps the teacher to formulate objectives that could be realised during the year as a whole. Proper scheduling of evaluation and co-curricular activities too can be done. This is ...

Principles of Teaching  A principle may be regarded as a statement which reflects the fundamental t ruth about some phenomenon. It establishes cause and effect relationship and  serves as a guide to thought and action. The teaching principles are the statements  of fundamental truth which provides guidelines for effective teaching strategies. Some major principles of teaching are  1. Principle of activity Children are active in nature and any process that is based upon student activity will make learning effective and meaningful. This principle of teaching motivates the learners and makes them active participants in the learning process. 2. Principle of motivation This principle demands that the teacher will do his best to motivate all children to learn. Motivation arouses the interest of children and once they become interestedly they are willing to concentrate and work. 3. Principle of self education Best teaching should enable the child to learn by his own efforts...

 Maxims of Teaching The word 'maxim' means a statement giving general truth or rule of conduct. A maxim which acts as a guiding principle to the teacher in the task of imparting instruction. By practising the direction suggested by the maxims instruction becomes effective.  Significance of maxims of teaching 1. The maxims of teaching are very helpful in obtaining active involvement and participation of the learner in the teaching-learning process. 2. By applying the maxims during instruction, the teacher can develop interest among the children and motivate them to learn. 3. Practising the maxims makes learning easy, effective and meaningful.  Some maxims of teaching in social science are 1. Proceed from known to unknown The new knowledge to be imparted should be linked with the experience already learned by the pupils. If the teacher links the new and unfamiliar knowledge with the already learned knowledge, learning becomes easy and meaningful. Here the brain can easily a...

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS Content is the subject matter of a lesson or a unit. Content serves as the basis for the development of curricular experiences. Effective learning can be organised only by analysing the content. Content analysis is the process of breaking up the subject matter into name, year, places, terms, facts, concepts, principles, rules, processes, etc.   Content analysis is a very important step in pedagogic analysis. For this the subject matter should be analysed and arranged in a logical sequence. Content analysis is purely an intellectual activity that depends on the congnitive insight of a teacher. The term content analysis has been defined by I.K. Davies as "the analysis of topic or content to be taught into its constituents or elements and then arranging them in a logical sequence". A content should be broken down into its elements. Each element may then be transacted by using specific facts appropriate for realising specific objectives. There elements ...