EMMANUEL SOCIAL SCIENCE

  WORK-BOOKS Work-books help the learners to develop various skills. It acts as an extension of a textbook. Assignments and followup activities can be done in their workbook. It caters to the principle of learning by doing. The pupils learn  various concepts and skills by doing. The tasks should be of such a nature that they would lead to the concretization of the concepts presented in the text-book. Work book A workbook is a type of book or digital resource that contains a collection of exercises, activities, and tasks designed to help individuals learn, practice, and apply new skills or knowledge.  It is often used in educational settings, such as classrooms, training sessions, or workshops, but can also be used for personal development and self-study. Common characteristics of a workbook  1. Interactive:  Workbooks typically include exercises, quizzes, and activities that require active participation. 2. Practical:  Workbooks focus on applying knowledge...

  HAND BOOKS Handbooks are instructional resources that help the teachers in their day to day classroom instructions. They are prepared by educationists, experts and teachers together in workshops conducted by academic bodies. Handbook provides necessary guidelines for effective instruction of Social Science. Elements of a Hand Book The following are the important elements A sound theoretical background of the Social Science Curriculum and Teaching. A comprehensive view of the major theories and practices related to Social Science curriculum must be illustrated in a handbook. This may help the teacher for a better understanding of the curriculum. Objectives of Each Unit in the TextBook. Curricular objectives must be clearly stated in a handbook. These objectives can act as a basis for planning instruction. Objective states must be clear and specific in terms of cognitive and behavioral outcomes. Prerequisites for Each Unit in the Text Book. A good hand book indicates the prereq...

  Text books Textbooks  are the central teaching tool for Social Science learning. Bacon defined the textbook as " a book designed for classroom use, carefully prepared by experts in the field and equipped with the usual teaching devices". Textbooks are the best companion for students and just a supplementary material for teachers. Purpose of Text Books Major purposes of text books are:- 1. To help the teachers It provides useful guidelines for day to day teaching. It provides suggestions for assignments and serve as a reference book for the teachers 2. To help the students. For pupils, textbooks are the most accessible guide, reference books and all time companion. 3. To give minimum essential knowledge at one place. A text book that covers the entire syllabus and give minimum essential knowledge at one place. 4. To help in self teaching. It gives an overall coverage of content, provides concerned activities, information about further studies, assignments, enrichment tasks...

  Micro-teaching Micro-teaching technique was first adopted at Stanford University , USA in 1961 by Dwight W. Allen and his co-workers and is now followed in many countries with modified and improved versions. It is a training procedure for teacher preparation aimed at simplifying the complexities of the regular teaching process. Micro teaching is a scaled down sample of teaching in which a teacher teaches a small unit to a small group of 5 to 10 pupils for a small period of 5 to 10 minutes. Micro-teaching is a new design for teacher training , which provides trainees with feedback about their performance immediately after completion of a micro lesson. Objectives of Micro-teachin g 1. To enable teacher-trainees to learn and assimilate new teaching skills under controlled conditions. 2. To enable teacher-trainees to gain confidence in teaching , and to master a number of skills by dealing with a small group of pupils. Characteristics of Micro-teaching It is a scaled down teach...