The student teachers:

Become aware of the scope and significance of social science as a school subject
Internalise the aims and objectives of teaching social science in the interface of national goals
Develop the ability to integrate the study of various subjects constituting social science
Develop ability to assess the principles and theories applicable to the teaching-learning process.

The meaning and scope of social science as a unique discipline. - Social Studies and Social Science - differentiated. - Need and importance of social science in the modern age.

General aims and values of teaching social science. - Specific objectives of teaching social science with special reference to cognitive domain, affective domain and psychomotor domain. The special role played by social science education in the inculcation of the values of:
National Integration - International understanding - Democracy, socialism, secularism.

Correlation and fusion as pedagogical principles, with special reference to social science. Correlation with History, Geography, Economics, Civics, Literature, Mathematics and Science., Correlation with life.

1 Principles related to instruction. - individual difference – motivation – grading –
2 Instructional approaches:
The stress on process of learning rather than mere knowledge of content; learning considered as learning to learn. - Inductive-Deductive approach in generalising concepts, principles and process related to social studies. - Learning through observation of immediate and remote phenomena. - Multimedia approach - Multi-methodology approach.
3 Methods of teaching
Traditional methods vs modern methods of teaching Social Science - Comparison of basic principles - Essentials for effective teaching - How theories of learning influence instructional strategies with special reference to behavioural theories, humanistic theories, cognitive theories. - Components of an effective lesson.
4 Innovative strategies of learning:
Collaborative learning Computer-assisted learning Programmed learning Task analysis

The student teachers:

Get acquainted with various approaches of constructing curriculum for Social Science
Become familiar with modern trends in instructional methodology and content in Social Science
Get acquainted with the modern methods of evaluation with special reference to Social Science education.
Acquire mastery over development and use of tools of evaluation and interpretation of test results.
Develop various skills and techniques in preparing improvised learning materials.

Social Science curriculum - Principles of selecting content - Modern trends in curriculum construction - Organising curriculum.

Place of instructional strategies in curriculum - Traditional vs modern instructional strategies.

Introduction to 'models of teaching'; models specially suited for Social Science instruction - The Concept Attainment Model - The Advance Organizer Model - The Jurisprudential Model

Designing instructional strategies. - Instruction based on problem-solving approach: Investigative - teaching; Discovery learning; Guided discovery learning. - Inquiry-based instruction - Inductive instructional model - Guided inductive inquiry teaching - Deductive instructional model: Meaningful verbal learning. - Activated explaining model - Constructivist model - Thinking skills development model - Scientific process / research model of teaching Social Studies - locating problem, hypothesising, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data and arriving at conclusion.

Modern trends in evaluation - Different types of questions - Objective, Short Answer, Essay – Merits and Demerits - Suggestions for improvement.
Criteria for a good test - Validity, reliability, objectivity, usability and practicability. Construction of an achievement test - Design, Preparation of Blueprint, Scoring Key, Marking Scheme, Question-wise analysis Question Bank. Diagnostic Test, Remedial Teaching, Internal Assessment, Grading. Ways of interpretation of test results.