Nature And Goals Flashcards
Social Studies (Curriculum vehicle)
Curriculum vehicle through which the capacities of disciplinary knowledge, thinking skills, commitment to democratic values, and citizen participation are built in the students.
Social Studies (primary purpose)
Its primary purpose is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizen of culturally diverse, democratic society in an independent world.
Social Studies (3 aspects)
It is multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and integrative.
Social Studies (reality)
Social studies help students construct a knowledge base and attitude drawn in academic disciplines as a specialized ways of viewing the reality.
Social Studies (reflects the changing nature of knowledge)
Social studies reflects the changing nature of knowledge, fostering entirely new and highly integrated approaches to resolve issues of significance to humanity.
Social Studies (broad study)
Social Studies is a term used to describe the broad study of the various fields which involves past and present human behavior and interactions.
Social Studies (main definition)
Social studies is an integrated study of humanities and social sciences to promote civic competence.
Nature of Social Studies
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- Goals of Social Studies
To instill in our students a sense of national identity.
- Goals of Social Studies
To build in them a deep sense of commitment towards the nation as responsible citizens.
- Goals of Social Studies
To develop in them a more mature global outlook by learning from the experiences of developed and developing countries in building socially cohesive and economically viable societies.
Social Science (systematized)
It is a systematized body of knowledge about human beings and society.
Social Science (emphasized the application)
Social science emphasized the application of scientific methods and rigorous standards of evidence to the study of the humanity and the social world through the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Social Science (soft science)
Social science is sometimes known as the soft science, they provide the content and process of social studies.
Social Science (is the field of sciences)
Social science is the field of sciences concerned with the studies of the social life of human groups and individuals, including Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Social Studies, and Sociology.
Social Science (human society)
Social Sciences are the fields of scientific knowledge and academic scholarship that study social groups and more generally, human society.
Social Studies is a branch of social science
Social science is the genesis of social studies.
Every discipline in social studies is all integrated into one piece
Every discipline in social science stands out on its own.
Social study studies man in generality
Social science studies man in various aspects of our lives
Social studies are learned at secondary or primary stages. To teach the students how to be effective citizens.
Social sciences are taught at higher levels of education.
Social science discipline which aims to discover the basic structure of human society.
Sociology
Soci (Latin word, “socious”) means
Companion, or society in general
It generally concerns itself with the social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, communities and institutions and includes the examination of the organization and development of human social life.
Sociology
It is the study of humans and their interactions in groups. Groups may be a small as a nuclear family or as large as a union.
Sociology
They look for common values and beliefs.
Sociologists
They tend to conduct case studies of either individuals or a group over a period of time. A case study usually consists of information pertaining to the daily routine of the individuals or the group.
Sociologists
Greek word “iokos” means / nomos means
Family household, state / household management or management of the state
It deals with how society allocates its scarce resources among its unlimited wants and needs.
Economics
It is a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth.
Economics
The science which studies human behavior as a relation between scarce means having alternative uses.
Economics by Robins in 1932
The making of goods and products. The study compares the goods and services provided by businesses in their community.
Production
To dispense goods or services. The study shows how goods and services are made available to consumers through advertising, selling, and shipping.
Distribution
It involves taking one thing for another in trade; may be goods or services for money or other goods or services.
Exchange
It is determined by the needs and wants of the buyer.
Consumption