CC-05_Understanding Discipline and Subjects

Syllabus:

Unit I: Discipline and Subject:

• Education as Inter-disciplinary Field of Study


• Nature and Characteristics of a Discipline


• Emergence of Various Disciplines from Education


• Merger of Various Disciplines into Education


• Interrelation and Interdependence amongst Various School Subjects

Unit II: Science as a Subject and Discipline:

• Nature and history of science


• Place of Science in School Curriculum.


• Science in day-to-day life.


• Relation of Science with other school subjects.

Unit III: Language as a Subject and Discipline:

• Centrality of language in education


• Role of language in children's intellectual development and learning


• Language in the school curriculum; aims issues and debates


• Policy issues and language at school


• Language as a Medium of Communication


• Phases of Language Development

Unit IV: Mathematics as a Subject and Discipline:

• Nature and History of Mathematics


• Place of Mathematics in School Curriculum


• Mathematics in Day-to-day life


• Relationship of Mathematics with Other Subjects

Unit V: Social Science as a Subject and Discipline:

• Nature and Philosophy of Social Science


• Social Science as an Area of Study


• Need of Studying Social Science through Interdisciplinary Perspectives


• Place and Relevance of Social Science in School Curriculum