THE ANALYSIS OF CURRICULUM OF CLASS 8TH

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY &CIVICS

BY M. IQBAL BHATAND

HIS TEAM

APPROACHES TO

CURRICULUM DESIGN

SUBJECT CENTERED

SUBJECT DESIGN

DISCIPLINE DESIGN

CORRELATION DESIGN BROAD FIELD/

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN

LEARNER-CENTERED

CHILD-CENTERED

EXPERIENCE-CENTERED

HUMANISTIC

CURRICULUM OF CLASS 8TH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

GOAL :-TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GEOGRAPHIC

HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING

To know about your location in the universe and to understand natural phenomena .

Social studies moves horizontally along History, Geography, civics and Culture

as Herodotus says history should be studied geographically and geography should be

studied historically

GEOGRAPHY

THERE IS ABSENCE OF SOME BASICCONCEPTS

RIVERS DESERTS, GLACIERS, UNIVERSE, STARS, MAP

SKILLS,WEATHER AND CLIMATE ,RAIN, SNOWING, HAIL, FOG, HUMIDITY CLOUDS, HEALTH AND EPIDIMICS

UP TO CLASS 8TH

DIFFERENCE

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CLEAR PICTURES

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PAPER AND POOR IMAGES

NCERT BOSE

COMPARE

BOSE NCERT

LESS ATTRACTIVE NCERT BOSE

POORLY ADDED JAMMU AND KASHMIR GEOGRAPHY IN THE TEXT BOOK

• Although the board of school education has incorporated the Geography of Jammu and Kashmir in the textbook but they have only given the statistics of J&K there is not any content based and the conceptual knowledge about the state .

• They have only replaced Hindu names with Muslim names and at some places they have added name of some native places in the content but it is not palatable for a kashmiri student when he find some names still unknown Eg:- page 9 stapu name of a game is mentioned .

Evaluation

• Actually they have copied the NCERT BOOK and added some facts about kashmir in the book but they have copy pasted the question answers section from NCERT itself and have not mentioned about the jammu and kashmir geography which they have added in the book in the questions answer session .

NEEDS TO CHANGE

• The entire chapter No 7 is without evaluation• Blurred and double printing of names in the

map can cause vertigo in children• The book is enhancing Rote learning coz of its overburdened

static's i.e: a memorization technique based on repetition. There is greater understanding if students commit a formula to memory through exercises that use the formula rather than through rote repetition

Repetition of the same content in two classes thus given more emphasis on economy rather than Geography

8 TH

RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY

9 TH

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

10 TH

RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY

•COMING TO THE

DIFFERENCE

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CLEAR PICTURES

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PAPER AND POOR IMAGES

NCERT BOSE

OVER BURDEN OF THE CONTENT

LAST CHAPTER ABOUT THE NATIVE PLACE

• CHRONOLOGICAL GAP IN KASHMIR HISTORY, IT ONLY MENTIONS FROM 1753-1841 (AFGHAN RULE IN KASHMIR ) IN MODERN HISTORY THUS RESULTS IN CHAOS AND CONFUSION

CIVICS IN CLASS 8 TH

• Name of the chapters • Foreign policy of India• India and her neighbours• The united nations • Global issues • Disaster management

CIVICS

Students are under more stress and burden during board exams. They are

more anxious during this period as it is a test of their whole year’s performance in studies as they carry huge expectations of their parents, tension of securing good

marks fear of failure and many more aspects to the examination hall.

The questions are same as asked in UPSE AND IN JKPSC

RESULTS IN MORE ANXIETY AMONG STUDENTS

DIASASTER MANAGEMANT

• THERE IS A WHOLE CHAPTER OF DIASASTER MANAGEMANT • BUT VAGUE CONCEPTS OF DISASTERS AND ONLY STASTICTICS • NO WERE IS MENTIONED • HOW TO MAKE LIFE BOAT • HOW TO AVOID INJURIES AT THE TIME OF EARTH QUAKE • FIRST AID TECHNIQUES • LIKE • HOW TO DEAL WITH CHOCKING • ARTIFICAL BREATHING • HOW TO DEAL WITH TRAUMATIC CONDITION • RESCUE OPERATIONS • AT LEAST HOW TO OPERATE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

SUGGESTIONS