Published: April 22, 2016

Curriculum Designing and People Study Approach in Education System in J&K

Rajesh Kumar Kotwal
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Abstract

Education is a social process of development. Therefore various social aspects are taken into consideration for the formulation of curriculum. The fundamental elements of curriculum are interrelated internally and externally. The main fundamental elements of curriculum are educational objectives, content, teaching methods, techniques and techniques of evaluation which provide the specific form of curriculum. These elements operate in a cyclic order and are used continuously in the process of curriculum development. The nature of curriculum construction is future oriented. The social and national needs are given main weightage in curriculum construction. The evaluation of curriculum material occupies an important place as on the provisions of effective, meaningful, need based and rational curricular material depends the growth of the learners. Good study materials contribute to desirable changes in the learners. It has therefore, to be assumed that the curriculum materials are of good quality . At the same time, these should be acceptable both to the learners and the teachers. These should be of practical use and fit well in the existing educational setting. This can be assured by evaluation alone. Evaluation helps in modifying the curriculum to adequately meet the growing challenges. Thus, the evaluation of social science curriculum at elementary level is the assessment of the outcome of the learning of that subject.

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Evaluation Social Science Curriculum and Elementary Level                                  
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