elements of culture presentaion of curriculum development

2. Introduction
Name:
Hajra Fatima
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3. Elements of culture
Economic and social Development
Life Skills

4. According to Linton, R. (1945).
"A culture is a configuration of learned
behaviors and results of behavior
whose component elements are
shared and transmitted by the
members of a particular society
What is Culture?

5. Culture is learned
Culture is shared
Culture is based
on symbols
Culture is integrated
Culture is dynamic
Characteristics of Culture

6. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION:
Creates social structure by organizing
its members into small units to meet
basic needs.
Family Patterns: family is the most
important unit of social
organization. Through the family
children learn how they are expected
to act and what to believe.
Elements of
culture

8. Rules of Behavior are
enforced ideas of right and
wrong. They can be
customs, traditions, rules, or
written laws.
CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

10. Answers basic questions
about the meaning of life.
Supports values that groups of
people feel are important.
Religion is often a source of
conflict between cultures.

12. Language is the cornerstone of
culture.
All cultures have a spoken
language (even if there are no
developed forms of writing).
People who speak the same
language often share the same
culture.

14. They are the products of the
human imagination.
They help us pass on the
culture’s basic beliefs.
Examples: art, music, literature,
and folk tales
ARTS AND
LITERATURE

16. People form governments to provide
for their common needs, keep order
within society, and protect their society
from outside threats.
Definition of government: 1.
Person/people who hold power in a
society; 2 Society’s laws and political
institutions.

18.  How people use limited resources
to satisfy their wants and needs.
Answers the basic
questions: what to produce, how
to produce it, and for whom.
Market Economy: buying and
selling goods and services
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

20. Economic Development:
Progress in an economy, or
the qualitative measure of this.
Economic development usually refers
to the adoption of new technologies,
transition from agriculture-based to
industry-based economy,
and general improvement in living
standards.
Economic and Social development

22.  Social development is related to the
improvements in health, education,
housing, drinking water, etc. and the
social status as a whole.
Improvement in them may be indirectly
related to economic development
because if income increases, people
can enjoy better health, education,
nutritional food and housing.

24.  What are life skills?
The term ‘Life Skills’ refers to the
skills usually associated with
managing and living a better
quality of life, they help us to
accomplish our ambitions and
live to our full potential.

26. Flexibility:
Given the rapid rate of change in our
world, the ability to adjust and adapt is
critical to success.
Student’s needs to learn to quickly
analyze what is going on around them
and make adjustments on the fly—all
the while keeping their goals at the
forefront of their minds.

27. The entrepreneurial spirit is founded
on initiative—the willingness to step
forward with an idea and take the risk
of bringing it to fruition. The changing
economic landscape requires
entrepreneurs. Students need to learn
how to set goals for themselves, plan
how they will reach their goals, and
enact their plans

28. Human being has always been social
creatures, connecting to and depending on
a tribe of some hundred others.
Technology now allows people to belong to
multiple tribes—students at the same
school, friends on Face book, colleagues
on LinkedIn, fans on fan sites, gamers on
massively multiplayer online games.

29. Students will get success in
life if they have productivity.
By using the inquiry process
and developing projects,
students learn the habits of
productivity

30. Leadership is a suite of related
skills that combines the other
life skills. Good leaders take
initiative, have strong social
skills, are flexible, and are
productive.