2. Rohan Fernandez
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities
Srinivas School of Engineering
Srinivas Integrated Campus
Haleyangadi Post, Mukka – 574146

3. Overview
 Introduction
 Need for Social responsibility
 Programs to instill spirit of Social responsibility
At home
In school
In the community
Among friends
 Challenges in teaching Social responsibility
 Conclusion

4. Introduction
Earlier
• Teaching social responsibility
was the prerogative of the
family, community and religion.
Today
• Every person is responsible to
society as a whole.

5.  “Our responsibility as privileged human
beings is to pay back for the opportunities
we've received”.- Kathryn Anastos
 “... education fails in so far as it does not
stir in students a sharp awareness of their
obligations to society and furnish at least
a few guideposts pointing toward the
implementation of these obligations”.-
Mary Barnett Gilson

6. Need for Social responsibility
Transmit to the
next generation
appropriate
values, traditions,
skills and
cultural norms
Skills and
understanding a
student needs to
exercise social
responsibility can
be taught
Need students
who care for their
nation and
weaker sections
of society.
Children coming
out of schools
and colleges
must be imbued
with a humanistic
passion

7. Which skills are important?

8. At home In school
In the
community
Among
friends
Programs to instill spirit of
Social responsibility

9. At home
Involve child in social activity
Real life stories
Being environment friendly
Discuss blessings they have
Incorporate philanthropy at home

10. In School
Teacher sharing experiences
A jar to collect spare change
Conducting fun activities
Extra curricular activities
Incorporate environmental literacy
Create school democracies
Nature walk, NCC, NSS

11. In the community
Help the homeless and poor
Involve in community service
Visit to old age homes, orphanages
Promote energy conservation
World youth programs

12. Among friends
Watch socially relevant movies
Become part of a social group
Join an NGO
Conduct competitions
Organize street plays
Conduct a panel discussion

13. Challenges in teaching Social
responsibility
Curricula without guidance on how to promote social
responsibility
Administrators more concerned with orderly
classrooms than substance taught therein
Teachers with a narrow view of citizenship and
social responsibility
Parents and community members having a narrow
outlook
Parents may protest student involvement in
controversial public issues

14. Conclusion
The next generation will depend upon
what we do to our students today in the
classrooms
Need service-oriented people who are
sensitive to the needs and problems of
others, who respond to human
problems naturally and spontaneously
All should contribute in making
children socially responsible citizens
throughout their lives

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