This document discusses the unit approach to teaching. It defines a unit as a small group of closely related content that is delivered by the teacher over a few minutes. A 40 minute lesson should have 2-3 units. The document outlines the definition of a unit according to C.V. Good, the merits of the unit approach including catering to learner needs and abilities and allowing for flexibility, and limitations such as units requiring careful planning to avoid becoming isolated facts.

1. WELCOME

2. KERALA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
KULAKKADA

3. PRESENTED BY
RESHMA THOMAS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
REGISTER :NO: 13982025

4. UNIT APPROACH

5. INTRODUCTIN
A unit is a small and compact group
of closely related contents of
knowledge which should be
delivered to the students by the
teacher in course of his teaching the
lesson with a few minutes. A lesson
40 minutes must have 2 or three
units

6. DEFINITION
C.V. Good has defined “unit is a sub-division
of a course of study, a text
book or a subject field, particularly a
sub division in social studies ,practical
arts or sciences, it is an organization of
various activity, experience and types of
learning around a central theme, problem
or purpose developed cooperatively by a
group of pupils under teacher leadership
.It involves planning ,execution of plan and
evaluation of results”

7. MERITS
1.- The unit approach is well suited for the
development of the abilities and skills involved in
cognition ads well as in democratic outlook ,ideals and
processes
2.-In a unit ,the needs of the learner can be given top
consideration
3-.A unit because of its flexibility, will enable teachers
to adapt instruction to suit individual difference of
children
4.-It is impossible to study heterogeneous items of a
topic in one stretch .unit being a logically sound
division will make comprehension easy

8. LIMITATIONS
1.If the items of a unit are not well
planned ,with a wholistic approach they
will become mere group of isolated facts.

9. THANKS