Incidental correlation is a natural correlation that occurs when coordinating topics between science and other subjects to provide a broad treatment of the subject and highlight similarities. It relies on the teacher's wide knowledge and versatility. Correlating science with other fields can greatly enrich students' learning experiences by helping them understand how subjects in the curriculum are interrelated and supplementary. Correlation makes use of the principle of apperception to promote understanding, memory, and interest by helping students assimilate new knowledge into a well-ordered system rather than thinking of knowledge as isolated facts.

1. ONLINE ASSIGNMENT
SUBMITTED BY
NIKITHA JOHNEY
REG NO:18214303023

2. TOPIC:
INCIDENTIAL CORRELATION IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE TEACHING
: SCOPE AND BENEFITS

3. INTRODUCTION
People all overthe worldbegantofeel the necessityof science educationbythe middle of 19th
Century. Asa resultof the growingneedof updatingscience education,educationalexpertsand
administratorsall overthe worldbegan tothinkaboutoverhaulingexistingscience curriculum.
Correlationof science isanimportantsubjectinscience education.
DEFINITION
Correlation meansthe relationshipbetween differentsubjectsof the curriculum .Itcan
be director reciprocal.To solve apractical difficultycombinedknowledgeof physicsandotherbranches
of knowledge is necessary.To make a childknow the interrelationship,science mustbe taughtinschools
inrelationtoothersubjects
TYPES OF CORRELATION
Correlationof science withothersubjects canbe of two types:- Incidental
correlationandsystematiccorrelation.Incidental correlationisanatural correlation.Itissecuredby
coordinatingeachtopicwithalliedmaterialsfromother subjects.This wouldmeanabroadtreatmentof
the subjectthat bringsaboutpointof similaritiesbetweenscience andotherrelatedsubjects. The
successesof incidental correlationdepend onthe wide knowledge andversatilityof the subjectteacher.
Studyingaboutincidentalcorrelationwouldbe helpful forstudentteacherstomake theirteachingmore
effective.
BENEFITSOF CORRELATION
Students experience inscience learningcanbe greatlyenrichedbycorrelatingit withother
fieldsof study.Students shouldrealizehow differentsubjectsinthe curriculumare mutuallyrelatedand
supplementaryortheyare correlated.The principle of correlationinsiststhatvarioussubjects
contribute tothe child’s educationinthe mannerandto the extentthattheyhelpittounderstandits
environmentbetterandcarryout activitiesthat have meaningforit(child).

4. CONCLUSION
Educationisonlya meansto an end.All the subjectsare taughtto fitchildrenintolife andhelpthem
understandandappreciate it.Hence itisnot the isolatedknowledge of different subjectsbutthe
synthesizedformthatwouldbe reallyuseful tothem.Bycorrelation,the relationbetweendifferent
subjectsisbetterbroughtaboutthanwhenthe subjectsare separatelystudied.Correlation make use of
the principle of 'apperception'inthe assimilation of new knowledgeandhence itpromote
understanding,memory andinterest.Bythe use of correlationthe pupil isable toorganize the different
piecesof knowledge intoawell ordered system.This helpstobreakdownthe prevalenthabitof mind
whichassumesthe storage of knowledgein separate compartments.