This document discusses the key features and functions of an effective social science textbook. It states that textbooks are indispensable guides for students and teachers, providing minimum essential knowledge in a single source and ensuring uniformity of standards. Textbooks also help rectify limitations of classroom situations like large class sizes. They aim to organize knowledge in a logical, comprehensive manner and serve as a common basis for students and teachers to build upon. However, some debate exists around the appropriate role of textbooks in social science education.

1. ONLINE ASSIGNMENT
Submitted by
RESHMA VIJAYAN
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CANDIDATECODE:16914352025

2. TOPIC
Feature’s of Good
Social Science Text Book

3. INRODUCTION
A Text book is specially written book which contains
selective and systematic knowledge regarding the
curriculum material prescribed. Every case is taken
maintain coherence and sequence in the presentation of
information and learning activities. In fact there exist
divergent views regarding the place of text books in the
educative process.

4. TEXT BOOKS INDISPENSABLE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
AS A GUIDE TO THE PUPIL:
For the pupil a text book is the most accessible guide a dependable
source for reference and on all time companion. The pupil makes use of
the text book to prepare himself is advance for learning in the class
room.
AS AN AID TO THE TEACHER:
Text book provides useful guidelines along which the teacher can plan
his day to day teaching. It serves as a reference book while actually
teaching in the class room. Provide suggestions for some assignments.
TO GIVE THE MINIMUM ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE IN A
SINGLE SOURCE:
A text book can be a constant stand by of the social science teacher . As
it gives the minimum knowledge at one place. All teachers are not in a

5. position to dig up facts. Some mature, well trained experienced teacher
may find it possible to pool together relevant material from different
sources and thus to dispense with a bascal text book, but ordinary
teachers cannot and should not neglect text books.
ASA TOOL FOR SELF-LEARNING
The tradition of imparting education through the instrument of
lecturing has high value especially when the teacher is armed with
special talents for inspiring the gifted and encouraging the weak
students.
TO PROVIDE MATERIAL IN A LOGICAL AND
COMPREHENSIVE MANNER
A good text book provides material in a systematic and
comprehensive form. That is why it sets a standard of minimum
essential to be achieved by pupils of all categories.

6. TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY TO THE EXPECTED STANDARD
The text book provides a highway for carrying better practices to all
schools. At the same time some sort of uniformity in the expected level
of standard can be prescribed through the text book. The text book
furnishes a common basis for reading, analyzing outlining and
summarizing the materials to be learnt
.
TO PROVIDE A BASE FROM WHICH BOTH THE TEACHER AND
PUPILS MAY START AND CONTINUE TO WORK
The text book contains the minimum essential knowledge and can
thus provide a point of departure for a more comprehensive link.
TO PROVIDE BOTH CONFIRMATION AND SUSTENANCE:
The text book is supposed to contain the facts which are carefully
sifted and examined. Thus it can confirm the knowledge obtained else
where.

7. TO RECTIFY THE LIMITATION OF THE CLASS ROOM
SITUATION
NO MOST OF THE INDIAN SCHOOLS.
There are some limitations:
1. Large number of students in each class, creating congestion
2. Lengthy courses and teachers worries about finishing the
prescribed syllabus within the specified period .
3. Extremely divergent opinions regarding historical, political
and social events.
4. Non availability of other teaching aids and devises which
are indispensable for effective instructions.
TO ENSURE INTELLECTUAL RAPPORT AND ALIKENESS OF
PEOPLE
Good social science text books can Co - Ordinate activities and
bring about rapport and mutual agreement among people. They can
serve as organs of national co-ordination

8. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXT BOOK
The social science text book seves the following functions :
1) The primary classes it can be relied upon for essential
information. So organized as to show order and continuity and so
presented as to be lucid interesting and attractive
2) The secondary classes it should contain well arranged
comprehensive knowledge required to enable them prepare for their
successful adult life.

9. CONCLUSION
A great deal of controversy exists about the utility of textbooks
is teaching social science. Some educationists have opined that text
books should not be used at all while others are of the opinion that
the text books should form the real base of education. Text books
should be used in teaching of social studies but they should be used
economically text boos should nerve as tools in the hand of the
teachers.

10. References
1) Teaching of Social Studies :-
KOHLI .A.S
2) SocialScience Education :-
Dr. K. SIVARAJAN