This document is an assignment on using community resources in social science education. It discusses the meaning and importance of community resources, provides examples of different types of community resources like places of civic, cultural, economic, geographical, and historical interest. It also outlines methods for utilizing community resources like field trips and bringing community members into the school. The teacher's role in enhancing parent-teacher cooperation and using community resources is discussed. Overall, the document emphasizes how community resources can make teaching and learning more relevant and help students become better citizens.

1. ASSIGNMENT
Edu.09.10
“Curriculum and Resourcesin Digital Era: Social Science
Education”
Semester -2
Akhila.S.L
Roll No -18
Social Science

2. ASSIGNMENT
Edu: 09.10 : Curriculum and
Resourcesin Digital
Era : SocialScience Education
Semester -2
Akhila .S.L
Social Science
Roll No-18
EMMANUEL COLLEGE OF B.Ed TRAINING VAZHICHAL

3. TOPIC
“Community Resources Meaning, Nature and
Need and Scope in Social Sciences”

4. Introduction
Individual and society are inseparable, the existence of one being
dependent on the other. The progress and development of man and society both
depend upon successful interaction between them. Man is a social animal
because he is born in a society, he develops in the society and social adjustment
is his ultimate aim. Hence for successful social living of an individual
socialisation is essential. School is a social institution which develops man’s
physical, mental and social abilities as well as his knowledge competencies and
capacities that would enable him to contribute to the development of society. It
is thus that Socialisation becomes possible.

5. CONTENT
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Community Resources that facilitate include everything in the
community that can be used to illustrate a concept or generalization or to help
children internalise a value. Such resources include every community situation
in which children get opportunity to apply their intellectual, social or personal
potentials and skills. It also includes every experience that allows them to
express their feelings and clarify their values.

6. The Significance of Community Resources
There are four main reasons why community resources are valuable.
 Teaching and learning becomerelevant, becausethey can beperformed through the
children’s social experiences.
 The community provides excellent opportunities for social action and for the
development of intellectual and social skills.
 The school and community can become closer to each other.
 The children learn more about the community, become involved in its affairs and
thus become better citizens.

7. IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Places of civic interest
These include the village, Panchayat, State legislature etc.
Places of Cultural interest
These include art theatres clubs, emporium, galleries, Kala Kendra’s,
museums, radio stations, T.V. centres, Zoos.
Places of economic interest
These include agricultural farms, banks, share, markets, commercial centres,
factories, telephone exchanges etc.
Places of geographical interest
These comprise dams, hills, lakes, rivers, river valley, rocks, springs, tea
gardens, water falls etc....
Places of historical interest
These include caves, churches, excavations, forts, gurdwaras, inscriptions,
mosques, pillars, temples etc..
Places of Scientific interest
These consists of broad casting stations, engineering institutes thermal and
hydro power generating stations, television centres etc.

8. Government building
These include fire stations, law courts, military installations, police station,
Public libraries etc..
Forms of Social control
These comprise beliefs, customs, ceremonies, rituals, traditions etc.
METHODS OF UTILISING COMMUNITY RESOURCES
There are basically two ways.
* Taking the school to the community.
* Bringing the community to the school.
Taking the school to the Community
 Field trips to places of civic cultural, geographical, social and scientific
importance.
 Community service which includes cleaning of public places, attending the sick,
Social service in fairs, planting of trees, digging of manure pits, making of drains,
fellow- feeling.
 Social survey clubs should be organised in school, which could undertake to
investigate some of the urgent needs and problems of the surrounding areas.

9. Bringing the community to the School
 Celebration of festivals.
 The Schoolas a social, recreational and cultural centre.
 Adult Education Centre.
 SchoolLibrary
 Experience of the Members of the public
 Parent-Teachers Association.
 Exhibitions
 Meeting with the parents to witness talents and proficiencies displayed
by children’s in various fields.
 Career Conferences.
 Educational Conferences.
 Association of the parents in the management of the school.
 Celebrations of Parent’s days.

10. Role of a Teacher in Enhancing Parent-Teacher Co-operation and in
Utilising Community Resources
 The Teacher should show considerable patience and tact in dealing with parents.
 He should allow the parents to talk voluntarily.
 He should make a thorough analysis of each child’s strength, weakness, behaviour
problems if any and discuss these intimately and pleasantly with their parents.
 He should never give the parent a feeling that the teacher is prejudiced against his
child.
 He should make the parents realise that he is sincerely interested in the welfare of
the child.
 He should impress upon the parents that he is also an active partner in the
education of their children.

11. CONCLUSION
Teaching of social science is an important part of secondary schoolcurriculum.
Social Sciences form that part of school curriculum which includes subject matter and
activities that enable the child to acquire an understanding of human relationships, a
knowledge ofenvironment, dedication to values and principles of societyand to participate
in the process throughwhich societyis maintained and improved. Majority ofsocialstudies
teachers made little or no use of community resources in teaching of social studies it is
reported in this book. Secondary school teachers identified lack of fund, inadequate
training, lack of fund, inadequate training, lack of technological skills and low teachers
moral case inhibiting factors against the effective use of community resources. Teachers
lack of community resources may beaccounted for the constrains which they face in using
community resources. Hopethe bookwill be helpful forteachers, educational planners and
researchers working in the field of social science education.

12. REFERENCE
 “Social Science Education :
Methodology of Teaching and Pedagogic Analysis”
- Prof.Dr.K.Sivarajan
- DrT.V. Thulasidharan
- Dr. N.K.Vijayan

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