ASSIGNMENT

Submitted by

Rakhi Devan M R

Option : Social Science

No : 43

INTRODUCTION

A great deal of attention is now being focused on the professional

duties of teacher, especially those duties associates with careful and detested

planning of teaching and learning. Teachers have been preparing and using

work books as a detailed plan of teaching and learning for a long time. A

literature survey, however, suggests that there is very little information on the

effectiveness of workbooks. This paper attempts to full fill this need by

discussing the findings of a research study that looked at the effectiveness of

workbooks in teaching and learning.

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF WORKBOOK

According to Kellough and Kellough (1992) the detailed planning for

teaching and learning is carried out for several reasons, but the most important

one is to ensure curriculum coherene. The workbook, in particular, serves as

an agenda for the teachers and a useful record for use in the future when

teaching similar lessons and classes.

Workbooks are practical type of books which help the learners to have

a lot of practice in learning different units of Social studies. These books

contain various exercises etc. for a unit of social studies, there are several

exercises which help the learners to have a lot of practice in learning social

studies.

Workbooks are vital for developing various skills among the students.

Workbooks supply the materials through which the pupils learn by doing. The

lead to the concretization of the concepts presented in the text books. For

example, they contain the pictures of the different scripts of different countries

and the pupils are asked to name them, pupils are asked to locate plares and

events in given requiring application of the knowledge gained in new

situations objective type questions are asked which may be answered with the

help of textbook. They proved opportunists for the pupil to apply what he has

learned. Workbooks help to bring out the creative talents from the pupils and

to improve their skills. Workbook are indispensable.

The exercises given in the workbook should be child-centered and in

accordance with the textbook. These exercises should be helpful to the

students to use their leisure time in a proper way. The workbooks should

encourage self-learning in which students can learn at their own pace.

The students can manage their time efficiently and study more

effectively with the help of workbooks. Work books give scope for guided

study, enable the students to revise the chapters already learnt and test their

progress. To bring out the creative talents in the work book should be child-

centered, and in accordance with the text book. These exercises should be

helpful to the students to use their leisure time in a proper way. They should

inculcate internet among the pupils. The workbooks should encourage self

learning in which students can learn at their own pace.

However, workbooks are not available in varied forms in the market.

To develop the standard of learning social studies, attempts must be made to

publish a variety of work books. Therefore, eminent writers of social studies

should try to produce work book for the benefit of the students.

CONCLUSION

Over the years, the curriculum development unit (CDU) had advocated

numerous changes through the new texts, subjects, teaching and learning

strategies and evaluation approaches. It has, however, made title effort to

improve the quality of teaching and learning. I wish to conclude this report

with four suggestions. This fist relate to pre-service teacher training

programmes. Besides lesson plans and the scheme of work, student-teachers

should be given training in workbook preparation.