Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

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Explain the meaning and importance of humanities in school curriculum.
3.3.3.2. Social Science Curriculum
Curriculum is an important component of any system of education. Curriculum is
planned for the entire course of study as well as for different subjects. The overall aims of
education are achieved by achieving the aims and objectives of different subjects taught in
schools. The success in achieving the aims mainly depends on the appropriateness of the
procedure in which curriculum is framed. Hence, to achieve the objectives of social science,
a well-formed curriculum will prove to be inevitable. This is because curriculum is the
plan for guiding the goal oriented educative process. This plan involves four important
components. They are as follows:
The curriculum of social science is supposed to fulfil some important functions.
They are as follows: