Abstract
Social studies promote civic competence in the students and disciplinary knowledge of social studies is drawn primarily from the social science disciplines i.e., anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology etc. Effectiveness of teaching depends on teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and skills to develop close contact with students. Present study was undertaken to find out the current situation of teaching and learning of social studies at the secondary school level. Data was solicited from thirty teachers and hundred students of secondary school level (grade 9-10) through structured interviews. The information collected through interviews was organized under different themes. Response averages were calculated to support the narrative data. Narrative data was further reported as it was described by the interviewees. Teachers’ and students’ views were found contradictory on some points that raised some serious questions about important areas of concern in teaching and learning of social studies at secondary schools in Lahore, Pakistan. School administrators should take certain measures to facilitate and guide teachers to overcome their deficiencies with good supervision, provision of facilities, encouragement, timely feedback to teachers and direct and regular interaction with students on reported areas of concern.
Highlights
The content areas of social studies relates directly to the organization and progress of human society and to man as a member of social groups
As far as the definitions of social studies are concerned, some are given below: According to Michaels, (1979) “The social studies is concerned with man and his interaction with his social and physical environment, they deal with human relationships
Within the school program social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political sciences, psychology, religion and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences
Summary
The study was conducted to compare the ideas held by the teachers and students of 9th and 10th class on the current practices in the social studies class rooms. The researchers specially developed good rapport with the students to make them feel comfortable before taking the interview. They spent one period of 30-40 minutes in all the schools before taking the interviews. Students were actively engaged in the discussion process so that they should feel comfortable when they were interviewed. In this way students freely respond on all the questions without any fear of their teacher. Students’ interviews were taken in the absence of their teachers. Steps taken by the teacher for the betterment of teaching of social studies
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