SSE 7101 THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Course Description:

The course exposes the students to examine the factors involved at the birth of Social Studies. It also looks at the theoretical outlook in Curricula formulation: policies, professional development, implementation and evaluation stages

Objectives

  1. To enable students to examine the foundation of social studies.
  2. To examine formulation of social studies.
  3. To examine the philosophical foundations of social studies.To assess the role of technology in resource development utilization and conservation.

Course Content

Analysis of nature and types of resources. Natural resource distribution and utilization. Human activities on the natural resources. Human-made resources. Impact of social cultural, and political policies on human impact on resources. Role of technology in resource conservation, development and utilization.

Week / Topic / Content
1 – 4 / Foundation of social studies
Analysis and type of resources / How, when and the factors leading to the foundation of social studies
Examination of nature and types of resources
5 – 8 / Theoretical out look and curricula formulation Resource distribution and utilization of SST / Theories of social studies and curricula formulation development implementation evaluation
Resource distribution and utilization, global and local
9 – 12 / Nature, scope and content of social studies.
Social, cultural and political policies / Examine the nature, scope and content looking at goals and aims
Social effect on resources, political impact on resources, cultural impact on resources
13 – 16 / Approaches and objectives of social studies
Technology resource conservation, development and utilization / Use of technology on resource conservation, utilization and development.

Reference:

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2.Ted Hon Derich (ed.) (1995) The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford, OxfordUniversity Press.

3.Amll Omara Otunu (1987) Politics and the Military in Uganda. 1890 – 1985 Oxford. Oxford Press.

4.Matthew Odada (2004) A Ground Work to social studies Kampala Makerere University.

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6.Webb Rodman (1981) Schooling and society London Macmillan

7.Jeralimake John (1981) The schools in contemporary society an analysis of social current issues and forces. Macmillan

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