Discussion
Many social issues have been kept in the NCERT Environmental Studies textbooks like who does the cleaning in the school/house, with whom the children share water/food. For such social issues, what should be the pedagogy of studying environment ?
(i) The teacher should not impose his/her views on the children about what is right and what is wrong.
(ii) Allow free sharing of children's experiences and ideas.
(iii) Such social issues should definitely be discussed in the class but should not be discussed too much.
(iv) Children feel that such experiences have happened not only to them.
Choose the correct option :
Answer: A
The pedagogy is (i), (ii) and (iv).
Social issues such as who cleans the toilets or with whom children share water touch on caste, gender and discrimination. The teacher should not impose her views about right and wrong (i), but let children share their experiences and ideas freely (ii), so that the discussion grows from their own lives. When others share similar experiences, children realise such things have not happened only to them (iv), which builds empathy and confidence.
Statement (iii), that such issues should be discussed but not too much, limits the very discussion the textbooks were designed to start, so the options containing it are wrong.
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