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The study of Social Science aims to provide the child with which two types of understanding and awareness?

ANumerical and artistic

BSpatial and temporal

CAbstract and concrete

DLinguistic and musical

Answer:

B. Spatial and temporal

Read Explanation:

NATURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE


A unique combination of various disciplines.

  • Interdisciplinary Nature: Social Science, while a distinct subject, harmoniously blends various disciplines such as History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Law, Literature, Art, and Education.

  • Integrated Information: It gathers interrelated information from these diverse fields and integrates them meaningfully.

  • Holistic Understanding: This integration provides new insights into the complete nature of social life.

  • Guidance for Learning: To achieve this harmonious blend, learners must be guided through reflective thinking, inquiry, hypothesis formation, verification, and generalization.

  • Mastering Learning Strategies: Essentially, students need to master the "strategy for learning to learn," which leads to metacognition.

  • Claim to be a Science: Only by adopting these scientific learning approaches can Social Science truly be considered a "real Science”

A study of human relationships:

  • It is the study of man and his relationship with other human beings and his environment. 

  • It deals with individuals for the purpose of securing additional light on the larger social relations, classes, groups, institutions, traditions, organisations, etc. 

  • Scientific analysis and integration of these relationships are needed for a complete view.

A study of man's development through ages:

It offers a comprehensive study of man's progress in each period; how he succeeded in his attempts; why he failed: what are the unique contribution of man who lived at various ages of human history for human development and the like.

Aims at preparing the learner for wholesome social living: 

  • By understanding and analysing the subject matter the learner imbibes some essential knowledge of his social environment. 

  • It may enrich his intellectual and social skills helpful to lend a purposeful and successful adult life. 

  • The study of Social Science gives the child a spatial (related to place and locality) and temporal (related to time and age) understanding and awareness. Such an awareness too necessitates scientific approaches in learning.


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  1. Social Science is a unique combination of various disciplines, including History, Geography, and Economics.
  2. For Social Science to be considered a "real Science," learners must be guided through scientific learning approaches like hypothesis formation and verification.
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