Mehrotra, Deepti Priya
(2019)
Social science textbooks: changing mindsets?
Learning Curve (3).
pp. 19-23.
Abstract
Social science textbooks created within the NCF-
2005 attempt to tackle a whole range of human
prejudices, hoping to bring about a sea change in
mindsets. They are designed to inculcate respect
for diversity, democratic values, critical thinking
and questioning. As is widely acknowledged,
these textbooks are framed within a progressive
educational, social and political understanding
(Ritubala and Joshi, 2008-09: 29-42). The matter in
these textbooks is engaging, varied and playful: the
wall between the world and the school has been
broken and the child can bring her rich experience
of the world into the classroom (Rai, 2006: 152-57).
But we must remember at the same time that the
textbook is no magic wand, nor really a vehicle for
transformative education. In fact there are many
hazards on the textbook’s journey, as it moves
through the classroom, and the world of the child.
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