UNDERSTANDING

DISCIPLINES AND
SUBJECT
SEMINAR ON: PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS OF DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE
AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

PRESENTED BY : K.J.KAVITHA
INTRODUCTION:

Disciplinary knowledge refers to specialisation and in-depth content knowledge of a certain

type of curriculum or subject
Multidisciplinary knowledge refers to knowledge of a wide range of perspectives within a
combination of subject areas.
STATES OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

Elementary education
Secondary education
ELEMENTARY STAGES OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
IN SUBJECT AREAS
Language
SPECIFIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY
KNOWLEDGE :
.Interactive, participatory, and collaborative methods
.use of narratives
. Listening and producing oral discourses
.Use of concept mapping
SOCIAL SCIENCE

SPECIPIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDG
Issue based dialogue,dibate and discussions
Map reading ,cartoon analysis, writing slogans
Interactive, participatory, and collaborative methods
Conducting inquiry-discussion,field work,peer and group activities,surveys,etc
Discovery ,project, problem solving, narration, comparisons
observation,dramatization,and role play
Utalization of the resources like; audio –visual materials ,photographs , charts , maps ,
replicas of archaeological and material culture
SCIENCE

SPECIFIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDG
conduct of activities and experiments , observation , classification, inferences ,
discussion , conducting inquiry , discovery , projects , etc.
Science- museum , filed- trips , projects and exhibition
Probing , documenting and analyzing children ideas
Science and society interface
MATHEMATICS

. Inductive and deductive , problem solving ,

. Preparing mathematical models
. Use of concept map to understand mathematics
. Interactive , collaborative , and participatory methods
. Understanding two and three dimensional shapes
.Development of spatial reasoning and visualization skills
.Representation and interpretation of mathematical calculation
SECONDARY STAGES OF SCHOOL EDUCATION IN
SUBJECT AREAS
Language
SPECIFIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY
KNOWLEDG :
. Addressing multilingualism
.Gaps between home and school languages
. Analyzing texts- expository vs . Narrative , transactional vs reflective
. Analyzing texts- across the curriculum
SOCIAL SCIENCE

SPECIFIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDG
. Enquiry –based and problem –based learning
.Visit to Historical , ecological , commercial , and political places
. Organising awareness and other important activities environment , social , election,
donation.
. Project , story telling , exhibition , peer and group discussion etc.
SCIENCE

SPECIPIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDG
. Use of science process skills
. Understanding science and society
. Enquiry and problem –based learning
. Use of integrated , ecological , inductive, deduction and constructivist approaches to
learning
MATHEMATICS

SPECIFIC PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR TRANSACTING DISCIPLINARY

KNOWLEDG
. Mathematical modeling , data analysis and interpretation , content analysis in
mathematics
. Exploring connection and patterns , visualization and generalization
. Problem-solving , induction-deduction, use of mathematical laboratories, etc .
CONCLUSION

Discipline is a significantly important quality to have in every walk of life.

Discipline is certainly the ladder towards success.
Furthermore discipline brings out the best in as most noteworthy , discipline keeps our body
, mind and soul under control .
REFERENCE

Understanding disciplines and subject Prof . K. Nagarajan ,M.Sc (Phy);M.Ed

http://disciplineinthetheclassroom . Webly com.