Taking Archaeological Concepts outside the Social Science Class in Indian Schools
In Indian classrooms, social sciences receive disproportionately less attention than natural sciences and mathematics (Dahiya, 2003; Lall and House, 2005; Roy, 2017). History features within the social science textbooks in India, and is perceived as boring and uninteresting by school children (Roy,...
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| Language: | English |
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2019-05-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10420 |
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| Summary: | In Indian classrooms, social sciences receive disproportionately less attention than natural sciences and mathematics (Dahiya, 2003; Lall and House, 2005; Roy, 2017). History features within the social science textbooks in India, and is perceived as boring and uninteresting by school children (Roy, 2017; Dahiya, 2003); archaeology is taught as part of the history lessons and is most often not seen as different from history. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-8956 |