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Teaching of Social Studies

A textbook by Prof. Farah Kanwal, Assistant Professor at GCE — read the whole book online, with pages that turn like the printed copy.

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Teaching of Social Studies by Prof. Farah Kanwal — front cover

About the author

Prof. Farah Kanwal

Portrait of Prof. Farah Kanwal

Prof. Farah Kanwal

Assistant Professor · BPS-18

  • M.A. (Islamic History)
  • M.Ed.

In-charge, Teachers’ Resource Centre

“My motive to write this book is that all the contents can be found in a single binding rather than in different pieces of paper and websites and easy for the readers.”
— Prof. Farah Kanwal, from the book’s acknowledgement

A textbook for the Teaching of Social Studies course, written strictly according to the University of Karachi’s prescribed syllabus for the B.Ed. Elementary and Secondary examinations of 2023 and onward.

It explores the social studies teacher’s role as a model of democratic citizenship, and the classroom strategies that encourage critical thinking and the formation of values — helping prospective teachers develop their own approach to teaching the subject.

The Urdu edition opens with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Naveed Rab Siddiqui, then Principal of the college, congratulating Prof. Farah Kanwal on bringing so comprehensive a body of material together in one book.

Author
Prof. Farah Kanwal
Assistant writer & composition
Fatima Siddiqui
GCE alumna, Batch 2022–2025
Edition
First edition, August 2023
Syllabus
University of Karachi — B.Ed. Elementary & Secondary, 2023 onward
Languages
English and Urdu editions
Published by
A One Book, Urdu Bazar, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi