The book uses the
real situations to teach concepts because it recognises that children learn
best through concrete experiences.
It further develops
the learner’s abilities to critically understand and analyse these issues in
keeping with the tenets of the Good Governance.
The index is as
follows :
Chapter 2: Role of Government in Health: Discusses the functions and structure of state government through
concrete situations with respect to health.
Chapter 4: Gender: The Chapter uses
two case studies, situated in different places and points in time to show how
girls and boys are brought up or socialised differently. This enables them to
understand that the process of socialisation is not uniform; instead it is
socially determined and changes continuously over time. The chapter also
addresses the fact that societies assign different values to the roles men and
women play and the work they do, which becomes a basis for inequality and
discrimination.
Chapter 5: Women change the World: The
chapter will briefly trace the different types of efforts made by the women’s
movement to challenge discrimination in more recent years.
Chapter 6: Understanding Media: It explains how the media ‘sets the agenda’ through influencing our perception of issues worth devoting time and attention to, and issues that are neglected or overridden.
Rest
of the Chapters have been covered under Indian Polity