Question

In the lesson, "changing families" from EVS textbook of class IV of NCERT, the teacher uses story-telling method in an integrated manner. Which of the following aspects of curriculum integration is being used by the teacher?
1. Integration of subject areas
2. Integration of knowledge and feeling
3. Integration of knowledge and learning process
4. Integration of school learning with actual life

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Integration of knowledge and feeling

Storytelling is used as a method to teach children the importance of respect through the practice of listening. As well as connecting children with their environment, through the theme of the stories, and giving them more autonomy by using repetitive statements, which improve their learning to learn competence.

• The storytelling method as a teaching tool is used to make children aware of their surroundings, through stories to which they can relate.
• Here, the teacher is using the story 'changing families', where the teacher is trying to aware the children of what they experience in their life. 
• At the primary level, EVS is taught through an integrated approach i.e., by relating various disciplines.
• While teaching the chapter "changing families" the teacher is using a story to help children understand the relationships of their family members and the bond they share.
• The teacher is trying to integrate the knowledge with the feelings as the children will be able to relate to their family members and their relationship with them which will instigate their feelings.
• It will allow children to explore their own cultural roots and to understand their family members.

Therefore, by doing all this the teacher is trying to integrate the knowledge and feelings of the students by making them aware of their families as well as the understanding of the different types of families and the dynamic changes in every family.