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Social Studies Grade 8 and 9 Zambian Syllabus
This Integrated Social Sciences Syllabus has been prepared against the background of Educational reforms. It takes into account the new structure of the School Curriculum. It is an aspect of both the Educational Reform and Curriculum implementation. It attempts to meet the requirements of the Reform. One other thing which is significant in the syllabus is the provision of carefully planned and sequenced topics, sub-topics, outcomes and content. The subject matter covering knowledge, skills and values is blended in an integrated approach. The strongest point about this syllabus is that learning experiences start from KNOWN to UNKNOWN.
The learner, therefore, is first well introduced to THINGS around him/her. In this way the learner interacts with, and experiences both the immediate and distant communities and environments, all of which Centre around local, regional, Africa and global context. These specific outcomes provide the bases for achieving the aims of basic knowledge, skills, methods and strategies such as collecting data, organization of materials and interpretation. Above all, it aims at inculcating values such as social interaction, decision making.
To achieve all these, teaching/learning processes will require practical's, dramatizations, projects and field visits. The syllabus focuses on the ability to acquire knowledge, skills and values needed to develop positive and desirable attitudes; the potential to tackle challenges posed by political, cultural, social and economic needs and factors. In this way, the syllabus contributes to the TOTAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY BOTH IN THE IMMEDIATE AND DISTANT FUTURE.