Geography XII Part-I
Geography is as an elective subject at the higher secondary stage. It is an academic discipline and
school subject with defined perspective, knowledge
and skills. Geographical knowledge is useful in daily
lives because it is a valuable medium for the
education of young people. Its contribution lies in the content, cognitive processes, skills and values that geography promotes. Thus, helping students explore, understand and evaluate the environmental and social dimensions of the world in a better manner. Since Geography explores the relationship between people
and their environment, it includes studies of physical
and human environments and their interactions at different scales-local, state/region, national and the
world. The factors responsible for the variation in
pattern of physical and human phenomena over the earth’s surface needs a proper understanding.
Through this course, Students will be exposed to
different
methods used in geographical investigations.
In this Course “Fundamentals of Human Geography”, students will be able to understand about the key concepts and basic principles of human geography.
It will help them analyse the inter-relationship
between physical and human environments and their patterns of spatial arrangement on the earth’s surface. Nature and distribution of human activities over the earth’s surface, as well as the uneven nature of
population distribution will also be dealt here.
Students will be able to understand population
change and factors responsible for this. They will
be able to understand the importance of transport, communication and trade in the ever shrinking world. Students will also be able to develop geographical
skills, related to collection, processing and analysis of data/information and preparation of report. In doing
this, they will learn to use maps and graphs and use
of computers. Dr. Tannu Malik, Associate Professor
in Department of Education in Social Sciences,
NCERT, New Delhi will be interacting with you. Each module of this course will have four quadrants:
e-Tutorial (Video/Audio), e-text, Web resources, Self-Assessment questions (MCQs, right wrong, one word answers, etc.) and transcription of the video. Hope
you will enjoy the course.
Summary
Course Status : | Upcoming |
Course Type : | Core |
Duration : | 24 weeks |
Category : |
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Level : | School |
Start Date : | 22 Apr 2024 |
End Date : | 30 Sep 2024 |
Enrollment Ends : | 01 Sep 2024 |
Exam Registration Ends : | 27 Sep 2024 |
Exam Date : | 29 Sep 2024 IST |
Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
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