Assignment firoz

1. ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: VALUES OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY
Submitted by,
Firoz Khan.T
Roll No: 63
B.Ed Geography

2. INTRODUCTION
As we know geography is the study of man and his interaction with
environment. The center theme of geographical study is a spatual
approach or space relation of various process and phenomena. From the
itself are can understand the values of geography. That’s why it is called
the mother of all science.
These days Geography is considered a part of the composite of
Human society. Its purpose is to study the structure and behavior of
human society. Therefore, it is one of the social science. Though all the
social sciences have common purpose ie, the study of man. Yet each
presents unique point of view and each has evolved its own technique of
studying human affairs and solving social problems.

3. Values of Teaching Geography
 Geography help to widen the mental horizon of pupil.
 Accelerating intellectual activities
 Develop the healthy patriotism
 Help to develop broad mindedness
 Help to understand interrelationship
 Help to develop skill of map reading
 Help to have proper concept of area differences.
 Helps to understand to interpret the major problems of the world.
 Help to develop personal qualities
 Treating in solving conterverstal issues
 Develop qualities like preservation, conservation of protection
 Develop sympathy
 It develops national and international values
 It develop ashetic, political, technical, ethnical, historical and
disciplinary sense.
 Develop intellectual and whlitorial values
 Helps in developing oceasi and values
 Develop interest in travel, reading experiment etc.

4. Geography helps to realize the following values
1. Intellectual value: - The great value of geography lies in that introduce
us to new ways of thinking and reasoning. Geography offers
opportunities and provides material for intelligent exercises. The
knowledge of geography satisfies out intellectual curiosity. The
knowledge of geography remind us of different parts of the globe and the
material part of the universal we live in. It teaches to arrive at various
conclusions without any emotional basis or prejudice.
2. Utilization value: - We are living in an age of interdependence for our
daily needs.
3. Vocational value: - In the modern system of education, there is tendency
to make education useful rather than ornamental. Education should
prepare a child for a calling or profession so as to enable him to
livelihood. Knowledge of geography forms the basis of so many studies
which are purely vocational in nature. A student of geography can seek
employment department of India at Poona, town and country planning.
In the news paper’s office to draw map to show the location of important
events and in teaching department.
4. Cultural Value: - Geography has played an important role in determining
the culture and civilization of a country from time to time. The teacher of

5. geography should take up certain concrete examples of life in the cold
and hot deserts, in the temperate and tropical forest and on the grass-land,
mountains, plains and coasts of the world.
5. Aesthetic Value: - A geographer feeds an intrinsic charm in revealing the
mystery and also the harmony of nature. Geography is an art and a
geographer is an artist.

6. CONCLUSION
As the know geography is the study of man and his interaction with
environment. The center theme of geographical study is a spatual
approach or space relation of various process and phenomena. From the
itself we can understand the values of geography. That’s why it is called
the mother of all science. The most important them that sets geography a
part from the other natural science. Is the spatual dimension of the study
which is peculiar to geography. If we want to understand the value of
geography are have to look into other sciences or disciplines moreder to
see the use of geographical applications, took and techniques. In the field
like using of maps, GPS, GIS, Sterio scope, plains, tables, tripeeds etc.
for various purposes. Thus we can say without proper knowledge of
geography the word itself cannot be moved or developed. There is
engineers, doctors, scientist, planers, Astronauts geologist etc. in a
geographer. But still geography is only in an geography is only in a
geographer. That’s what the real value of geography.

7. REFERENCE
 The teaching of geography- KL ARORA- Published by Parakash
Brothers Educational Publishers
 Geography Teaching- O.P. Verma- Published by stcriling Publishers