Courses of Studies 2011
Class : 11th & 12th
25. SOCIOLOGY (Code No 039)
Rationale
Sociology is introduced as an elective subject at the senior secondary stage. The syllabus is designed to help learners to reflect on what they hear and see in the course of everyday life and develop a constructive attitude towards society in change; to equip a learner with concepts and theoretical skills for the purpose. The curriculum of Sociology at this stage should enable the learner to understand dynamics of human behavior in all its complexities and manifestations. The learners of today need answers and explanations to satisfy the questions that arise in their minds while trying to understand social world. Therefore, there is a need to develop an analytical approach towards the social structure so that they can meaningfully participate in the process of social change. There is scope in the syllabus not only for interactive learning, based on exercises and project work but also for teachers and students to jointly innovate new ways of learning.
Sociology studies society. The child’s familiarity with the society in which she /he lives in makes the study of sociology a double edged experience. At one level sociology studies institutions such as family and kinship, class, caste and tribe religion and region- contexts with which children are familiar of, even if differentially. For India is a society which is varied both horizontally and vertically. The effort in the books will be to grapple overtly
with this both as a source of strength and as a site for interrogation.
Significantly the intellectual legacy of sociology equips the discipline with a plural perspective that overtly engages with the need for de-familiarization, to unlearn and question the given. This interrogative and critical character of sociology also makes it possible to understand
both other cultures as well as relearn about one’s own culture.
This plural perspective makes for an inbuilt richness and openness that not too many other disciplines in practice share. From its very inception sociology has had mutually enriching and contesting traditions of an interpretative method that openly takes into account ‘subjectivity’ and causal explanations that pay due importance to establishing causal correspondences with considerable sophistication. Not surprisingly its field work tradition
also entails large scale survey methods as well as a rich ethnographic tradition. Indeed Indian sociology, in particular has bridged this distinction between what has often been seen as distinct approaches of sociology and social anthropology. The syllabus provides ample opportunity to make the child familiar with the excitement of field work as well as its theoretical significance for the very discipline of sociology.
The plural legacy of sociology also enables a bird’s eye view and a worm’s eye view of the society the child lives in. This is particularly true today when the local is inextricably defined and shaped by macro global processes.
The syllabus proceeds with the assumption that gender as an organizing principle of society cannot be treated as an add on topic but is fundamental to the manner that all chapters shall be dealt with.
The chapters shall seek for a child centric approach that makes it possible to connect the lived reality of children with social structures and social processes that sociology studies.
A conscious effort will be made to build into the chapters a scope for exploration of society that makes learning a process of discovery. A way towards this is to deal with sociological concepts not as givens but a product of societal actions humanly constructed and therefore open to questioning.
Objectives
1. To enable learners to relate classroom teaching to their outside environment.
2. To introduce them to the basic concepts of sociology that would enable them to observe and interpret social life.
3. To be aware of the complexity of social processes.
4. To appreciate diversity in society in India and the world at large.
5. To build the capacity of students to understand and analyze the changes in contemporary Indian society.
Class XI
One Paper Theory 3 Hours Marks: 80
A. Introducing Sociology 34 Marks
1. Society, Sociology and relationship with other social sciences 6 Marks
2. Basic Concepts 8 Marks
3. Social Institutions 10 Marks
4. Culture and Society 10 Marks
5. Practical Sociology : Methods & Techniques Evaluated through Practical
B. Understanding Society 46 Marks
6. Structure, Process and Stratification 10 Marks
7. Social Change 10 Marks
8. Environment and Society 10 Marks
9. Western Social Thinkers 8 Marks
10. Indian Sociologists 8 Marks
Class XI
Practical Examination
Max. Marks 20 Time allotted : 3hrs
A. Project (undertaken during the academic year at school level) 07 marks
i. Statement of the purpose : 2 marks
ii. Methodology / Technique : 2 marks
iii. Conclusion : 3 marks
B. Viva - based on the project work 05 marks
C. Research design 08 marks
i. Overall format : 1 mark
ii Research Question/Hypothesis : 1 mark
iii. Choice of technique : 2 marks
iv. Detailed procedure for implementation of technique : 2 marks
v. Limitations of the above technique : 2 marks
A. INTRODUCING SOCIOLOGY Marks
Unit 1: Society & Sociology and Relationship with other (Periods 22)
social sciences
Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities. Plural Perspectives
Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature & Scope. Relationship to other disciplines
Unit 2: Basic Concepts (Periods 22)
Social Groups
Status and Role
Social Stratification
Social Control
Unit 3: Social Institutions (Periods 24)
Family and Kinship
Political and Economic Institutions
Religion as a Social Institution
Education as a Social Institution
Unit 4: Culture And Society (Periods 20)
Culture. Values and Norms: Shared, Plural, Contested
Socialization: Conformity, Conflict and the Shaping of Personality
Unit 5: Practical Sociology: Methods & Techniques (Periods 22)
Tools and Techniques: Observation, Survey, Interview
The Significance of Field Work in Sociology
B. UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY
Unit 6: Structure, Process and Stratification (Periods 22)
Social Structure
Social Processes: Cooperation, Competition, Conflict
Social Stratification: Class, Caste, Race, Gender.
Unit 7: Social Change (Periods 22)
Social Change: Types and Dimensions; Causes and Consequences.
Social Order: Domination, Authority & Law; Contestation, Crime & Violence
Village, Town & City: Changes in Rural & Urban Society
Unit 8: Environment And Society (Periods 18)
Ecology and Society
Environmental Crises and Social Responses
Unit 9: Western Social Thinkers (Periods 24)
Karl Marx on Class Conflict
Emile Durkheim on Division of Labour
Max Weber on Bureaucracy
Unit 10: Indian Sociologists (Periods 24)
G.S. Ghurye on Race and Caste 10 Marks
D.P. Mukerji on Tradition and Change
A.R. Desai on the State
M.N. Srinivas on the Village
Recommended textbooks
1. Sociology, Part-I, Published by NCERT
2. Understanding Society, Part-II, Published by NCERT
Class XII
One Paper Theory 3 Hours Marks 80
Indian Society 32
1. Introducing Indian Society Non evaluative
2. Demographic Structure & Indian Society 6
3. Social Institutions-Continuity and change 6
4. Market as a Social Institution 6
5. Pattern of Social Inequality and Exclusion 6
6. Challenges of Cultural Diversity 8
7. Suggestions for Project Work Non evaluative
Change and Development in Indian Society 48
8. Structural Change 6
9. Cultural Change 6
10. The Story of Democracy 6
11. Change and Development in Rural Society 6
12. Change and Development in Industrial Society 6
13. Globalization and Social Change 6
14. Mass Media and Communications 6
15. Social Movements 6
Practical Examination
Max. Marks 20 Time allotted : 3hrs
A. Project (undertaken during the academic year at school level) 07 marks
i. Statement of the purpose : 2 marks
ii. Methodology / Technique : 2 marks
iii. Conclusion : 3 marks
B. Viva - based on the project work 05 marks
C. Research design 08 marks
i. Overall format : 1 mark
ii Research Question/Hypothesis : 1 mark
iii. Choice of technique : 2 mark
iv. Detailed procedure for implementation of technique : 2 mark
v. Limitations of the above technique : 2 mark
B & C to be administered on the day of the external examination
INDIAN SOCIETY Marks 58
Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society (Periods 10)
Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community
Unit 2: Demographic Structure And Indian Society (Periods 10)
Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions
Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity & Change (Periods 14)
Family and Kinship
The Caste System
Unit 4: Market As A Social Institution (Periods 10)
Market as a Social Institution
Unit 5: Pattern of Social Inquality & Exclusion (Periods 24)
Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes
Marginalization of Tribal Communities
The Struggle for Women’s Equality
The Protection of Religious Minorities
Caring for the Differently Abled
Unit 6: The Challenges Of Cultural Diversity (Periods 12)
Problems of Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism & Patriarchy
Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society
What We Share
Unit 7: Suggestions For Project Work (Periods 18)
B. CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Unit 8: Structural Change ( Periods 10)
Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization.
Unit 9: Cultural Change (Periods 12)
Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritisation, Secularization .
Social Reform Movements & Laws
Unit 10 : The Story Of Democracy (Periods 22)
The Constitution as an instrument of Social Change
Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics
Panchayati Raj and the Challenges of Social Transformation
Unit 11: Change And Development In Rural Society (Periods 10)
Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society
Unit 12: Change And Development In Industrial Society (Periods 14)
From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization
Changes in the Class Structure
Unit 13: Globalisation And Social Change (Periods 12)
Unit 14: Mass Media And Communication Process (Periods 12)
Unit 15: Social Movements (Periods 22)
Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants.
Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Castes, Trends in Upper Caste
Responses.
Women’s Movements in Independent India.
Tribal Movements.
Environmental Movements.
Recommended textbooks
1. Indian Society - Sociology, Published by NCERT
2. Social Change and Development published by NCERT.
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