Which of the following statements can be considered as strengths of EVS? I. The contents of EVS are organized thematically II. Contents of the EVS are not drawn from the children’s own environment III. Provide scope for children’s expressions – Oral and written and other creative expressions etc

Which of the following statements can be considered as strengths of EVS? I. The contents of EVS are organized thematically II. Contents of the EVS are not drawn from the children’s own environment III. Provide scope for children’s expressions – Oral and written and other creative expressions etc Correct Answer Both I and III

In recent years, it has been increasingly felt that environmental study be made an integral component of the Primary School Curriculum. Such a curriculum should be need-based with reference to the pupil as well as the community on the whole. The introduction to Environmental Studies merely as an area of learning is not enough. Much depends on the effective transaction of this area of learning. Many of the following are certainly strengths of EVS:

• The contents of EVS are organised thematically.
• Contents of the EVS are drawn from the children’s own environment.
• Provides scope for children’s expressions–oral and written and other creative expressions, etc.
• Children learn about their environment through exploring and experiencing it, gathering and analysing information based on their observations and experiences, and constructing their own knowledge, enriching and enhancing it.
• Learning is planned to progress from what the child already knows, to what is to be learnt, from local to global, or from the immediate environment to community and society and beyond.
• Chapters begin with key questions initiating children into thinking and constructing their own knowledge.

Hence, we conclude that all are the strengths of EVS.