Learning problems in History subject among the Secondary School-Students of Papum-pare district of Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

This study focused to find out the learning problems of the students in the subjects of history. The study is not a fault finding assessment, rather it is an attempt to find out the problems of the students in understanding the subject, to identify the weaknesses in learning history and to suggest ways and means in alleviating the difficulties to the students. For this purpose normative survey method of research was employed. The sample consists of 100 students from government school and private secondary school of Papum-pare district of Arunachal Pradesh. The study indicates that government school students face more difficulty in learning history on regarding lengthy syllabus and content, conventional method of teaching, irregular used of teaching-learning materials, less interaction and feedback after the examination. This study thus assumes significance as it will help the teacher to have bird’s eye view on the whole learning situation of the subjects.