Impact of Mobile Phone in Life Style of Gaddi Tribes

Abstract

The strong correlation between education and democracy has been widely accepted and explored in many ways. This study is inspired by the quest for the democratization of school education through the lenses of social science learning at the secondary education level in the Indian context. The study tried to visualize to what extent schooling contributes to the making of democratic beings. Education for democratic citizenship is directed by various factors such as school education policies, curriculum frameworks, curricular and co-curricular activities or indirectly by attitudes and practices through which democratic knowledge, skills, values and attitudes is constructed to create a future democratic citizen. Thus, to give light to this area, a qualitative study has been designed to look at the selected components of education for democratic citizenship in school settings. The Research investigated social science teachers and student’s views on democracy and its practices to examine how close these schools were to become ‘democratic schools’. Results showed that teaching of teaching for democracy is not as it is presented in literature and educational document. This study is meant to grab a severe concern towards current conceptualization and school practices related to democracy, to create active and democratic citizens in thoughts and practices both, by taking simple steps at the school level to bring significant differences to create a democratic society.

Himachal Pradesh's Gaddi Tribe: A Socio-Cultural Study

“…These developments prove that the Gaddi people are concerned about overall cleanliness. They consumption soap to clean their hands after going to the toilet, but if they are in the forest, they will use the ashes or soil called "Rakhadi" in Gaddi language [13]. They use the open space to brush their teeth and wash their hands.…”