Development of Social Competence among Students of District Bhakkar Pakistan: An Experimental Study

Abstract

Learning Through Discussion (LTD), a constructivism based teaching technique, in classroom to teach selected content from the subject of Islamic Studies at 8th grade level. The objectives of the study was to develop social competence among students and investigate the effect of learning through discussion technique on social competence of elementary school students. Society is a dynamic system of cultural values that builds community and enabled by the social skills to foster healthy interaction and relationships based on Social Constructivism. Experimental group was treated with LTD technique while control group was taught with lecture method as placebo to explore the effect of technique on social competence of students. Questionnaire on social competence was administered before and after experiment to collect data. The results showed significant difference in social competence of students who are taught by LTD. The LTD method may help in developing Social competence among students.