Correlation In The Teaching of Various Subjects
“No subject is ever well understood and no art is intelligently practiced, if the light which the other studies are able to throw upon it is deliberately shut out.” Education is a co-ordinated process. Teaching of various subjects is hence correlated. Herbert first conceived the idea of correlating the teaching of various subjects. Later on Zillar made this theory of correlation more elaborate. Then De Garmo and John Dewey laid stress on the integration in the teaching of various subjects. Today, correlating of teaching of different subjects is considered highly essential.
Kinds of correlation and coordination:
- Vertical Correlation: In vertical correlation an attempts is made to correlate the teaching of the various divisions of a subject. An attempt is also made to make the subject taught in the lower classes useful for the teaching of the same subject in higher classes.
- Horizontal Correlation: In horizontal correlation an attempt is made to co-ordinate the teaching of various subjects. This is done by two methods - Casual and Systematic.
- Correlation with Practical Life: According to Herbert Spencer, the main aim of education is to prepare students for future life. This aim can be achieved only if education is correlated with life. Therefore, teaching of various subjects should be correlated with various aspects of life.