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A project should arise out of a need felt by pupils and it should never be forced on them. It should be purposeful and significant. It should look important and must be interesting.

In this method the student’s participation is negligible and students become passive recipients of information.

It is quite economical method. It is possible to handle a large number of students at a time and no laboratory, equipment, aids, materials are required.

It provides no scope for ‘learning by doing’ for students as students just observe what the teacher is performing. Thus students fail to relish the joys of direct personal experience.

It is an economical method as compared to purely student centered approaches.

The apparatus may not be ready for use.

We commonly find science teachers making use of demons­tration method for teaching of geography. The conduct of a demons­tration lesson is very difficult and here we will try to discuss some of the essential steps that should be followed in a demonstration lesson.

It should be planned and rehearsed by the teacher beforehand.

In this method of teaching of geography subject is taught like a science subject. Certain experiments are carried out in the laboratory like Geography room. The teacher may demonstrate any experiment and the students shall try to follow it.

In order to achieve the aims and objectives of the teaching of a particular subject certain maxims are laid down. The teaching of the subject is then planned and carried out keeping these maxims as the guiding principles.

Every subject that is taught to children has certain basic elements and fundamentals. These basic elements and fundamentals are responsi­ble for the limitation of the subject-matter of any specific subject and these also influence the subject-matter of a specified subject.

The objectives are the specific and precise behavioral outcome of teaching a particular topic in geography. Any topic in geography helps in realizing some general aim of teaching geography.

For the proper teaching of a subject it is essential to have knowledge of aims and objectives of the subject. This is also true for the teaching of geography. Various methods of teaching are then evolved according to these aims and objectives.

At present geography is one of the important subjects in school curriculum. Geography derives a lot of material from such subjects as Biology, Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, Mathematics, Chemistry and other sciences.

The study of geography influences our lives in all its fields. It is quite useful in economic research and the relationship of resources and human activities.

In the present day world geography is no more considered as a mere collection of meaningless facts to be memorized and reproduced whenever required. Present day geography covers a vast field and comprises many branches.