People have lived as social beings since the first day they existed and developed social attitudes.
As the need to understand social issues evolved, a set of norms developed and scientific disciplines were born:
- Geography, from the need to know and understand the living environment,
- Sociology, for social relations in the place of residence,
- History, concerning political relations in and among societies,
- Religion and Law, for the rules governing the lives of societies and individuals.
The social sciences programme is an educational programme that provides students with the information, skills and values they will need to adapt to social life and find solutions to social problems.
The basic approach taken in our courses in history, geography, philosophy and religious culture and morality is to make use of the creativity of the students to give them a good grasp of their own environment, their own world, and their own history and culture.
Rather than transferring knowledge, our primary goal is to create an environment for effective learning – to provide presentations and prepare scenarios, and to guide the students as they discover their own abilities.
In line with these goals:
- In philosophy lessons, we examine the ideas of thinkers from ancient times to the present day, address philosophical problems and study the main philosophical movements,
- In the sociology course, we discuss social events, assess the scientific data on the societies in which people live, and examine the formation and development of the value judgments of these societies.
- In geography lessons, students acquire the ability to analyse the relations between humans and nature. They learn to recognise natural and human systems, spatial synthesis, regions and countries, and examine the relations between society and the environment as a part of life on earth.
- In history lessons, students observe the movements that have affected today’s societies, states and institutions, and come to understand the relations between these movements and the events that follow them.
