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proses interaksi edukatif peserta didik dengan lingkungan
belajarnya. Kompetensi sosial tersebut pada dasarnya dapat
dilihat dalam kedua sisi kurikulurn tersebut.
Dalam model kurikulum social studies Taba et al. (1971:
14), dimensi sosial yang menjadi pusat perhatian adalah sejumlah
kemampuan yang dikelompokkan ke dalam social skills yang
mencakup "... planning jointly, participating productively in
discussions, developing ideas through interaction with others,
responding courteously to other's queries, and working jointly on
group investigation". Semua kemampuan itu, yakni "perencanaan
bersama. partisipasi yang produktif dalam diskusi, mengembang-
kan gagasan melalui interaksi dengan yang.lain, merespon
dengan tulus pertanyaan/ permintaan orang lain, dan bekerja
sama dalam penelitian kelompok" berada dalam bingkai tujuan
utama social studies sebagai berikut. (Taba, et al. 9).
• 'To help student understand the nature of the society in which
they live by seeing something of the nature of its parts, while
also comprehending something of its pattern as whole.
• To help the students acquire those skills by which they can
operate effectively within the society.
• To help students understand themselves and their fellows as
completely as their individual capacities permit.
• To help students acquire the information and skills they will
need in order to live and prosper in pluratlistic world.
• To help students become committed to improving the quality
of the life which they share in the society, to contribute
eventually to the improvement of life for all men everywhere,
and to preserve those ideals and values which represent the
highest manifestations of their human spirit"
Tujuan tersebut secara substansial berorientasi kepada
pengembangan individu sebagai aktor sosial, sebagaimana telah
diuraikan pada bagian awal artikel ini.

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