The NCERT has been publishing a new generation of social science textbooks since. 2005. Teaching Social Science in Schools is a manual that explains the. rationale for the new approach and illustrates how the new textbooks can be used. effectively. It provides answers to many questions such as:. - What problems are teachers likely to face while teaching with the help of. the new textbooks?. - Why not provide straight and direct definitions for children to learn?. - Have such textbooks been used elsewhere in the country?. - What roles are parents expected to play?. Alex M George and Amman Madan.