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Toaz - Info Discipline and Ideas Module 1 PR
Toaz - Info Discipline and Ideas Module 1 PR
Management Team:
Chairperson: Dr. Arturo B. Bayocot, CESO III
Regional Director
Co-Chairpersons: Dr. Victor G. De Gracia Jr., CESO V
Asst. Regional Director
Mala Epra B. Magnaong
CES, CLMD
Members: Dr. Bienvenido U. Tagolimot, Jr.
Regional ADM Coordinator
Ray Butch M. Mahinay
EPS-Designate- AP
Dear Learners,
Your subject in this module is Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social
Sciences (DIASS) which focuses on the practical application of the different theories
and ideas, methodologies and principles from the social sciences. These include its
major disciplines namely Psychology, History, Anthropology, Economics, Sociology.
Geography, and Demography.
This module is intended to assist you in your understanding about the society
and its different field of studies such as the pure social sciences and applied social
sciences. These set of materials will help you:
enhance your understanding about the society you live in and the different
theories and principles to be learned from the social sciences including
psychology, sociology, history, geography, demography, political science and
others.
engage in an interplay with print and non-print materials;
develop your critical thinking skills;
enrich your information management skills;
expose you to a balanced perspective on the society and its different processes.
In this module you will learn to realize how people create and maintain better
social relationships through effective communication skills. In the field of social work
where service to people is the center, good communication skills is important. Aside
from communication, counseling is also an important element in interacting with
people in the field of social work. The quality of services of social work practitioners
depends much on good communication skills and counseling services. These three
disciplines play hand in hand or working together to better address problems in the
society.
Also in this module you will discover the different variety of communication
techniques and skills commonly used in the field of social work and counseling that
bring positive outcomes. This will help you explore and experience society through
social sciences theories and methodologies in real-life settings.
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Do not worry about the different tasks and activities that you will be dealing in this
module because you will be guided and accompanied by us, your partners in your
journey in learning. We hope that you will learn to appreciate the different disciplines
of applied social sciences as you go through the lessons in the next pages.
We hope to help you with these materials and in reaching your dreams in the
near future. We encourage you to take care of this material as this will still be used
by the future generation of learners like you.
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Table of Contents
Module 2 Counseling
Lesson 1 The Discipline of Counseling ...................
1.1. Counseling
1.1.1 Definitions
1.1.2 Goals
1.1.3 Scope
1.1.4 Core values
1.1.5 Principles
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Lesson 2 Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work .........
2.1 Roles, functions, and competencies of social workers
2.2 Areas of specialization in which social workers work
2.3 Career opportunities of social workers
2.4 Rights, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Code of Ethics
Module 4 Communication......................
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Lesson 4 Settings, Processes, Methods, and Tools in Communication
4.1 Settings
4.1.1 Government
4.1.2 Private Sector
4.1.3 Civil Society
4.1.4 Schools
4.1.5 Community
Lesson 5 Communication media channels ...................
5.1 Mass media
5.2 New Media and Social media
5.3 Telecommunications
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Module 1 Course Introduction
Applied Social Sciences
M. Ebner Eschembach
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Learning Competencies:
1. clarify the relationships between pure social sciences and applied social
sciences (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ia-1)
2. cite differences among the applied social sciences (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ia-2)
GUIDE QUESTION:
What is the relationship between pure social sciences and applied social sciences?
Pure Applied
Social Sciences Social Sciences
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Welcome to Lesson 1! Here you will explore on the nature of Social Sciences
and how does it differ with the Applied Social Sciences. This lesson explains the
nature of social sciences and its different disciplines. In this lesson you will be
dealing on questions such as:
1. What are the main concerns of Social Sciences and Applied Social
Sciences?
2. How do social scientists and applied study society?
What I Know
A. IS IT TRUE?
Directions: Read and understand the statements very carefully. Write TRUE if the
statement is true and FALSE if it is incorrect.
_____________1. Natural science is the study of society and the manner in which
people behave and influence the world around us.
_____________2. Social science is the study of how natural phenomena around us
work which includes biology, botany and zoology etc.
_____________3. Geography studies the allocation of scarce resources and how
individuals interact with social structure to address questions
about production.
_____________4. Counseling is a a field of Applied Social Science.
_____________5. Demography studies the analysis of statistics of birth, human
movement, morbidity, and mortality.
_____________6. Applied Social Science is focused on the use and application of
the different theories of social science disciplines to understand
society and solve social problems.
_____________7. Political Science is a main discipline of applied social science.
_____________8. Counseling is a field that focuses on providing guidance, help
and support to individuals by applying some psychological
methods which involve processes such as case history data,
personal interviews and aptitude tests.
_____________9. Social work is a field of Applied Social Science where
practitioners help families, groups and communities enhance
people’s skills and ability to help themselves in resolving their
own social and community problems.
_____________10. Engineering is a discipline of Social Science.
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B. MY BEST OPTION.
Directions: Read carefully the following statements. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
What is It?
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political
` science geography
economics
PURE SOCIAL
anthropology
SCIENCES
DISCIPLINES
history
linguistics
psychology
demography
In the field of Pure social sciences, we consider in the study the different
disciplines as we face the different issues we try to solve in the society. For example,
the problem of poverty, we consider these disciplines as to how they see the
problem. How does it exist? And why poverty continue to exist? In the field of
Economics, perhaps you could say that it exists because economically there is
scarce resources and that goods and services are priced high and some people
cannot attend or meet these needs and also some are underemployed or
unemployed. People who study to solve social problems are called social scientist.
In their study, they solve these social problems systematically in a process called
scientific method.
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Think about this...
Early Pregnancy
Environmental
As a youth in
Problems
the society,
Out of School Youth
how do you
Poverty
look at these
Over-Population
issues?
Computer Addiction
What’s More
After you learned about Pure Social Sciences, in your notebook write the
importance of studying Pure Social Sciences.
Activity B. FILL ME
Directions: Write your opinion on the PANTAWID PAMILYA PILIPINO PROGRAM
(4P’S) of the government as a solution to poverty in our country.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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What’s New
To trace the history of Applied Social Sciences, this began as a result of the
reaction during late 1990’s when the different disciplines of social sciences, the
history, psychology history, political science, demography and others were seen as
highly segmented or divided. Scholars argued that these disciplines should work
together to solve social problems. This approach of working together, like combining
the different disciplines in solving different social problems became the focus of the
applied social sciences.
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Applied Social Sciences focus on the use and application of the different
concepts, theoretical models, theories from Pure Social Sciences to help understand
people and the society including the different problems and issues it faces.
Applied Social Scientists can use his/her training in different work settings and
use the different theories in analyzing social problems and help to solve these.
Social Work
Counseling
Disciplines in the
Applied Social
Sciences
Communicatio
n Studies
2. Social Work is another professional activity of the applied social sciences. Here
practitioners or those who practice a certain work, help individuals and families to
improve their collective being. In the succeeding lessons, you will surely learn about
this discipline.
Remember that through the application of good journalism together with the
correct knowledge of the different disciplines in the social sciences, applied social
scientists have enough skills to be able to write, produce, report and deliver news
accurately and creatively to the viewing public.
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What’s More
Directions: Accomplish the organizer by answering the question below. Inside the
boxes write three statements stating the similarities and differences of Pure Social
Sciences and Applied Social Sciences.
1. What is the relationship between pure social sciences and applied social
sciences?
Similarities Differences
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
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What I’ve Learned
What I Can Do
Try to research in the internet about the problem of Depression. Write a short
report on the existence of Depression in our country, its causes and effects to
people. Then write your short recommendation on how are we going to fight
against depression and why we need to solve this problem.
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Assessment
Test A. Arrange me
Directions: Arrange the following in chronological order. Write 1 to 7 on the lines
basing on the steps of scientific method or stages of a research process.(46-52)
__________Conclusion
__________Formulation of Hypothesis
__________Defining the Problem
__________Review of the related Literature
__________Collect & analyze the data
__________ Interpretation of Results
(Choose your answer still from the box. Understand carefully what social
science discipline is portrayed in the following situations. )
_____________7. Peter wants to scientifically study language, how words came to
be , letters & its sounds and etc.
_____________8. Jhonalyn studies of how words are categorized or formed.
_____________9. Vember, a grade 11, HUMSS student,studies the behavior and
performance of the economy of our country; the impact of export
and import relationship, the peso and dollar exchange and etc.,
creating his own Blog on the net for the readers to know our
present economic situation.
_____________10. Jericho studies the behavior of individuals, households and
individual firms in the market of his municipality.
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Test C. Choose Me
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each
number.
_______1. Which of the following is not a field of Pure Social Science?
A. Counseling B. Demography
C. Political Science D. Sociology
_______2. Which of the following is a main discipline/professional track of the
applied social science?
A. Political Science B. Demographic Studies
C. Guidance Counseling D. Sociological Research
_______3. A discipline that provides guidance, help and support to individuals
though the application of psychological methods and procedures.
A. Political Science B. Demographic Studies
C. Guidance Counseling D. Sociological Research
_______4. Which career opportunity will mostly need an applied social science
practitioner?
A. Journalism B. Architecture
C. Agriculture D. Industrial Technology
_______5. Field of study where practitioners help individuals, groups, families and
communities to enhance people’s capabilities and skills to use their own
resources and help them solve their own social problems.
A. Guidance Counseling B. Communication Studies
C. Teacher-Education D. Social Work
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ANSWER KEY
What do I know
Test A. Test B.
1. False 6. True 1. d
2. False 7. False 2. a
3. False 8. True 3. b
4. True 9. True 4. b
5. True 10. False 5. c
Assessment
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References:
Myla M. Arcinas Ph. D., “Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences”
(Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. 2016 ),
Arleigh Ross D. Dela Cruz, Ph. D., Carl G. Fernandez, RSW, MSW, Ma. Lourdes F.
Melegrito. Ph. D. and iolet B. Valdez, Ph. D., “Discipline and Ideas in the Applied
Social Sciences” (Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. 2016)
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What is It
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