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MODULE 2 IN SS1-Foundation of Social Studies

2RD YEAR BSED – SOCIAL STUDIES

MODULE 2: OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING SOCIAL STUDIES

Intended Learning Outcomes: At the end of this module, the student must have:

1. Identified the objectives of teaching social studies at the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels.
2. Discussed the multidisciplinary and integrated approach of teaching the different fields of social studies in the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels.
3. Discussed, with fairness and maturity, the values and advantages of social sciences teaching along social, cultural, moral, democratic, political and
disciplinary values.
4. Written a reflection paper with fairness and honesty about the values of learning social studies.

Social studies is the interdisciplinary integration of social science and humanities concepts for the purpose of practicing problem solving and decision
making for developing citizenship skills on critical social issues. According to Uche (1980), social studies is a programme that provides adequate knowledge,
skills and altitudes that will enable people to understand their physical and human environment in order to act or behave as responsive citizens. Jiboku
(2002), observes that Social Studies is the aspect of learning which deals with how to get on with one’s environment, both physical and human which
involves development of skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that characterize responsive and responsible citizenship in a free and democratic society.
Frost and Rowland (1969) defined the subject as essentially studies of human relationship, like human to human, human to institutions, human to physical
environment and human to value systems.
This implies that the subject is one that encourages attention to be given to the process of living and working together, using of the environment to
meet basic human needs, customs, institutions, values and life situations, cultural heritage and its dynamic on-going characteristics. Quartey (1984), in his
own definition of Social Studies describes the subject as a “study that equips the youth with tools necessary in solving personal and community related
problems”. Social Studies can therefore be described as a discipline which attempts to modify or change the learners’ behaviours in the directions of
acceptable values and attitudes through a process of studying human beings relationship with his or her environment and with the desire to provide
 solutions to various complementing problems in order to ensure his/her survival, having been equipped with the necessary tools such as values, attitudes,
skills and knowledge (Lawal, 1993).
B. Activities
A. Activity1. Objectives of Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Level
Provide your own explanation and give examples based on the data below.
Objectives
1. Knowledge and Continuous
Learning
2. Social Awareness and Critical
Judgment as well as Critical
Thinking
3. Social Understanding
Definition Explanation Examples
Social studies is the interdisciplinaryThe primary purpose of social studies  Understanding of key
branch of science, social science and is to help pupils develop the ability to structures and values such as
arts which includes Government and make informed decisions as citizens democracy, justice, equality,
Civics, Cultures and Societies, of a culturally diverse, democratic citizenship and civil rights,
Economics, History, Geography, society in an interdependent world. personal, interpersonal,
Sociology, Political science, and It ensures that pupils have multiple intercultural abilities and
Psychology and others. opportunities throughout their school lifelong learning skills to be
careers to develop skills and active and ethical citizens.
concepts of different forms.
Social studies create awareness in It brings awareness to students  Pupils can justify all the
pupils of the diversity and within the balance of justice by reasons and causes of the
interdependence of the world and means of critical thinking. scenarios happening in the
help them to recognize the community.
challenges and benefits of living in a
world with multiple and ideologies.
Social studies teach pupils about
history and enable them to
understand how society has evolved.
It places a strong emphasis in
important and enduring ideas, events
and personalities that affect peoples’
lives.
The subject also includes the study It’s merely important to know the  Individuals will be enhanced
of interrelationship among people, as preference and understanding of the on how to provide and give
well as the relationship between people in the community because it such ideas which will be
them and their environment. This will be your basis on how to interact useful to the community.
allows pupils to develop an with others.  Students can interact properly
understanding of society and human and correctly to people with
 condition. Social studies create special needs and to the
awareness in students of the people that are in needs.
diversity and interdependence of the
world and help them to recognize the
challenges and benefits of living in a
world with multiple and ideologies.
Social studies involve a number of Students will be trained on how to  They will be stay in calm in
subjects including history, geography do such emergency actions every emergency for them to
and economics. Pupils learn how to depending on the positive ideas that make a best decision
integrate ideas from different they can made in every situation. depending on the situation.
disciplines to come up with reasoned
4. Integrating Ideas
decisions and to make the
connections between related
concepts and ideas so they are better
able to identify problems affecting
society.
Social studies will develop children’s Students will have their strong  Students have their chin up
self-confidence and initiative based feeling to do what is right according because the are doing the
on an understanding of their own to community standards. Students right thing to their
accomplishments and potentials and will have confident in every right surroundings.
their own worth. It enhances the thing that they will do for the know  Students will also enhance
development of the competences to that it is right. their competencies to
acquire, organise, assess and present organize, acquire, assess and
information for the purposes of present information for the
problem solving and issue purposes of problem solving
5. Self Confidence
classification. Social studies aid in the and issue classification.
development of students minds to
learn and to acquire certain skills
such as those of listening, speaking,
writing, reading, calculation,
observation, analysis and inference
which are essential to the forming of
sound social, economic and political
judgement.
B. Activity 2. Objectives of Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Level
Provide your own explanation and give examples based on the data below.

Objectives Definition Explanation Examples

 A feeling of love for the
country
 Sources of the formation
Patriotism and love of country must be of high emotions
It is appropriate for students exposed
cultivated and nurtured in the soul of  A sense of homeland and
1. Cultivate a Spirit of to the basic theory of political science
every citizen. Knowledge of the history aesthetic beauty
Patriotism to see the connection with the
of statehood will be able to build and  Patriotism and personal
current political system.
develop a strong identity. values
 National pride and
intergenerational
continuity
Social studies aimed at providing every  Plant trees
person or students with the  Minimize usage of plastics
2. To Identify the Causes and
opportunities to acquire the Students will learn how to improve  Garbage control
Consequences of
knowledge, skills, values and attitudes and save our Mother earth.
Environmental Problems
to protect and improve their
surroundings.
Students are technologically literate,  They can make a paper
understand and use various Students will learn on how to use work through computer
technologies, and demonstrate an innovative guidelines which will and cellphones effectively
3. Technological Competence
understanding of the role of enhance and simplify their work. and efficiently.
technology in their lives, in society, and
in the world at large.
Students know problem solving  Positive thinking in every
strategies and apply them to situations Students will be having the “under situation
they encounter. They demonstrate pressure resolving” based on the  Critical and advance
4. Problem Solving
critical thinking and inquiry skills with historical events that they have thinking
which they process information to learned.  Firm study recall
solve a wide variety of problems.
5. Personal Development Students “grow from inside out,” Students affirmation on their self-  Self-training
continually enlarging their knowledge capacity will enhanced them to  Determined meditation
base, expanding their horizons, and develop their own skill  Astral projection
challenging themselves in the pursuit
 of a healthy and productive life.

C. Activity 3. Objectives of Teaching Social Studies in Tertiary Level

Provide your own explanation and give examples based on the data below.

Objectives Definition Explanation Examples

1. Acquisition of Skills
2. Environmental and Human
Values
3. Acquisition of an Objective The study of Social Studies does not Concepts and skills should be
view of the Local and limit the students to mastery of their developed through exploration in the
The teaching of Social Studies The objective of Social Studies at the  Leadership Skills
education at tertiary institutions pavetertiary level is the acquisition of  Management Skills
way for the students to be trained to both physical and intellectual skills  Professionalism Skills
appreciate the need for unity in which will enable individuals to  Organizational Skills
diversity, develop the spirit of develop into useful members of the  Analytical Skills
togetherness and interdependence of community. Social Studies education  Life Skills
members of both local and national is known to inculcate into the  Personal Life Skills
communities. learners the abilities and skills that  Socio-Cultural Adaptability
will make them become effective and Skills
functional members of the society  Civic Skills
and by that help them to master
their environment explore and
harness the available resources in
their environment for solving societal
needs and bettering the lives of the
people.
The acquisition, development and Values of human development would  Brotherhood
inculcation of proper value orientation be served by granting personhood to  Consideration
for the survival of the individual and ecosystems and natural beings.  Appreciation
society is another objective of Social  Respect
Studies in tertiary level. Social Studies  Fairness
provides training ground for studies in  Love
the tertiary institutions in inquiry,
decision-making, skills, critical thinking,
problem-solving and rational social
actions which are paramount for the
progress and development of both the
individual and the society at large.
 Caring/protecting locality
 Appreciative in the need to
 local and national communities rather
it exposes them to knowledge of the
wider world, that is, the international
External Environments
communities, thus give them the
opportunity of adapting and
appreciating other people’s cultures.
Social studies educates students on
citizenship, providing them with the
knowledge, skills and attitudes that will
help them to become competent and
4. Civic Competence
responsible citizens who are informed,
thoughtful, participate in their
community and exhibit moral and civic
virtues.
environment whenever possible, with
subsequent extension to regional,
national and global environment.
Equips individuals to fully participate
in civic life, based on knowledge of
social and political concepts. An
understanding of the codes of
conduct and customs in different
environment in which individuals
operate is essential.
conserve the earth’s
resources
 Environmental awareness
 Civil rights and equality
 Religious and ethnic beliefs
 Duties of a citizen
 Socio-economic and
political system
 History of your country

D. Activity 4. Approaches in Teaching Social Studies

Provide specific examples in each Approach in Teaching Social Studies

Approaches Definition Examples

Discovery learning takes place in problem solving
situations where the learner draws on his own
experience and prior knowledge and is a method of
instruction through which students interact with their
environment by exploring and manipulating objects,
wrestling with questions and controversies, or
performing experiments.
Discovery Approach
Process Approach Process approach generally applauds the results.
Teachers who emphasize creative and critical thinking
frequently use assignments requiring students to
 A teacher who asks the students to generate their
own strategy for solving a problem may be
provided with examples in how to solve similar
problems ahead of the discovery learning task. "A
student might come up to the front of the room to
work through the first problem, sharing his or her
thinking out loud.
 The teacher might question students and help
them formulate their thinking into general
guidelines for estimation, such as "start by
estimating the sum of the highest place-value
numbers". As others come to the front of the
room to work their way through problems out
loud, students can generate and test more rules"
 Direct instruction
 Differentiated instruction
 Expeditionary learning

Inquiry Approach
Multimedia Approach
Value Clarification Approach
Mastery Learning
Eclectic Approach
compare and contrast, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate  Game-based learning
some aspect of the social studies content.
Inquiry teaching is a process of asking and answering  Students are encouraged to:
key social studies questions. It is a student-centered 1. Explore the material
method of education focused on asking questions. It is 2. Ask questions
an approach to learning that involves a process of 3. Share ideas
exploring the natural or material world that leads to
asking questions and making discoveries in the search
for new understandings.
The multimedia approach consisting of the use of many  Text, audio, still images, animation, video and
appropriate and carefully selected devices, techniques interactivity are combined together the result is
and media in such a combination as to yield in the most multimedia.
effective realization of the teaching- learning objectives  The teacher is handling the class lesson using a
in a best possible way . The term multimedia approach PowerPoint Presentation and videos to teach the
to teaching – learning may be referred to the use of students.
appropriate and carefully selected varieties of learning
experiences which when presented to the learner
through selected teaching strategies will reinforce and
strengthen one another in such a way that the learner
will achieve predetermined objectives in an effective
way.
Values clarification is an educational intervention that  Students are asked to write things in life that thy
includes reflexive personal, sociocultural, and love to do.
intercultural processes whereby one seeks to identify the  Values Grid
undergirding or influential value priorities that guide  Values Voting (How many of you are honest all
one’s interests, choices, actions, and reactions in a the time?)
variety of interpersonal and social contexts.
Mastery learning aims to change that, primarily by letting  Students are interviewed by a teacher and answer
go of the concept that everyone is on the same time the questions of various levels or conduct a role
schedule. It requires more differentiated learning, giving play.
students more time to go over the learning material,  Ask a student to show they know and fact,
giving them extra explanation and support. students either write an answer or tell it to a
teacher.
Eclectic approach is a method of language education that  Sensory integration and stimulation (brushing and
combines various approaches and methodologies to swinging)
teach language depending on the aims of the lesson and  Structured teaching using method of applied
the abilities of the learners. Different teaching methods behavior analysis.
 are borrowed and adapted to suit the requirement of the  Floor time procedure, music sessions and free
learners. play with typical peers.

C. Analysis
Answer the question below.
How important to understand the different approaches that involves of teaching social studies in different fields (Elementary, Secondary and
Tertiary levels)?

It is important to weigh such approaches to such students because every individual is having their own intellectual capacity. A college work
can’t be taught to an elementary student. And it is important to know their root standards because it will give the instructor the appropriate
approach for such matter.

D. Abstraction
Discuss and explain briefly with fairness and maturity the following statements below.
The Values and Advantages of Social Sciences Teaching along with:
1. Social
Social Science disciplines are important in helping people to understand and engage with the wide variety of institutions that shape lives is.
Particularly valuable in helping people to learn to be citizens. It helps social institutions, thus benefiting individuals and society as a whole.

2. Cultural
Social science provides cultural models for ways of behaving, feeling, thinking and communicating. In general, culture dictates what is, and
what is not, situationally relevant. The diversity in tradition and, to a lesser extent, languages is also evident among individuals who an belong
to one of many races and may identified as belonging to one or a mixture of various subgroups, each with their own cultural values that being
understand in social science.

3. Moral
Moral activity, should be integrated in the content with value dilemmas that are relevant to students lives. Social studies classes are saturated
with examples to consider. Students participating in a course with similar activities could then cultivate the idea that it is to everyone’s
advantage when we take an active role towards reaching a moral consensus in a pluralistic society.

4. Political
 It is merely important to have political values and aspects in ways of teaching to guide learners in choosing the right leaders of the
community or even whole nation. It also trains individuals to handle or even control such small communities to huge areas.

5. Disciplinary Values
Self-discipline is truly an asset for each individual because this will lead to peace and justice. It is an advantage for social science to involve
teaching for core values that will enhance self-discipline and will result for positive outcome for the community.

E. Application
Tell with Fairness and Honesty: Submit a Reflection Paper about the Values of Learning Social Studies as graded based on the rubrics below:

Social studies are very essential to learners because it is one of the fundamentals on how to obtain mental, psychological, biographical and biological aspects of an
individual themselves. It is important too that learner’s will know their cultural backgrounds that affects especially religious thoughts of such person.

Mental stability of an individual really connects to social studies in the way that they can balance their logic and preferences. Psychological too also affects logic
and it trains learners to plan for future depending on their biography and biological aspects such as nature, address, parents and their identity to be known by the
community. Culture is also having a big part because it is one of the footprints from the history that will let them know their ancestors, their norms, tradition and especially
its form of religion that will lead them to connect path of virtues of life, principles of balance and especially peace, politics and justice.

Therefore, learning social studies is superbly important and essential to each and everyone’s life in a matter that it will really teach and train students to fully
understand and distinguish themselves, the community, the government, the current events and the economical aspects of the whole world.

Rubrics for Student Reflection Paper

Above Expectations Meets Expectations Approaching Expectations Below Expectations

The reflection explains the
student’s own thinking and
Reflective Thinking
learning processes, as well as
implications for future learning.
Analysis The reflection is an in-depth
The reflection explains the
student’s thinking about
his/her own learning
processes.
The reflection is an analysis
The reflection attempts to
The reflection does
demonstrate thinking about
not address the
learning but is vague and/or
student’s thinking
unclear about the personal
and/or learning.
learning process.
The reflection attempts to The reflection does
 analysis of the learning
experience, the value of the
derived learning to self or
others, and the enhancement of
the student’s appreciation for
the discipline.
The reflection articulates
multiple connections between
this learning experience and
Making Connections
content from other courses, past
learning, life experiences and/or
future goals.
of the learning experience
and the value of the derived
learning to self or others.
The reflection articulates
connections between this
learning experience and
content from other courses,
past learning experiences,
and/or future goals.
analyze the learning experience
not move beyond a
but the value of the learning to
description of the
the student or others is vague
learning experience.
and/or unclear.
The reflection attempts to
articulate connections between
The reflection does
this learning experience and
not articulate any
content from other courses,
connection to other
past learning experiences, or
learning or
personal goals, but the
experiences.
connection is vague and/or
unclear.

Total possible Score is 50 points

Student Score: __________

A. Evaluation
Based on the following procedures of this module; the activities conducted and the ideas gathered, I want you to make a reflection by filling up the table
below. As a student, the lesson I got in this module are as follows:

I LEARNED……. I UNLEARNED……. I RELEARNED……..

I learned from this module the different I don’t fully understand the topic on different I want to relearn the topic of the values and
approaches particularly the discovery, objectives in teaching social studies in tertiary advantages of teaching social sciences along
multimedia, process and value clarification school level particularly the acquisition skills. with cultural and moral.
approach.

I also learned in the module the different I also don’t fully understand the topic of I also want to relearn the different objectives
objectives in teaching social studies in high eclectic approach. in teaching social studies in elementary level.
school level.

Prepared by:

EDUARDO D. QUIDTA JR., M.A.Ed, M.Ed

Part Time Instructor