1 SEM, S.Y. 2021-22: Ma. Xerxa Doan P. Billones, Ma - Ed
1 SEM, S.Y. 2021-22: Ma. Xerxa Doan P. Billones, Ma - Ed
MODULE 2
1ST SEM, S.Y. 2021-22
Introduction
In the previous module, you have studied and understood the intended outcomes of
the teaching of Araling Panlipunan. Now, it’s time to learn how to achieve them.
This module will teach you the different approaches in teaching Araling Panlipunan. As
future teachers, the effectiveness of your lessons will greatly depend on the approaches
you use in teaching. Every learner has individual needs and some approaches will work on
some but not on other learners. Thus, as future teachers, you must be equipped with the
knowledge of different approaches and techniques so as to be versatile enough to impart
lessons with diverse learners.
Some lessons will require specific approach and technique for effective delivery. Let us
learn about the different approaches and techniques in the teaching of Araling Panlipunan.
Learning Outcomes
Discussion
LESSON 1:
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING ARALING PANLIPUNAN
A. Constructivist Approach
The constructivist theory of education was developed by Lev Vygotsky, a
psychologist and educator born in 1896. His theory was centered social
constructivism principles. Jerome Bruner later combined Vygotsky’s theories with
those of Jean Piaget, a cognitivist who regarded students as learners in their own
right that learned through their experiences. Vygotsky's ideas, along with those of
Piaget, became widely influential in the 1960s as "child-centered" theory that
challenged the more authoritative didactic teaching method previously favored.
The constructivist model put forth by Piaget, Vygotsky and Bruner has had
reaching implications for contemporary classroom practice (Williams, 2018).
Constructivism is a view of learning based on the belief that knowledge
isn't a thing that can be simply given by the teacher at the front of the room to
students in their desks. Rather, knowledge is constructed by learners through an
active, mental process of development; learners are the builders and creators of
meaning and knowledge. Constructivism draws on the develomental work of Piaget
(1977) and Kelly (1991). Twomey Fosnot (1989) defines constructivism by
reference to four principles: learning, in an important way, depends on what we
already know; new ideas occur as we adapt and change our old ideas; learning
involves inventing ideas rather than mechanically accumulating facts; meaningful
learning occurs through rethinking old ideas and coming to new conclusions about
new ideas which conflict with our old ideas. A productive, constructivist classroom,
then, consists of learner-centered, active instruction. In such a classroom, the
teacher provides students with experiences that allow them to hypothesize,
predict, manipulate objects, pose questions, research, investigate, imagine, and
invent. The teacher's role is to facilitate this process (Gray, 1995).
B. Collaborative Learning
“Collaborative learning” is an umbrella term for a variety of educational
approaches involving joint intellectual effort by students, or students and teachers
together. Usually, students are working in groups of two or more, mutually
searching for understanding, solutions, or meanings, or creating a product.
Collaborative learning activities vary widely, but most center on students’
exploration or application of the course material, not simply the teacher’s
presentation or explication of it. Collaborative learning represents a significant
shift away from the typical teachercentered or lecture-centere milieu in college
classrooms. In collaborative classrooms, the lecturing/ listening/note-taking
process may not disappear entirely, but it lives alongside other processes that are
based in students’ discussion and active work with the course material. Teachers
who use collaborative learning approaches tend to think of themselves less as
expert transmitters of knowledge to students, and more as expert designers of
intellectual experiences for students-as coaches or mid-wives of a more emergent
learning process (Smith & MacGregor, 1995).
D. Thematic Method
Thematic approach is the way of teaching and learning where many areas
of the curriculum are connected together and integrated within a theme thematic
approach to instruction is a powerful tool for integrating the curriculum and
eliminating isolated and reductionist nature of teaching it allows learning to be
more natural than then fragmented nature of the school activities. Here the
students are actively involved and they learn more skills through thematic learning
cognitive skills such as reading, thinking, memorizing and writing are put in the
context of a real life situation under the broad aim to allow for creative exploration.
Thematic instruction is based on the idea that people acquire knowledge, best
when learned in the context of a coherent whole and when they can connect what
they are learning to the real world. Esu (2012) highlighted steps in selecting a
theme as follows.
1. Choosing a theme (teachers strive to connect the theme to the student’s
everyday life).
2. Designing the integrated curriculum. teachers must organize learning
objectives of the curriculum both process skills and content knowledge
around the theme. In the study of weather/climate of a place for instance
mathematics, social studies, science etc are involved.
3. Designing the instruction: This usually involves making changes to the class
schedule combing hours normally devoted to specific topics organizing
fieldtrips, teaching in teams, bringing outside experts etc.
4. Encouraging presentation and celebration: Because thematic instruction is
often project oriented. It frequently involves students going collective
presentation to the rest of the school or community.
E. Conceptual Approach
It involves the process of concept formation. Concepts are "mental
constructions representing categories of information that contain defining
attributes" (Walker & Advant, 1988). The conceptual approach is a structured
inquiry process where students figure out the attributes of a group or category that
has already been formed by the teacher. To do so, students compare and contrast
examples that contain the attributes of the examples with examples that do not
contain those attributes (non-examples). They then separate them into two groups.
The process of concept attainment, then, is the search for and identification
of attributes that can be used to distinguish examples of a given group or category
from non-examples. To test if students attained the correct concept, teacher asks
them to give examples and non-examples. The concept attainment process may
proceed deductively (from rule/definition to examples) or inductively (from
examples to rule/definition). Conceptual approach is higher than content-focused
teaching. For interactive teaching the following variations of the conceptual
approach may be employed:
• Present all of the positive examples to the students at once and have them
determine the essential attributes.
• Present all of the positive and negative examples to the students without
labeling them as such. Have them group the examples into the two categories and
determine the essential attributes.
• Have the students define, identify the essential attributes of, and choose
positive examples for a concept already learned in class.
F. Integrative Approach
The integrated approach helps pupils get a unified view of reality, and
enhances their capability to acquire real-life skills. It does this by linking learning
content between and among subject areas. There is integration when pupils are able
to connect what they are learning in one subject area to a related content in another
subject area. For instance, topics learned in Math or Social Studies may be used by
the pupils with related concepts and skills in Reading and Language. The quality of
learning outcomes improves as pupils are able to integrate information across
disciplines instead of acquiring them in isolation (Dimalanta, 2016).
Using the integrative approach to teaching combines many subjects into
single lessons. The idea behind the theory is that students receive maximum
learning by acquiring knowledge and skills in more than one area in the same time-
frame. Integrating lessons can be done with any subjects, such as mixing language
arts with art by researching famous artists and then writing a report or math and
physical education where students play basketball while assigning different shots to
equal point values. The possibilities for integrated lessons are endless.
For meaningful, active, value-basal, integrative and challenging Araling
Panlipunan teaching, the following specific methods and techniques are suggested:
I. Tri-Question — This will enable the student to probe into events. Three
questions are asked: I) What happened? 2) Why did it happen? and 3) What are
possible consequences? In the lesson, you do not just ask what happened and that's
the end. Digging into the "why" and asking how it affects the student and you and all
others is indeed meaningful.
2. Moral dilemma method — In a moral dilemma a person is torn between
two actions. What are the crucial features of a moral dilemma? I) The person is
required to do each of the two actions; 2) The person can do each of the actions; 3)
The person cannot do both of the actions. 4) The person thus seems condemned to
moral failure; no matter what she does, she will do something wrong (or fail to do
something that she ought to do). The famous Heinz example illustrates moral
dilemma. A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer.
3. Lesson indigenization — Another way of making Araling Panlipunan
teaching integrative .and meaningful to students is indigenizing and localizing the
lessons. In indigenization, concepts are explained using thought patterns, materials
of indigenous communities. Abuso, et al cite the following techniques of
indigenizing: 1. Citing examples from the local culture related to the topic 2. Using
indigenous knowledge - local songs, stories, poem 3. Using indigenous aids such as
artifacts 4. Incorporating community resources in teaching - visit to scenic spots,
inviting local people as resource persons 5. Putting up learning resource centers
where local artifacts are displayed 6. Discussing local problems and issues 7.
Preserving local songs, dances and games 8. Using the local language in teaching 9.
Participating in local celebrations (Abuso, et al TEEP, 2002, p. 54)
4. Using varied learning activities to cater to students' multiple intelligences
and learning styles.
5. The conduct of survey or interview to gather data, recording, organizing,
analyzing and interpreting data to answer given problems is "hands-on, minds-on,
hearts-on" activity. Interviewing the elders in the community regarding history of
the town and officials of the town. The teaching and learning of Araling Panlipunan
is active if it engages students in the learning process.
6. Service learning that involves community projects that occur during class
time falls under the category of multidisciplinary integration.
At Topa Topa Elementary School at Ojai. California, 5th and 6th grade students
created pamphlets on the pros and cons of pesticides to explain how crop pickers can
protect themselves against the substances. Students passed out the brochure, written
in Spanish and English, to workers and consumers throughout the Ojai Valley. Through
the project, students fulfilled state-required standards for language arts, science, and
social studies (Ragland, 2002).
This means that the teaching-learning of the standards for subjects like
language arts, science and social studies was intensified by their making of
pamphlets on the pros and cons of pesticides The students learned their lessons and
at the same time served the community, an effective way of inculcating service-
orientedness. It is service learning indeed.
LESSON 2:
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Many educators have had the experience of not being able to reach some students
until presenting the information in a completely different way or providing new options
for student expression. Perhaps it was a student who struggled with writing until the
teacher provided the option to create a graphic story, which blossomed into a beautiful
and complex narrative. Or maybe it was a student who just couldn't seem to grasp
fractions, until he created them by separating oranges into slices.
The theory of multiple intelligences challenges the idea of a single IQ, where human
beings have one central "computer" where intelligence is housed. Howard Gardner, the
Harvard professor who originally proposed the theory, says that there are multiple types
of human intelligence, each representing different ways of processing information:
1. Verbal-linguistic intelligence refers to an individual's ability to analyze
information and produce work that involves oral and written language,
such as speeches, books, and emails.
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence describes the ability to develop equations
and proofs, make calculations, and solve abstract problems.
3. Visual-spatial intelligence allows people to comprehend maps and other
types of graphical information.
4. Musical intelligence enables individuals to produce and make meaning of
different types of sound.
5. Naturalistic intelligence refers to the ability to identify and distinguish
among different types of plants, animals, and weather formations found in
the natural world.
6. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails using one's own body to create
products or solve problems.
7. Interpersonal intelligence reflects an ability to recognize and understand
other people's moods, desires, motivations, and intentions.
8. Intrapersonal intelligence refers to people's ability to recognize and assess
those same characteristics within themselves.
Dr. Gardner says that our schools and culture focus most of their attention on
linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence. We esteem the highly articulate or logical
people of our culture. However, Dr. Gardner says that we should also place equal attention
on individuals who show gifts in the other intelligences: the artists, architects, musicians,
naturalists, designers, dancers, therapists, entrepreneurs, and others who enrich the world
in which we live. Unfortunately, many children who have these gifts don’t receive much
reinforcement for them in school. Many of these kids, in fact, end up being labeled “learning
disabled,” “ADD (attention deficit disorder,” or simply underachievers, when their unique
ways of thinking and learning aren’t addressed by a heavily linguistic or logical-
mathematical classroom (Armstrong, 2020).
The theory of multiple intelligences proposes a major transformation in the way our
schools are run. It suggests that teachers be trained to present their lessons in a wide
variety of ways using music, cooperative learning, art activities, role play, multimedia, field
trips, inner reflection, and much more (see Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 4th ed.).
The good news is that the theory of multiple intelligences has grabbed the attention of
many educators around the country, and hundreds of schools are currently using its
philosophy to redesign the way it educates children. The bad news is that there are
thousands of schools still out there that teach in the same old dull way, through dry
lectures, and boring worksheets and textbooks. The challenge is to get this information out
to many more teachers, school administrators, and others who work with children, so that
each child has the opportunity to learn in ways harmonious with their unique minds The
Key Stage Standards
Refer below to the list of classroom activities that could be given to learners with
multiple intelligences.
Source: Corpuz, B., Salandan, G. (2015). Principles of Teaching (with TLE). Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
LESSON 3:
LEARNING STYLES
Efforts to help educators cope with individual differences between learners have
drawn upon many sources, including Jungian personality and learning styles, and Howard
Gardener’s theory of multiple intelligences (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial,
musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist-environmental).
Both models insist that we all have access to all styles/intelligences, but that we are
particularly strong in one or two of them.
In a book called So Each May Learn, Silver et al. (Silver et al. 2000; 1997) combine
these two frameworks to create tools for lesson planning. From the Jungian perspective,
they cross the perceiving (sensing-intuition) and judging (thinking-feeling) dimensions to
produce four learning styles, as follows:
The authors expand upon the different learning styles at length. An expansion the
styles given as dispositions follows below.
Summary
The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner, which says
that there are multiple types of human intelligence, each representing different ways of
processing information:
1. Verbal-linguistic intelligence
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence
3. Visual-spatial intelligence
4. Musical intelligence
5. Naturalistic intelligence
6. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
7. Interpersonal intelligence
8. Intrapersonal intelligence
Learning-style theory begins with Carl Jung (1927), who noted major differences in
the way people perceived (sensation versus intuition), the way they made decisions
(logical thinking versus imaginative feelings), and how active or reflective they were while
interacting (extroversion versus introversion). Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs (1977),
who created the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and founded the Association of Psychological
Type, applied Jung's work and influenced a generation of researchers trying to understand
specific differences in human learning. Key researchers in this area include Anthony
Gregorc (1985), Kathleen Butler (1984), Bernice McCarthy (1982), and Harvey Silver and J.
Robert Hanson (1995).Most learning-style theorists have settled on four basic styles. Our
own model, for instance, describes the following four styles (Silver, Strong & Perini, 1997):
Assessment
I. Select from the Araling Panlipunan Curriculum Guide competencies which can be
taught by the use of the following methods/techniques.
Multiple
Lesson Intelligences Survey/ Service
Grades Tri-Question Indigenization and Learning Interview Learning
Styles
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II. PORTFOLIO CONTENT:
With the given learning competency in Grade 6 Araling Panlipunan, think of
an activity that will cater the eight intelligences as discussed in the module:
Intelligences Activity
1. Verbal-linguistic
intelligence
2. Logical-mathematical
intelligence
3. Visual-spatial
intelligence
4. Musical intelligence
5. Naturalistic intelligence
6. Bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence
7. Interpersonal
intelligence
8. Intrapersonal
intelligence
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Corpuz, B., Salandan, G. (2015). Principles of Teaching (with TLE). Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
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