Culture, Society, and Politics as Conceptual Tools

2. CONCEPTUAL TOOLS
• Culture, Society, and Politics
Exist in the realm of
ideas and thoughts
Influence the way we
see and experience our
individual and collective
lives as social beings.

3. HEURISTIC TOOL
• Simplifying tool – concepts allow the discovery
of new aspects of a phenomenon.
‘means’ rather than as
an ‘end’

4. STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS
OMNIPOTENT FORCES – shaping the very fabric of our existence.
Intrusive and Punitive implications in our lives.
Categories
Male
Female
Poor
Rich
Tall/Short
Skin Color
Social Forces

5. STUDENTS AS SOCIAL BEINGS
Categories Labels Tags
Stereotyping
Not natural; but socially constructed
Social Positions Personal Traits
Even before we see the first light of day, our world is already
being organized by society.

6. SOCIAL REALITIES:
BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON

7. WHY DO PEOPLE DO
SUCH A THING?

8. What makes it normal and
acceptable to some people
in some places and
unacceptable to others in
other places?

9. BEHAVIOR AND PHENOMENA
Istambay
Lagay
Food taboos
Same-sex marriage
Use of a go- between/
padrino

10. VALUES AND
BELIEFS AS
BEHAVIOR
MOTIVATORS

11. VALUES AS MAJOR INFLUENCE
Behavior Attitude
Broad guidelines in behavior in all situations.
Values are the criteria people use in assessing their daily lives,
arranging their priorities, and choosing between alternative
courses of action.
Beliefs, is something one accepts as true or real. Takes form of
firmly held opinion or conviction, regardless of the verifiable
evidence.

12. SOCIAL DYNAMICS:
SOCIAL, POLITICAL,
AND CULTURAL
CHANGE

13. PHENOMENON
videogaming
Political dynasty
Selfieing
Transnational families
Youth volunteerism

14. Performance Task:
The Compartmentalized Life Matrix
I am ___________________________ (your name) and I am a
(boy/girl). The following are the compartments representing what I can
do and cannot do.
Things I can do Things I cannot do