The document outlines the framework for teaching social studies as a social science, emphasizing its importance in developing effective citizenship through an integrated curriculum. It discusses the features of the elementary social studies curriculum, including teaching strategies like role-playing and storytelling, and highlights concerns related to 21st-century social studies teaching in the Philippines. Additionally, it presents the 4 pillars of education and the 8 m's of teaching as essential components of effective instruction.

2. Topic contents:
• Social Studies as a Social Science
• Features of Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
• Concerns in the 21st
Century Social Studies
Teaching
• 4 Pillars of Education
• 8 M’s of Teaching
• Bloom’s Taxonomy

3. “Social Studies as a
Social Science”

4. Social Studies
as a Social Science
SCIENCE
NATURAL SOCIAL
PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL
-Physics -Zoology
-Chemistry -Botany
-HISTORY
-ECONOMICS
-POLITICAL SCIENCE
-SOCIOLOGY
-ANTHROPOLOGY
-PHILOSOPHY
-GEOGRAPHY
-PSYCHOLOGY

5. Social Science vs
Social Studies

6. Social Science
• Systematized body of knowledge about human
beings and society
• Emphasized the application of scientific methods
and rigorous standards of evidence to the study of
humanity
• Studies the social life of human groups and
individuals

7. Social Studies
• Integrated study of Social Science to promote
effective citizenry
• Curriculum vehicle through which the capacities of
disciplinary knowledge, thinking skills, commitment
etc. are being delivered to students
• Broad study of the various fields that involves past
and current human interactions

8. Social Science vs
Social Studies

9. “Features of Elementary
Social Studies
Curriculum”

10. Features of Elementary
Social Studies Curriculum
1. Who teaches?
TEACHER

11. Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers
7 Domains:
1. Content, Knowledge and Pedagogy
2. Learning Environment
3. Diversity of Learners
4. Curriculum and Planning
5. Assessment and Reporting
6. Community Linkages and Professional Engagement
7. Personal Growth and Professional Development

12. 2. Who do the teachers teach?
LEARNERS
(Pupils/Students)

13. 3. What do the teachers teach?
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS
& VALUES

15. Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Cognitive
Domain

16. Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Psychomotor
Domain

17. Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Affective
Domain

18. 4. How do teachers teach?
APPROACHES
OR
STRATEGIES

20. Strategies in teaching Social Studies
1. Role Playing
- provide learners with the opportunity to
“feel” the situation rather than merely
intellectualize about it

21. 2. Perspective-thinking
-entails “standing in the shoe of the
other and walking in the way for a while”

22. 3. Visualization/imagination
-allows learners to imagine
alternatives to situation of solving
problems

23. 4. Reading or writing a quotation
-encourages learners to think or
appreciate better concepts learned in the
session

24. 5. Semantic Webbing
-writing a word on a board and
inviting learners to write their
associations to stimulate thinking

25. 6. Use of film/photographs
-help create vivid images in the minds
of learners

26. 7. Story telling
-helps learners connect with the
story on a more personal basis

27. 8. Song/Poem Analysis
-allows learners to listen or read
them, identify their favorite lines and
interpret messages

28. 5. How much of the teaching was learned?
ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE

29. Assessment of Learning
*Assessment is abstract but guided by
terms to make concrete (tools to assess):
1. Measurement (quantitative)
2. Evaluation (qualitative)

30. 6. With whom do we teach?
COMMUNITY
PARTNERS

31. “Concerns in the 21st
Century Social Studies
Teaching”

32. As future Social Studies teachers, do you
think what are the concerns in the 21st
Century Social Studies teaching in the
Philippines?

33. Activity Task
for presentation
Topics:
• 4 Pillars of Education
• 8 M’s of Teaching
Contents:
• Definition
• Examples

34. 4 Pillars of Education:
• Learning to know
• Learning to do
• Learning to live together
• Learning to be

35. 8 M’s of Teaching:
• Motivation
• Milieu
• Materials
• Matter
• Method
• Mastery
• Media
• Measurement

36. Thank you!
Yosef Eric C. Hipolito, LPT, MAED, MED
Historian, Philippine Historical Association
yoseferichipolito19@gmail.com