Teaching Social Studies in The Primary Grades: Things To Ponder

TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY GRADES
Trampe, Jhon Ronald T. BEED – 1B
THINGS TO PONDER:
1.) What do you think are the reasons for such dismal state Social Studies
education in the country?
One of the factors that affect the state of Social Studies education in the
Philippines is the current lack of well-studied fields in Social Studies subjects. Its
unavailability results in incompetent and insufficient Social Studies educators in
the country. Moreover, the education department wants to compete with other
countries in terms of education. The DepEd visualizes Filipino students to shape
better intelligence to make distinguished competitive learners. Plus, the out-of-
field teaching issue was emphasized in the study by Pacaña, Ramos, Catarata,
and Inocian, 2019. It states that out-of-field teaching is the teaching method of
cross-over teachers that are inexperienced or unexposed in that field, raising
concerns and resulting in drought and unproficiency in the subject.
2.) How can the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) assist the Department of
Education (DepEd) in solving the unidentified challenges? Suggest three
interventions or programs that would address the challenges above.

One of the bits of help that CHED can do is to build further studies
concerning this issue. The analysis of Pacaña et al. suggested that the
introduction of the BTM or Bayle Teaching Method is the most effective
implementation. BTM means moving within the music and feeling the rhythm to
maintain teaching efficiency. Another action would be providing quality teaching
and learning material for better education (Lopez & Roble, 2022).
NOTES
Pacaña, N. M., Ramos, C., Catarata M., and Inocian, R. (2019). Out-of-field social
studies teaching through sustainable culture-based pedagogy: A Filipino
perspective. International Journal of Education and Practices, 7 (3), 230-241. DOI:
10.18488/journal.61.2019.73.230.241
Lopez, H. and Roble, D. (2022). Challenges and adaptive strategies of out of field
Mathematics teachers in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
American Journal of Educational Research, 10 (3), 111-115. DOI: 10.12691/education-
10-3-1
CHALLENGE: Compose an essay on the experience that you had in your social studies class during
your elementary and high school days.
AN ESSAY OF AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE
As a child, I often asked my mother about the things that I am curious about. I ask
about a certain history or a story that embodies a certain place, how anything works,
where it came from, and lots and lots that make networks of the chain of questions
until I’m satisfied with what I have heard from her. And I believe all of it. That inquisitive
quality always made her smile and sometimes not, as far as I remembered. I was eager
and hungry to learn back then, and school excites me a lot.
I reminisce about the little curious me who takes studying as a crucial matter.
Different forms of land and water, and their resources excite the 6-year-old or the
primary learner. Maybe because of the prevalent places that are captured, I was able
to travel through those pictures using my imaginative mind. Tertiary learner, I allow
myself to create scenes inside my head, allowing myself to understand the Philippines’
history from the pre-colonial era heading to the 21st century. A lovely habit that I would
not share with anyone and would not forget.
I reminisce about the teenager who was curious about me during high school. An
achievement that I held for two grades, where scores are almost perfect, where
activeness is always peaking at its top, and where enthusiasm reigns the most. History
about the rise and the falls of every great kingdom and dynasty in the world that
exists. The greatest extent of myself as a learner in the field of Social Studies is due to
its imaginative writing from the book and the creative reach that my imagination has
attained. A lovely habit that I would not share with anyone and would not forget.
I also reminisce about high school when Social Studies became a more political
and economic field. This turns everything out. Politics does not require imagination to
reproach, but rather a logical approach to move. Economics does not require
imagination to solve financially, but rather as a quantitative approach to balance. My
teacher from grades 7 to 10 asked me, “Trampe, anong nangyayari sa’yo?” in the sound
of disappointment which made fear creep in me when I gave her an unjustifiable grade.
And again, I reminisce about another teenage me. STEM strand does not cater to
Social Studies but rather a Quantitative method with an experimental approach.
Hypothesis but not imagination was used to achieve excellent outcomes. I have never
foreseen that this change is possible to modify something that was lost as I grow up.
Maybe the pressure of growing up killed the little curious me who constructed the
foundation of imagination that takes me in this setup.
And once again, while sitting on the floor. Where the warm golden ray of the
afternoon sun touches my skin and the noisy creaking sound of the fan. I wonder as I
create this essay about the child who made me imaginative which allows me to answer
what I experienced is me being imaginative. And now I am longing for the imaginative
child who was responsible for me recollecting and wondering where he could be over
the past few years. And I hope that our paths crossed in this field.

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TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE PRIMARY GRADES

Trampe, Jhon Ronald T. BEED – 1B

education in the country?

unavailability results in incompetent and insufficient Social Studies educators in

countries in terms of education. The DepEd visualizes Filipino students to shape

better intelligence to make distinguished competitive learners. Plus, the out-of-

cross-over teachers that are inexperienced or unexposed in that field, raising

concerns and resulting in drought and unproficiency in the subject.

Education (DepEd) in solving the unidentified challenges? Suggest three

interventions or programs that would address the challenges above.

introduction of the BTM or Bayle Teaching Method is the most effective

maintain teaching efficiency. Another action would be providing quality teaching

studies teaching through sustainable culture-based pedagogy: A Filipino

perspective. International Journal of Education and Practices, 7 (3), 230-241. DOI:

Mathematics teachers in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

American Journal of Educational Research, 10 (3), 111-115. DOI: 10.12691/education-

AN ESSAY OF AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE

and hungry to learn back then, and school excites me a lot.

not share with anyone and would not forget.

imagination to solve financially, but rather as a quantitative approach to balance. My

Social Studies but rather a Quantitative method with an experimental approach.

foundation of imagination that takes me in this setup.

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