Rogelyn Rada

What are teaching and learning approaches? •Approaches to teaching and learning Being self-directed and responsible for own learning. •Having existing experiences which can draw from to inform current learning. •Being motivated to learn especially when able to see the direct relevance of what is being learning and able to recognise why they need to know something. •Being able to problem solve. In Teaching Social Studies it has six(6) different Approaches. 1. Constructivist Approach          This approach is based on the assumption that the students come with entry knowledge and skills. New lesson becomes meaningful when a connection is established between their prior knowledge and the new learning activity. Example : An elementary school teacher presents a class problem to measure the length of the "Mayflower." Rather than starting the problem by introducing the ruler, the teacher allows students to reflect and to construct their own methods of measu...

Identifying a competency where you can see moral dilemma as a teaching technique. But before we start lets find out what is a moral dilemma ?  A  moral dilemma  is a situation in which a person is torn between right and wrong. ... Some  examples  of  moral dilemmas  include:   •  A teacher must handle Filipino, Science and English, though the teacher was an english major but needed to teach another major. • The teachers Pet ( Fairness)  , John was a sophomore and he joined the quiz bee audition but he heard rumors that the teacher already choose students and did not have the audition , it makes him feel conflicted and think how  unfair it was. This is a helpful case to get kids to talk about dilemmas they know are unfair when the odds are stacked in their favor.  In such a dilemma, choosing one moral will result in violating another; or, doing one thing could bring positive results but is morally wrong.

Guiding Principles in the Teaching of Social Studies Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning inform the design and implementation of all academic standards. All educational initiatives are guided and impacted by important and often unstated attitudes or principles for teaching and learning.  The Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning  provide the touchstone for practices that truly affect the vision of every child a graduate prepared for college and career. The principles inform what happens in the classroom, the implementation and evaluation of programs, and remind us of our own expectations for students. Based on its acronym "MAVIC"  means teaching social studies must be M- meaningful, A- active , V- value , I- integrative, and C-challenging ; in this guiding principles the teacher must know the social sciences which he teaches. He/she must have resources of knowledge at his disposal and he should possession and be familiar with the books in his/her fiel...

Why Teaching and Learning Social Studies? Social Studies education is essential in supporting students to interact with difference within communities.The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world. Why effective social studies teaching's meaningful?  A. It is meaningful when students see the relevance and connection of their lesson to their lives because it has real world application. Incorporating real-world examples make lessons more meaningful to students because they will be able to connect the learning to the bigger picture than just a classroom .  For example :   The grade 10 students share  their  Autobiography in the class. B. Social Studies teaching is meaningful  when new information in social studies lesson is connected to prior experiences of student...