Different Approaches in Teaching Social Studies


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 measurement.

2.Collaborative Learning
         This is based on the assumption that students learn better when they learn with others. Also when a group of two or more students work together to complete an activity, discuss a question, or collaborate on a task, we call it collaborative learning. The intended consequence of accomplishing tasks together is to help students learn the complexities of solving a problem and promote deeper learning through doing.
Example : Brainstorming as a group
 Getting together as a team to share ideas and ask questions as you move toward a decision is a great opportunity for collaboration.

3. Experiential and Contextualized Learning
          It is learning beginning with experience and ending in experience. Experiential learning also is the practice of learning through doing. It encourages the student to have first-hand experiences with the materials, rather than learning through someone else's experiences in textbook or lecture. This is also called Contextualized learning because learning is pouted in human experience; which means the context of learning is experience itself.
Example : The grade 6 students do their own experiment about the how volcano erupted.

4. Thematic Method
              Thematic approach is a way of teaching and learning, whereby many areas of the curriculum. are connected together and integrated within a theme.
Example: Students may express interest in current popular music. This interest can be developed into thematic instructional units and lessons that span across time and cultures, how cultures interact and impact one another, music as a social or political commentary in social studies or history classes.

5. Conceptual Approach
             This approach involves the process of concept formation. It is also choosing and defining the content of a certain discipline to be taught through the use of or pervasive ideas as against the traditional practice of determining content by isolated topics.
Example: An example of conceptual is when you formulate an abstract philosophy to explain the world which cannot be proven or seen. We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

6. Integrative Approach
            This approach is anchored on the assumption that teaching and learning are more meaningful and further enriched if lesson is connected to real life experiences.
Example: Integrating reading, writing, and oral communication in language arts is a common example. Teachers often integrate history, geography, economics, and government in an intradisciplinary social studies program.

For meaningful , active , value-based, integrative and challenging, social studies teaching , here are the following suggested specific methods and techniques.
1. Tri-Questions
2. Moral Dilemma Method
3. Lesson Indegenization
4. Using varied learning activities to cater to students multiple intelligences and learning styles.

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