Nature and Structure of Araling Panlipunan
Nature and Structure of Araling Panlipunan
Nature and Structure of Araling Panlipunan
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Effective teaching of Araling Panlipunan is characterized as Meaningful ,Integrative ,
Value – based, Challenging and Active
Meaningful: It is meaningful when students see the relevance and connection of their lesson to
their lives because it has real – world application. It also becomes meaningful when students
are challenged to use disciplined inquiry or use high – order thinking skills to construct
meaning. It is meaningful when learning is authentic.
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Integrative: The subject itself is an integration of several interrelated disciplines – history,
economics, geography, political science, sociology, anthropology, archeology and psychology. It
is sensitive to and integrates multiple intelligences and learning styles of students. It integrates
cognitive skills required in other disciplines as it provides opportunities for students to conduct
inquiry, develop and display data, synthesize findings, and make judgments.
Value - based: A powerful and effective AP teaching is value driven because its intended
outcomes the development of the mamayang mapanagutan, makalikasan, makabansa at
makatao. Students learn democracy by experiencing democracy right there in the classroom.
It’s lessons are replete with value – laden concerns and issues where students listen to
competing arguments, assess the merits of competing arguments and make informed and
value- based decisions.
Active: It requires students to process and think about what they are learning. Active learning is
"hands-on- minds-on-hearts-on". Students work individually or collaboratively, using rich and
varied sources, to reach understandings, make decisions, discuss issues and solve problems.
Students interact teachers by asking and answering questions as teachers explain. Students also
interact with learning materials.
Challenging: Learning task should neither be too easy to bore the students nor too difficult to
discourage them. AP teachers should know their students more than anything else and so are in
the best position to determine when the learning task are neither too easy nor too difficult.