In depth understanding of Social Studies

❙ By: MHAE DOLLETE VILLANUEVA

In order to teach young people to become responsible citizens, social studies integrates the social sciences into classroom instruction. Social intelligence and civic acuity are demonstrated by responsible citizens. Social awareness entails knowledge of the human condition, how it has changed through time, variances that occur in various physical environments and cultural contexts, and emerging trends that seem likely to have a significant impact on the future in an interdependent world. Civic effectiveness is the ability to make judgments for the common good in a pluralistic, democratic society. It is the preparedness and willingness to assume the obligations of citizenship.

It became vital to think of social studies as a group rather than history as a single subject as geography received more emphasis, civics and history were gradually separated, and sociology and economics were included in school curricula. There is significant concern about the importance of the social studies discipline and how it will affect the study of history as it has grown. Clarifying the term and restating how history relates to the other social subjects are the goals of this discussion.

The word “social studies” has been used outside of the teaching profession to describe “current concerns,” to indicate socialistic or reformist goals, to refer to social service and social welfare, to be the opposite of history, and to identify a teaching approach. These usages of the phrase are incorrect.

The phrase has been used in a number of ways within the teaching community. It has been used to denote a combination of two or more human relations-related subjects as well as a social studies combination devoid of history. The phrase has also been used to emphasize the social or ethical values of studies like physics, mathematics, and other disciplines.