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    The document discusses reasons for the dismal state of social studies education in the Philippines and ways to improve its relevance for 21st century learners. It states that inadequate instructional materials, lack of proper facilities, and lack of trained social studies teachers have contributed to the poor state. It suggests integrating more technology, group activities, open-ended questions, and music into lessons to make the curriculum more engaging and develop students' critical thinking, collaboration, and other modern skills. Combining these strategies could make social studies more relevant and help students succeed academically.

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    The document discusses reasons for the dismal state of social studies education in the Philippines and ways to improve its relevance for 21st century learners. It states that inadequate instructional materials, lack of proper facilities, and lack of trained social studies teachers have contributed to the poor state. It suggests integrating more technology, group activities, open-ended questions, and music into lessons to make the curriculum more engaging and develop students' critical thinking, collaboration, and other modern skills. Combining these strategies could make social studies more relevant and help students succeed academically.

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    The document discusses reasons for the dismal state of social studies education in the Philippines and ways to improve its relevance for 21st century learners. It states that inadequate instructional materials, lack of proper facilities, and lack of trained social studies teachers have contributed to the poor state. It suggests integrating more technology, group activities, open-ended questions, and music into lessons to make the curriculum more engaging and develop students' critical thinking, collaboration, and other modern skills. Combining these strategies could make social studies more relevant and help students succeed academically.

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    The document discusses reasons for the dismal state of social studies education in the Philippines and ways to improve its relevance for 21st century learners. It states that inadequate instructional materials, lack of proper facilities, and lack of trained social studies teachers have contributed to the poor state. It suggests integrating more technology, group activities, open-ended questions, and music into lessons to make the curriculum more engaging and develop students' critical thinking, collaboration, and other modern skills. Combining these strategies could make social studies more relevant and help students succeed academically.

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    1. What do you think are the reasons for such dismal state of Social Studies education in our country?

    Answer: In my personal opinion, the reasons for such dismal state of Social Studies education in
    Philippines are the following: Inadequacy of Instructional Materials, Lack of Physical Conditions, and
    Non-availability of expert Social Studies teachers or should I say Lack of teacher’s training program.
    Maybe the government has a low budget in providing textbooks as well as providing a good learning
    environment and availability of school facilities. Furthermore, teachers find it difficult to teach lessons
    effectively due to their little knowledge. We all know that the subject Social Studies requires teachers to
    have depth knowledge of facts, history and relevant events. Based on my experiences, I have some
    teachers in elementary that only rely on textbooks and it might be the reason why students have limited
    learning experiences. Consequently, the main goal of the Social Studies education in Philippines is not
    being met. When the needs of the students were provided, teaching Social Studies education in our
    country will be successful and it will no longer be in a dismal state.

    2. Suggest ways on how to make the elementary social studies curriculum more relevant for the 21st
    century Filipino learners.

    Answer: There are many strategies and techniques on how to make the elementary curriculum more
    relevant for the 21st century Filipino learners. I know that many teachers struggle in finding ways how to
    motivate students to learn because many of them find the Social Studies subject boring. Teachers should
    think of some ways that can enhance the 21 st century skills of learners, the critical thinking, creativity,
    collaboration, communication, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, flexibility,
    leadership, initiative, productivity and social skills.

    Social studies teachers should integrate technology in teaching lessons. Technology can
    motivate students and keep them engaged in the lesson. They can use Powerpoint presentations in
    teaching and provide sample videos and pictures to break the paradigm of relying on textbook. Teachers
    should provide opportunities for students to have group activities like group discussions, games,
    roleplay and talk shows. These are some great ways to engage students and motivate them to love the
    subject. Teachers can ask open-ended questions and allow reflection time during discussion. Let
    students engaged and motivated by challenging them to solve a historical problem and let them think
    outside the box to enhance their critical thinking skills. Music is also a nice way for the students to be
    interested in the topic of Social Studies. Teachers can let students to listen to music of different eras.
    Make it fun by telling them to make a jingle. They will create lyrics of a song referring to their topic with
    today’s beat. This is a challenging task for them but an enjoyable one.

    By combining these activities, Social Studies curriculum will be more relevant to 21 st century
    Filipino learners and they will also enhance their different skills that can help them to have an academic
    success.

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