Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

The course introduces students to basic concepts, subjects and methods of inquiry in the disciplines that comprise the Social Sciences. It then discusses influential thinkers and ideas in these disciplines, and relates these ideas to the Philippine setting and current global trends.

The course is composed of five (5) major units, broken down into manageable topics to suit the situation of Filipino senior high school learners:

Emergence of the Social Sciences
Defining Social Science as the study of society
Introducing the disciplines within Social Sciences
Historical context of the emergence of each discipline

Dominant Approaches and Ideas Part 1
Structural-Functionalism
Marxism
Symbolic Interactionism
Psychoanalysis

Dominant Approaches and Ideas Part 2
Rational Choice
Institutionalism
Feminist Theory
Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Human-Environment Systems

Indigenizing the Social Sciences
Filipino Social Thinkers
Institute of Philippine Culture's Study on Philippine Values
Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Pantayong Pananaw

Social Sciences and the Real World
Professions
Applications and Intersections of the approaches in addressing social problems

The Daily Lesson Plans (DLP) are the outputs of the teachers (Class B) who participated in the Regional Mass Training of Teachers for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) Subjects last May 2017 at San Fernando Pampanga.

Download the entire DLP which includes the appendices such as resource material and sample rubrics here for the subject Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS) in the teachers' online folder at Google drive.