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The document discusses the importance of Social Studies/Araling Panlipunan as an interdisciplinary subject that teaches nationalism, patriotism, and responsible citizenship. However, many students dislike and are disinterested in the subject. Research shows that as early as the 1970s, students saw Social Studies as less important than other subjects like Math and English. National Achievement Test results for Araling Panlipunan in the Philippines from 2015-2018 have also fluctuated. The author expresses frustration with their own students showing disinterest in their Social Studies class through behaviors like yawning, sighing, not paying attention, and low quiz scores.

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The document discusses the importance of Social Studies/Araling Panlipunan as an interdisciplinary subject that teaches nationalism, patriotism, and responsible citizenship. However, many students dislike and are disinterested in the subject. Research shows that as early as the 1970s, students saw Social Studies as less important than other subjects like Math and English. National Achievement Test results for Araling Panlipunan in the Philippines from 2015-2018 have also fluctuated. The author expresses frustration with their own students showing disinterest in their Social Studies class through behaviors like yawning, sighing, not paying attention, and low quiz scores.

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I.

Context and Rationale

I personally love Social Science or Araling Panlipunan. For me, Social

Science just happened to me naturally that I have grown a personal bias to

compared to my other subjects. Asking myself how did I develop my love

towards the subject, it would always lead me back to my excellent Araling

Panlipunan teachers in high school. Now that it is my turn to teach Araling

Panlipunan to my very own high school students, I find it frustrating that some

of them show disinterest to the subject. Some students yawn, sigh, direct their

attention outside of the classroom, others would totally shut off their world

from my class by sleeping through my class. I always thought coming in class

prepared with the lesson and some multimedia resources in hand would

adequately get me through the period. To my disbelief, students would turnover

very low scores in quizzes and periodic test.

Social Studies or Araling Panlipunan has been noted as one of the

important factors in Makabayan as an interdisciplinary subject that paves the

way to the foundation of inculcating nationalism, patriotism and responsible

citizenry among students (Pana and Escarlos, 2017). However, it is a popular

knowledge that many students dislike Araling Panlipunan or consider the

subject as one of the least liked subjects in school. According to Guimba et. al.

(2016) students do not believe Social Studies as an important subject or

consider it as one of their favorite areas of study. Many literatures even those

dating from 1970s to present express the common notion that Social Studies

are being neglected by learners as it is not viewed very important. Fernandez, et

al. (1976) concluded that high school students believed social studies was less

important than mathematics and English for their future occupation. Shaver, et
al. (1979) report similar results in their review of three National Science

Foundation studies. The Science Education Databook (1980) reported that

three percent of nine-year-old students named social studies as their favorite

subject compared to 48 percent for mathematics and 24 percent for language

arts. Fraser (1981), using a semantic differential with Australian students,

found that student attitudes toward social studies became increasingly negative

with increasing grade level in grades 7-10.

Fast forward, in the Philippine context, National Achievement Test

results for Araling Panlipunan showed a fluctuating performance result from

2015-2018.

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