Proposed Integration of Interactive Approach in Teaching Social Studies in Grade VII

Abstract

This study focused on assessing the Proposed Integration of Interactive Significance Approach in Teaching Social Studies in Grade VII at Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School (SEPNAS), San Carlos City. It also described the status of the Social Studies instructional program in SEPNAS, the strategies used by the Social Studies teachers and students in the teaching-learning process in Social Studies. The descriptive method of research was employed in the study, using a questionnaire which was administered to the 10 respondents of the study. Percentages and frequency counts were used to interpret the data gathered from the respondents. Research finding showed that majority of the Grade VII Social Studies teachers perceived the status of the Social Studies instructional program as Good in terms of understanding the relationship between social studies and the social sciences and other scientific branches, understanding the requirements of a Social Studies lesson, explaining the historical developments related to Social Studies lessons, understanding the relationship of Social Studies to the normal life, ability to make scientific  studies on the topic or issues of Social Studies, attentively planning Social Studies teaching taking the student’s cognitive, perceptive, psychomotor development levels into consideration, teaching of matters concerning Social Studies, ability to draw connections between the students’ life, life experiences and the environment that they live in, developing the materials required in teaching Social Studies and utilizing equipment such as computers, projector slides, television, VCD, etc., in teaching Social Studies. Only few of the respondents perceived the aforementioned criteria as Excellent.