Quarter 4 – Module 14 FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 Discipline and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Senior High School Alternative Delivery Mode Quarter 4 – Module 14: Functions of Applied Social Sciences 1 Second Edition, 2021 Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties. Borrowed materials (i.e. songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names, trademark, et cetera) included in this book are owned by their respective copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not represent nor claim ownership over them. 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Labis, PhD., EPS Social Science; Celieto B. Magsayo, LRMS Manager; Loucile L. Paclar, Librarian II; Kim Eric G. Lubguban, PDO II Printed in the Philippines by Department of Education – Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-LR)Office Department of Education – Division of Misamis Oriental Office Address: A. Velez St., Brgy. 29, Cagayan de Oro City, 9000 Telephone: (088) 881-3094 │ Text: 0917-8992245 Email Address: misamis.oriental@deped.gov.ph Official Website: www.depedmisor.net 11 Quarter 4 – Module 14 FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE Module Name: The Functions of Applied Social Science 1 This module is on the Disciplines of Applied Social Sciences focusing on the functions of applied social sciences, a module with activities that could help the learners have a high level of understanding of the disciplines of social science as applied in the field. This module contains explanations and discussions of the functions of applied social sciences per area, field and/or subject matter. To the teacher: In this part of the lesson, the author presented facts supported by images of people, places and events in order to aid the student in his or her understanding of the functions of applied social sciences through discussions of how are the functions executed per area or field of study—counseling, social work and communication and others. The primary goal of this module is for students to be able to assess objectively through an individual project how the functions of the applied social sciences have been fulfilled in any of the following fields. The objectives of this module are best achieved if the learners apply their understanding of the ideas for themselves, applying their knowledge to new situations and able to come up with examples to explain a concept, thus, learning more than is required for unit completion. Additionally, learners are required to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Read and understand the instructions properly. Write the answers in your notebook. Answer the pretest prior to the lesson proper. Self–check and compare your answers against the key answer found at the end of this module. Perform critically the activities instructed in this module. Answer the given assessment test after thorough study of the lessons. Authors Every part of this module contains activities that will help you in developing your cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills. In this module, you are expected to: 1. Explain each of the functions of applied social sciences (HUMSS_DI ASS12IIb-d-42) Mark a check ( ✓ ) if the statement corresponds to whether T (True) or F (False). 1. Applied social sciences operates around the core values of respect T for the inherent dignity and worth of persons, pursuit of social justice, integrity of professional practice, confidentiality in professional practice and competence in professional practice. 2. Applied social science combines theory and practice to deal with the complexity of social issues that cover human pain, stress, threat to dignity and threat to human rights experienced by individuals, groups, and communities. 3. Applied social sciences are the purveyors of social justice, inclusion, and caregiving. 4. Applied social sciences help society to see beyond the behavior manifestations. 5. Applied social sciences help us consider all helping situations to be multicultural in the sense that people’s uniqueness. 6. Applied social sciences practitioners and professionals cannot address and uproot the root causes of problems in society. 7. People’s uniqueness—such as personal history, culture, gender, social class, religion and language, etcetera of individuals, groups, and communities—should not be recognized in the helping process. 8. Communication hinders the individual to be effective. 9. Art and entertainment always require an intellectual demand on the viewers. 10. Block-by-block reporting and hyperlocal news is in the decline. 11. Through art and entertainment, we are able to see life differently. 12. The new media and social media are providing the possibility of driving the democratization of information. 13. The web can easily turn an unknown person into an Internet sensation in an instant. 14. Organizing advocacy fosters the common good and inclusion and a greater sense of life in community. 15. Education played a big role in reducing poverty, social exclusion, ignorance, oppression, and war. F LESSON PROPER The disciplines of applied social sciences are informed by the core values of respect for the inherent dignity and worth of persons, pursuit of social justice, integrity of professional practice, confidentiality in professional practice and competence in professional practice. What we have discussed previously are counseling, social work and communication. These sciences cover a broad field, drawing on different social theories and perspectives and combines theory and practice to deal with the complexity of social issues that cover human pain, stress, threat to dignity and threat to human rights experienced by individuals, groups and communities. In the previous chapters, you have defined clearly what applied social science is, its basic concepts in the context of the different fields and disciplines. In this chapter, you will learn about the different functions of applied social sciences in the context of each field or area of study, topic and/or a particular issue. (ACTIVITY 1) In one sentence, how would you explain the discipline of applied social sciences? Use the space provided for your answer. Functions of Applied Social Sciences https://communitydevelopmenttoolbox.weebly.com/strategies-of-fostering-collaborative-relationships-social-capital-at-work.html; https://htu.edu.gh/index.php/academics/schools-faculties/faculty-of-social-sciences Applied social sciences are the purveyors of social justice, inclusion and caregiving. Their presence is strongly felt in areas like children and family agencies, healthcare settings, including community-based clinics and hospitals; schools; correctional facilities; settings that serve older adults such as nursing homes and military veterans and active duty military personnel agencies. Applied social sciences services are indispensable to the full transformation of a child because they are critical to unblocking barriers to the individual’s, group’s and community’s development. They help society to see beyond the behavior manifestations by looking beneath them and to address and uproot the root causes through communication and journalism, social work and guidance counseling leadership. Applied social sciences help us consider all helping situations to be multicultural in the sense that people’s uniqueness—such as personal history, culture, gender, social class, religion and language, etcetera of individuals, groups, and communities—has to be recognized in the helping process. 1. Self-development and Applied Social Sciences Counseling, social work and communication, each has distinct contributions in services they put out for self-development. Counseling offers guidance to individuals in varying situations of conflict, confusion and crisis and provides the tools for the individual to address issues of self-development. Social work offers a wide range of services, particularly in aid of emancipating the marginalized individuals and facilitating participation in the public goods and services that are necessary for self-development. Communication empowers the individual with listening and speaking skills in order for them to be effective. 2. Art and Entertainment and Applied Social Sciences https://visitorinvictoria.ca/art-movies-theatre-music/ Art is a human creativity that involves the perceptions and imaginations of artist trying to communicate a selective recreation of reality and giving it form into the immediate perceptual awareness. Art includes theater and drama, which are generally live, about people, and collaborative art forms. Art and entertainment require active viewing, provide self-examination, challenge the audience, and are directed at the largest possible number of people. Art and entertainment offer and not necessarily require an intellectual demand on the viewer and have potential for social change. Through art and entertainment, we are able to see life differently, without imposing our values and perceptions on it. It allows us to expand our experience, intensify our perceptions, challenge conventional wisdom and norms and introduce another frame of reference that is conceptualized by the artist. In moments of hardship, the arts provide collective resilience among people. The American people in the 1930s and 1940s, for example, enjoyed many forms of entertainment and most, inexpensively. Movies and sounds increased in variety and in their popularity—comedies, gangsters, movies, and musicals. During this period, some of the great dramas of American film reached theaters. Radio was also wildly popular, offering many kinds of programs, from sermons to soap operas. 3. News and information and Applied Social Sciences The proliferation of news outlets, channels and purposes require increased ability for the audience and participants in the news making and consumption. The new media and social media are providing the possibility of driving the democratization of information by undercutting the agenda setting of large media outlets and their ability to control news and information flows. The society is informed by simply reading, listening to, or watching just about anything; through a formed intermediary that tells them what is good, important or meaningful; and simply accessing a wide range of means for them to sort things out for themselves and find their own version of the truth. Today, we live in a digitally networked world that aspires to fulfill the dream of the democratization of thought, ideas, and flows of information. We have Facebook, founded in 2004, that boasts of more than a billion users and Twitter, founded in 2006, that has a quarter billion and other platforms making ours truly an era of social media. The web can easily turn an unknown person into an Internet sensation in an instant and we have seen so many examples lately. We are encountering new superstars and super citizens, political campaigns and opinion forming debates, viral phenomena and instant coordination of protests and celebrations. https://www.business2community.com/marketing/where-should-you-spend-your-marketing-budget-02285551 Today, the media landscape is more vibrant in offering faster and cheaper distribution networks, fewer barriers to entry and more ways to consume information. Cable networks and local TV stations, newspaper and numerous innovative web startups are now using a dazzling array of digital tools to improve the way they gather and disseminate the news nationally, internationally, and block-byblock. (Waldman 2011) Block-by-block news and information and “hyperlocal” are considered breakthroughs of this era, with the use of new digital tools, empowering individuals and professionals and practitioners of communication. Hyperlocal (neighborhoodbased) information is better than ever: Technology has allowed citizens to help create and share news on a very local level—by small town, neighborhood, and even block. Local (municipal and state) information is struggling mightily—with a measurable decline in certain types of accountability reporting: Newspaper staffs have shrunk while other media have not yet been able to employ enough reporters to make up for the loss. But there is an interesting twist: while traditional media have not been able to support robust reporting staffs, they have made headway in expanding their online audiences. Participatory journalism and peer-to-peer cascading of news is taking a large share in news making and will probably increase its capacity to share information in the future. We are entering an era where audience employs self-censorship and plays a bigger role in engaging, remixing, commenting and ultimately filtering what is important. 4. Organizing Advocacy and Applied Social Sciences In organizing advocacy for issues of great concern, one can benefit from core values of applied social sciences. These values foster the common good and inclusion and a greater sense of life in community. People are encouraged to be in solidarity with one another and very often, go beyond oneself. 5. Education and Applied Social Sciences Education is an ongoing process of improving knowledge and skills and it is an exceptional means of bringing about personal development and building relationships among individuals, groups and nations. Following the principles and ideas upon which UNESCO was founded, education brings hope for a world that is a better place to live in, where people respect the rights of women and men and show mutual understanding and advances in knowledge to foster human development rather than to create barriers between people. In many instances, education has played a big role in reducing poverty, social exclusion, ignorance, oppression, and war. From this perspective, the link between education and applied social sciences can be considered to be highly interwoven. THE FOUR PILLARS OF EDUCATION (UNESCO, 1972) 1. “Learning to Know” – this implies the mastery of the instruments of knowledge and acquiring knowledge in a never-ending process and openness to be constantly enriched in by all forms of experience. 2. “Learning to Do” – This means putting to use one’s education, knowledge and skills and attitudes as the case in technical-vocational education and work skills training. 3. “Learning to Live Together” – This type of learning is critical in the increasing globalizing world. It implies education has to take two complementary paths: discovery of others and experience of shared purpose throughout life. 4. “Learning to Be” – This fosters the principle that “the aim of development is the fulfillment of humankind in all the richness of his or her personality, the complexity of his or her forms of expression and if his or her various commitments as an individual, member of the family and of a community”. • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 6. Socialization and Enculturation and Applied Social Sciences Socialization is the process by which society turns an individual from being a child into a full-fledged responsible adult or from being an outsider to becoming an insider. The educational system is part of that. The other process that runs parallel to this one is the enculturation process. Enculturation is a process by which one acquires a culture of his or her environment. Since culture is a meaning-making system, there are five elements in the meaning production: a) Symbols b) Language c) Values d) Norms e) Ideal-real or worldview ethos To be enculturated means that one can understand the cultural symbols, the language, the values, the norms and is capable to negotiate the thin line of meanings called ideal-real (refer to types of culture in the reference section) or worldview-ethos. We often assume that we are born with culture, but actually we learn it. We acquire it over time from upbringing, observing, participating and active imitation and simulation of our social environment reality. Acculturation is a concept that refers to the process of acquisition of a second culture (Sampa 2008). The skills learned in applied social sciences can enrich and facilitate both socialization and enculturation. Empathy and good listening and speaking skills are very effective tools in the socialization process. Applied social science can provide encouragement and empowerment to underserved communities to avail open and free media channels to voice out and to consume critical information. Increased vulnerability can also be addressed like falling victim to online prostitution industry and blackmails and developing self-protection from all sorts of personal threats. This ultimately leads to participatory, an ultimate empowerment of all peoples. Think-Pair-Share What new learning did you develop about the functions of applied social sciences in the society? Pair up with a classmate. In five minutes, take turns in sharing your insights. Record your discussion by taking a video. Test your knowledge. Briefly explain the functions of applied social sciences in relation to selfdevelopment of individuals in the society. What are the functions of applied social sciences in society explained per field or area that were discussed in this chapter? 1. _______________________________________ 2. _______________________________________ 3. _______________________________________ 4. _______________________________________ 5. _______________________________________ 6. _______________________________________ I. Essay. Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Write down at least three sentences for each question. (Five points each) 1. What are the Four (4) Pillars of Education according to UNESCO? Explain each briefly. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Explain how news and information as a social science help in forming and developing a society. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. Briefly explain how education as a social science shapes society. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Identify at least two situations in the society that would require the performance of a different function of applied social sciences. Determine the situation and describe the corresponding function that is needed. Additional Activity Answers may vary Assessment Answers may vary 1. Self-development 2. Art and entertainment 3. News and information 4. Organizing Advocacy 5. Education 6. Socialization and Enculturation What Can I Do What I Have Learned Answers may vary What’s More Answers may vary What’s New ACTIVITY 1 Answers may vary 10. F 5. T 9. F 4. T 8. F 3. T 7. F 2. T 6. F 1. T 11. T 12. T 13. T 14. T 15. T What I Know ANSWER KEY REFERENCES BOOKS Sampa, Elias M., Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences: First Edition, Rex Bookstore Inc. 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