Project Title:  PLAY AP 

(Preceptors and Learners’ Advocacy for best Yield 

in Araling Panlipunan

Araling Panlipunan or Social Studies is taught from primary and secondary up to tertiary education both in Public and Private institutions.  The content of this subject focuses in topics which are central to the development of a citizen to participate actively in the democratic process, and inculcating the love of country.

      But its very alarming and quite a sad reality that students and teachers find the Araling Panlipunan subject as a boring one. Primarily, this is because the subject is dealing with history, economics and politics and even of government, constitution and society. The contents of the subject are highly objective in nature that it should be taught in an exact and comprehensive way. 

      Information technology/multi-media now plays an important role in teaching Araling Panlipunan. Teachers of Araling Panlipunan could be able to make the classroom interactions lively, interesting, appreciate the learning process and therefore more fun. 

     Studies have shown that ICTs increase student motivation, retention and transfer of knowledge, and will increase the student interest in studying Araling Panlipunan. (Rodrigo, 2009). 

    Information Technology would be of great help with teachers’ creativity will go a long way in helping students achieve better competencies through fun learning that brought about by these technological advances.  And as educators should be able to deliver the best for the benefits of the 21st century learners. 

PLAY AP  is one of the flagship projects of the three years School Improvement Plan (SIP) 2020 - 2022 and included in the Annual Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2020.  This project was not fully implemented because of the challenges brought about by Pandemic COVID 19, where teachers and learners did not undergo the traditional classroom set-up and classes were just opened last October 5, 2020. Here are the objectives of Project PLAY AP:

Ø To increase MPS IN Araling Panlipunan and GPA’s of pupils

Ø To improve teachers’ instructional competence in teaching Araling Panlipunan through the use of high-technology learning materials resources.

Ø To enable learners to actively participate in their learning environment in Araling Panlipunan through the use of high-technology teaching learning materials/ resources, School-Based Historical events celebration and Field trip;

            In spite of the challenges, the PROJECT PLAY AP, was able to accomplish the following:
For Teachers:

       Before the Pandemic or the New Normal only 14.29% or 6 out of 42 Araling Panlipunan teachers were competent, with strength competent and with Outstanding Strength on the use of digital technology/online platform on teaching - learning process.  But because of frequent attending webinars or online seminar/workshop on the use of digital technology or online platform and continuous practice, there was an increase of 71.43% or  30 teachers are competent, with strength competent and with outstanding strength, (17  or .47% teachers  are competent; 12 or 12.57% are with strength competent and 7 or 16.67% of Araling Panlipunan Teachers  are with Outstanding Strength) on the use of digital technology/ online platform on teaching-learning process.