Implications of Social Media in Teaching Understanding Culture, Society and Politics among Grade 11 Students of Anselmo A. Sandoval Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Among the existing technological activities, students mostly engaged themselves with the use of social media. It is in this sense that some educators used this, as a tool in teaching and learning, to grapple students' attention. Senior High School learners are taught with different subjects primarily Math, Communication, Science, and Social Sciences. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics are one of the core subjects under Social Sciences. There are certain topics which led the students to boredom due to the plethora of facts, deluge of names and dates that they have to remember. This paper intended to determine the implications of social media in teaching Understanding Culture, Society and Politics, a Senior High School subject which can serve as basis in developing other learning activities that can help students reached their goals.

METHODS

This action research applied a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics. Data was gathered from 10 Social Science teachers and 90 Senior High School students as respondents who were HUMMS students. The information gathered from the respondents were analyzed and used to make suggestions to supplement the use of new learning activities. The data sources were gathered for over a month. The responses were treated as one though teachers and students may have different perceptions regarding the difficulties and implications of social media in teaching and learning of UCSP subject.

RESULTS

The results of this action research indicate that social media enables maximum student engagement in the class discussion. The use of social media in teaching and learning process such as learning activities like video presentation of promoting culture, and e-games pertaining to different law and rights. Recommendations based on the results of the investigation include the continuous use of learning activities, and the continuous implementation of utilizing such kind of intervention in the school, thus, helping students become more active.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the results of the tallied, tabulated and analyzed the data. It turns out that social media are very effective in getting the interest of the students. Recommendations based on the results of the investigation include the continuous use of social media, and the continuous implementation of utilizing such kind of intervention in the school, thus, helping students reached their maximum learning potentials.