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The Importance of Implementing Philosophy as an Applied Subject in Junior

Highschool Helps Awaken Social Attributes in an Early Age

Thesis Proposal Title-Chapter 1

In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement for Research 110 in Science

Technology Mathematics and Engineering

By:

Hizon, Mark C.

Llorando,Trixie Jaime A.

Rosco, John Benedict

Tan, Melvin

Tuazon, Aubrey C.

Ygana, Kailee Reigne

January 2019
 Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the Importance of Implementing

Philosophy as an Applied Subject in Junior Highschool that helps Awaken Social

Attributes in an Early Age. This study also determines the background of the study,

statement of the problem, conceptual framework, paradigm of the study, hypothesis,

scope and the limitation, significance of the study, and the definition of terms.

Introduction

Philosophy is considered as applied subject in college, it focuses in practical

thinking, logical attributes, and different perspectives of a person. This subject aims the

potential of a student to attain wisdom that they could use it in practical way of living.

Nowadays Junior High School have usually eight different core subjects, five major

subjects and three minor subjects or applied subjects. Students here in the Philippines

are currently focusing in academic studies including the values education that focuses on

molding the attitudes and behavior of a person that is similarly to subject philosophy. The

difference between two is that the values education are just strengthening the moral

attributes of of a person but in philosophy it will teaches the students to look forward on

the effects of every circumstances in life, that is essential for decision making. The

purpose of the study, is to adopt the values education to become philosophy, this proposal

helps the students to become wiser than ever even in their early stages. The Junior high

school students could attain moral practices in life, adequate wisdom, social thinking, and

decision making. This subject will improve the psychological well-being of a person, it
could help the learners to handle situations and problems in life. Philosophy as a core

subject in Junior High school is proposing that the students in grades seven to grade ten

should now practicing their practical psychology to be able them to prepare for their senior

level. In junior high school are now currently working on choosing tracks that may help

them to be prepared in college. The junior high school students are now older enough to

learn this subject it easy to understand and apply in life which may the students could

choose better decisions. The significance of the study is to provoke the department of

education to impel the philosophy in national high school curriculums, to persuade the

students to study philosophy in their early age. For students in junior high school, it is

important to understand about the world, when did it get started and how did it created, it

also deals with understanding values, and to understand ourselves. The philosophy could

possibly bring the learner to the practical way of living instead of wasting their time for

non-significant things.

Background of the study

The essential needs for a student to excel on their studies particularly aiming to a

more clear state of learning and leading to a high success rate for their further studies is

all about studying and injecting philosophy within themselves in an early age as possible.

Students are noticed to be more stressful this generation, and on average, according to

"The growing teen epidemic: stress" by Michelle Maideberge, teens were reported to have

a ranging 5.8 on a 10-point scale stress level, compared to adults with ranging of 5.1

stress level. This is all caused of lack of wisdom, orientation and knowledge about life

decisions which could be given justification by means of studying philosophy on their early

lives. Philosophy is a subject that needs to have more recognition and must be a core
subject to be applied on Junior Highschool students early as possible for them to benefit

academically and socially as well. Anxiety gained from all subjects causing emotional

distress to students gives a better spot to imply Philosophy to be a core subject for Junior

high school students, the said subject could help students serving as a coping subject

surrounding all stressful subjects, Philosophy covers so much about life beliefs, about

being skeptical and exposing students to what reality is.

A relationship was found between teaching by teachers and doing philosophy by

students. In particular the researchers found students to produce a higher level of doing

philosophy with teachers who chose to organize a philosophical discussion with shared

guidance by the teacher together with the students. As such Hirsch's theory focuses on

what he calls "cultural literacy". He argues that all students need a "core knowledge" so

they can develop into better citizens. In one of his books, he lists various facts, phrases

and historical events that he believes all young Americans should be aware of, including

the Founding Fathers and Adirondack Mountains. It's Hirsch's belief that if children aren't

taught such cultural literacy at home, responsibility for it should lie with schools. They

were only about 2,500 years behind the Greeks but Philosophy is finally making it on to

the school curriculum new ending Prof Keith Topping, one of the authors of that Scottish

study, he makes clear that to get the benefits of philosophy for children you can’t treat it

like any ordinary subject. “It is countercultural,” he says Teachers have a “very

conventional lever” to introduce philosophy for children into the curriculum by virtue of its

proven benefits in boosting literacy and numeracy, he says. However, there are “ancillary

benefits that may become obvious over time”, There is also some evidence that studying
philosophy improves children’s moral decision-making, although Topping says he is “wary

of making grand claims” about that.

Statement of the problem

The importance of the implementation of philosophy as an applied subject in Junior

High School provides an opportunity to develop critical thinking at this point in time.

Here are the answers to the following questions:

1) What are the improvements the students may apply after they learn philosophy in

an early age?

1.1 Personal Development

1.2 Knowledge

1.3 Skills Development

1.4 Provides reasoning and critical skills

2) How does the students help the society by learning about philosophy at an early

age?

2.1 To value reason and to be reasonable

2.2 Fostering of good judgement or wisdom

2.3 Fostering of moral virtue

2.4 To enhance the ability to solve problems

3) Is it important to learn the philosophizing in Junior high school?

3.1 Learns to know and understand

3.2 Distinguish opinions from truths by analyzing given situations

3.3 Justify the validity of the statement "This scientific method leads to wisdom

and truth".