Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Quezon
Recto Memorial National
High School
Tiaong, Quezon
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences

Quarter 2-Week 2
Module 2

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

a. Identify the different functions of Applied Social Science
b. Analyze the functions of Applied Social Science
c. Explain the functions of Applied Social Science through an advocacy.

Activity 1: Know-What-to-Learn
The following table shows three columns- K, W, L. Under the column K, write down all your ideas
about the functions of Applied Social Sciences while in column W, list down what you want to know
about the functions of applied social sciences. Leave the column L in the meantime, and fill it up after
the discussion of the topic. Copy and answer table in a separate sheet.
Know (K) Want (W) Learned (L)

Applied Social
Science

Functions

Applied social sciences, is the so-called human sciences. According to Sampa (2017), applied social
sciences are the purveyors of social justice, inclusion and caregiving. It touches almost every aspect of
a human life. Applied social sciences is a commonplace. They are situated in children, adults, groups,
communities, civil societies, the judicial system, in the correctional facilities, present in any setting, in
any audience, practically in any endeavour, there you see applied social sciences. Even in issues
involving ethnicity or multiculturalism, applied social sciences are still present.

Functions of Applied Social Science

Being the purveyors of social justice and the like, the following the so-called functions of applied social
sciences
1. Self- development and Applied Social Sciences
a. Counselling offers guidance to individuals in varying situations of conflict, confusion, crisis and
provides the tools for the individual to address issues of self- development. b. 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 needed for self development.
c. Communication empowers the individual with listening and speaking skills on order for them to be
effective.
2. Persuasion and Applied Social Sciences
At the heart of persuasion, one finds the ability to understand well one’s audience or the people that
the applied social science practitioner is dealing with. Since the applied social science practitioner
deals with people’s basic attitudes, values and beliefs about anything which concerns life, he/she has
to be concerned with how he/she could convince the audience to acknowledge a particular point-of-
view. Drawing on the skills of applied social sciences, persuasion energized itself to move the audience
to a desired action.
3. Art and Entertainment and Applied Social Sciences
Art is a human creativity which involves the perceptions and imagination of an artist in trying to
communicate a recreation of reality and bringing it to the immediate perceptual awareness. Art
includes theater and drama, and it tells a story, and this brings color to the life of an applied social
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science practitioner. Art and entertainment require active viewing with intellectual viewing, thus, with
the knowledge about applied social sciences, viewing would become more a part of one’s life rather
than just a diversionary activity. Through art and entertainment, we could see life differently. Art and
entertainment allow us to expand our experience, intensify our perceptions, challenge conventional
wisdom and norms, and introduce another frame of reference that is conceptualized by the individual/
artist. Art and entertainment industry offer a wide range of career opportunities from on stage to
behind the cameras, from the recording studio to the convention services and
multimedia companies, functioning as performers, artists and technicians. 4.
News and information and Applied Social Sciences
The proliferation of news outlets, channels and purposes required increased ability for the audience
and participants in the news making and consumption. The new media and social media provides the
possibility of driving the democratization of information by undercutting the agenda setting of large
media outlets and their ability to control the flow of news and information of driving the
democratization of information by undercutting the agenda setting of large media outlets and their
ability to control the flow of news and information. The society is informed just by simply reading,
listening or watching. Applied social science in this context can provide encouragement and
empowerment to underserved communities.
5. Organizing advocacy and Applied Social Science
Today, where freedom of speech is a common place organizing advocacy has a become a contributory
factor to social cohesion where individuals and groups find themselves having parallel interests,
convene to raise their issues to political platforms and try to find public solutions through policies.
6. Education and Applied Social Sciences
Education as a process is a well-recognized global Framework and as a means of socialization and
enculturation. It is the process which improves knowledge and skills and it brings about hope to make
the world a better place to live in, where respect is a common place, to ensure that the youth are
guided towards a productive existence and for them to situate themselves in the proper perspectives.
Education has played a big role in the reduction of poverty, social exclusion, ignorance, oppression,
and war, And, the best defense for every individual, group and community is to at least have a good
education for their empowerment and protection from any threat to their humanity.
7. 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 an insider. This process is accompanied by
enculturation where the transformation of the individual or the group or the communities presupposes
the acquisition of a corresponding culture. The skills learned in the applied social sciences can enrich
both socialization and enculturation.

Activity 2: One-paragraph summary

What new learning did you acquire about the functions of Applied Social Sciences. On a one-fourth
(1/4) piece of paper, write the most significant learnings which you have obtained from the brief
introduction to the topic. Your paragraph should contain at least 3-4 sentences.

ASSESSMENT
Draw a line to match the phrase that best represents the concepts

Persuasion Provides the possibility of driving the democratization of information

Organizing Advocacy Allow us to expand our experience, intensity and perceptions to see
life
differently
Arts and Entertainment It energized self to move the audience into a desired action
News and Information Counselling that offers guidance to individuals in situations of
conflict
Self-Development A contributory factor to social cohesion

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