SOCIAL

LITERACY
• Social Literacy concerns in the
development of social skills, knowledge
and positive human values that enables
human too act positively and responsively
in range of complex social settings.
• How one behaves in a morally upright, just
and equitable w/ a view of promoting
positive and productive relations that are
free from prejudices.
• Morally Upright – refers to thoughts, speech,
actions and motivations that adheres the standard
of right and wrong.
• Just– refers to speech, actions and behaviors that
are in line with a fixed standard of justice - a
system that promotes & rewards good & punishes
wrong doing.
• Equality– connotes a fixed standard of treatment
for all people, equally seeks the good of others &
labors to find means to give what people need than
saying that people gets the same things and
amount.
 SOCIAL SKILLS – ability to interact
with others in a given social context in
specific ways that are socially acceptable
or valued & personally, mutually and
primarily beneficial to others.
Social Skills 3 Interrelated components :
• social perception
•Social cognition
•Social performance productive relations that are
free from prejudices.
Types of Social Skills a child needs to be
Socially Adept
• ability to initiate
• maintain and end a conversation
•Read social signals to complex skills like
•Problem solving and resolving conflicts

Social Skills to be taught if deficit by strategies

of modeling, role-playing, rehearsal & practice :
• greeting
• initiating conversation
• Understanding the listener
• Empathizing
• Reading Social Cues
• Previewing or Planning
• Problem solving (negotiation)
• Apologizing
Roles of Parents and Teachers in developing
Social Skills to children
• directly teach – model, roleplay, set opportunities
• Encourage and praise
• Teachers intervene with difficulties – set structured,
guided programs in groups
• Teachers work together with parents
Views on how children learn to live socially?
• NORMATIVE & COMMUNAL – adapts customs
that provides as guide to acts in ways that
minimizes conflicts by voluntary actions
• PRAGMATIC & INDIVIDUALISTIC – social
order is created by explicit & implicit agreements
by self-seeking individuals to avert the worst
consequences of their selfish instincts. Social order
is dependent on sanctions and formal agreement.
Rules are obeyed due to personal advantage.
CONFLICTS:
1. SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS OF MORALITY – truth
and morality are open to individual interpretation i.e. bad
becomes acceptable and good becomes obsolete that
opens to all kinds of abuse.

2.HUMAN NATURE – (inherent human capacity to judge

& make excuses) We believe that people are inherently
good but quick to champion the cause of moral
uprightness justice & equity, insisting others to be judged
according to fix standards but subjective when own
behavior is questioned. We demand justice but makes
excuses.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN PLACES:
•The sensitivity to do what is appropriate in different social
circumstances.
Ability to read social situations.

SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE IN TECHNO’L COMM.

•Text-speak & technology wherein writing denotes respect
and has enough context by studying particular
communication genre in terms of formality.

SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE IN TRADITIONAL COMM.

•Ability to craft types of documents denotes understanding
social expectations & level of respect and appreciation.
ACTIVITY #3:
1.Are you a listener or a talker? Which social skills do you
think you need to develop and HOW?

2.If you are now a parent, WHAT & HOW would you teach
your children SOCIAL LITERACY?

3.If you are an employer, what would you look for in an

applicant?

4.HOW would teachers educate children today on SOCIAL

LITERACY? WHAT specific CONTENT & LEARNING
EXPERIENCE to develop social literacy?
REFLECTION #3:

1.HOW does SOCIAL MEDIA affects my

SOCIAL SKILLS? Cite positive & Negative
impacts

2.Create an INFOGRAPHIC on the DOs &

DONTs in school on SOCIAL LITERACY.
 FINANCIAL LITERACY
The ability to use
knowledge and
skills to manage
one’s financial
resources
effectively for
lifetime financial
security
 ……. FINANCIAL LITERACY

• One’s attitude about money is

influenced by the parents attitude and
behavior about money.
• Standards for developing
understanding of financial literacy
include earning income, buying goods
& services, saving, using credit,
financial investing, , protecting and
insuring.
 FINANCIAL LITERACY
Weekly Php ______________ Fixed Variable Weekly Total

Food
Personal (toiletries/clothing) etc
Transportation
Miscellaneous (school)
Internet/ Load

NEEDS VS. WANTS

Financial discipline starts with recogniz-ing
expenses whether needs or wants, followed by the
ability to prioritize needs over wants.
NEEDS are essentials to our survival
WANTS are things that you would like to have but can
live without.
 NEEDS WANTS

Practical Steps to Enhance Financial Literacy

1.Setting Financial Goal – Short, Medium and Long-
term goal.
•SHORT is measured in weeks and provides instant
gratification and feedback.
•MEDIUM-TERM can be accomplished in one to six
months & should provide opportunity for reflection and
feedback and require discipline and consistency.
•LONG-TERM can take years
………Enhance Financial Literacy

2. DEVELOPING A SPENDING PLAN – time and effort

are necessary to build a sustainable spending plan.
There are 3 steps to develop it :
•RECORD – what you are to spend.
•REVIEW – analyze the expenses and what to do
•TAKE ACTION – eliminate the unnecessary spending
and save some

IMPORTANCE OF SAVING
•Emergency bolster
•Retirement
•Future Events
•Instability of Social Security
•A little goes a long way
TWO WAYS TO SAVE
-Save before you spend
-Save after you spend wisely

TO STICK TO THE SAVING HABIT YOU SHOULD :

1.– commit to a month
2.Find an accountability partner
3.Find a savings role model , successful , tried & true in
saving
4.Write your goal down and track it
5.Avoid tempting situations

IMPORTANCE OF SAVING
•Emergency bolster
•Retirement
•Future Events
•Instability of Social Security
ACTIVITY #3 in your JOURNAL
1.What is your understanding of personal finance concept?
Rate if above average, average, limited or no knowledge.
Why?
2.Financial literacy requires skills to aid you in making
responsible and ethical financial decisions. Likewise
Positive financial behavior brings numerous benefits like
paying and savings. Rate yourself.
OVERALL SKILLS LEVELS => Above Average Limited No
Average skill Skill Skill
Able to set goals
Create and Keep current budget
Formulate a spending plan
Keep organized records
Paying Bills & debts on time
Making regular deposits on savings
ACTIVITY

3.Map your ideal budget plan using a pie chart. You may use
other categories as needed like: Housing, electric bills,
Internet, Food, Debt, Education, Transportation. Compare
your current budget pie to your ideal budget pie.

Ideal Current
Budget Budget
4.Differentiate the financial goals

GOALS DEFINITION EXAMPLES

Short-term
Medium-term
Long-term
5. Interview 10 people . Explore their financial behavior ,
spending and saving behavior. Present data using the
following.

•Infographic
•Meme
•cartoon

3.How would the different characteristic types react toward

a SALE advertisement? What would they likely “say”?

FRUGAL – “________________________________________”
PLEASURE – “______________________________________”
STATUS – “________________________________________”
INDIFFERENCE– “___________________________________”
POWERFUL - “ _____________________________________”
SELF-WORTH –
“____________________________________”