Social Dimension Reviewer

Note: wag i-career ang pagmemorize ng definitions, malamang fill in the blanks ito. Intindihin,
alamin at tandaan lang ang bawat salita.
Definitions:
1. Accounts are how people use that common language to explain, justify, rationalize, excuse
or legitimize our behaviour to themselves and others.
2. Culture refers to the attitudes, values, customs and behaviour patterns that characterize a
social group
- organization of phenomena that is dependent upon symbols, phenomena which
includes Acts (patterns of behaviour); Objects (tools and things); Ideas (belief and knowledge)
and sentiments (attitudes, values).
3.Customs (di ko mahanap sa book, kau na lang magsulat dito)

4. Folkways are behaviour patterns of society which are organized and repetitive
5. Grammars structure of language through its morphology and syntax
6. Ideas mental representations used to organize stimulus;
7. Language an abstract system of word meaning and symbols for all aspects of culture.
-- integral part of culture and human culture cannot exist without it
II
1. Intercultural Communication effective communication between people, workers and people
of different cultural
backgrounds. ; refers to communication between people whose cultural
perceptions and symbol systems re distinct enough to alter the communication event.
2. Laws are formalized norms, enacted by people who are vested with govt power and
enforced by political and legal authorities.
3. Knowledge storehouse where we accumulate representations, informations, facts and
assumptions.
4. Morphemes basic unit of meaning of a word
5. Morphology study of the languages smallest units of meaning.
6. Motives verbalizations that lay out the why of a behaviour.
7. Mores are customary behaviour patterns or folkways which have taken a moralistic value.
8. Pragmatics is concerned rules for the use of appropriate language particular context
9. Phonemes basic unit of sounds; smallest sound units that affect meaning
10. Phonology system of sounds

11. Semantics study of word meanings and word combinations.

12. Syntax specifies how words are combines into sentences.
13. Norms are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behaviour of its members.
14. Symbols forms the backbone of symbolic interaction; anything that carries a particular
meaning recognized by people who share culture.
15. Rituals highly scripted ceremonies or strips of interaction that follow a specific sequence of
action.
16.. Values defined standards of Desirability, Goodness and Beauty which serves as broad
guideline for social being.

II. 4 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

1. COMMUNICATION - *Language, *Symbols
2.COGNITIVE - * Ideas, *Knowledge, *Beliefs, *Values, *Accounts
3. BEHAVIORAL - *Norms, *Mores, *Laws, *Folkways, *Rituals
4. MATERIAL - *Tools, Medicines, *Books, *Transportation, *Technologies

III. EXAMPLES OF RITUALS UNDER;

A. BONDING RITUALS - *Exchanging business cards, *Holding hands, *Parties, *Gift giving
B. SIGNAL RITUALS - *Choosing the menu in the restaurant when you want to order, *Eye
Contact, *Holding the door
C. EVERYDAY PUBLIC RITUALS - *Handshake, *Hi, how are you? Greeting, *Kissing, *Answering
the telephone with hello, *Walking on the right side of the sidewalk, *Birthday and *Cards
D. CEREMONIES - *Graduation, *Baptism, *Funerals, *Weddings, *Birthdays
E. HOLIDAYS - *Thanksgiving, *Christmas

TOPIC 3. PEACE EDUCATION

Describe/Define
1. Ageism negative attitudes held against the young or the elderly.
2.Classicisism distancing from and perceiving the poor as the other
3. Descrimination negative action toward members of a specific social group that may be
manifested in avoidance, aversion or even violence.
4. Heteroxism negative attitude towards lesbians and gay men.

5. Linguism negative attitudes which members of dominant language groups hold against nondominant language groups.
6. Looksism prejudice against those who do not measure up to the standards of beauty.
7. Prejudice negative feeling or attitude towards a person or a group even if it lacks basis.
8. Racism the belief that ones own cultural or racial heritage is innately superior to that of
others, hence, the lack or respect or appreciation for those who belong to a different race.
9. Stereotype negative opinion about a person or group based on incomplete knowledge
10. Sexism a system of attitudes, actions and structures that subordinates others on the basis
of their sex where the usual victims are women.
11. Religious Intolerance prejudice against those who are followers of other religions other than
ones own..

IV. What Values fall under KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES/VALUES AND SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE
1. Holistic concept of peace
2. Conflict and Violence
3. Some Peaceful Alternatives
Disarmament
Non-violence philos
Conflict resolution,
transformation, prevention
Human rights
Human solidarity
Democratization
Devt based on justice
Sustainable devt

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5.
6.

ATTITUDES/VALUES
self-respect
respect for others
gender equality
respect for life / nonviolence
compassion
global concern

7.ecological concern
8. cooperation
9. openness and tolerance
10. justice
11. social responsibility
12. positive vision

SKILLS
1. reflection
2. critical thinking and analysis
3.decision making
4. imagination
5.communication
6. conflict resolution
7. empathy
8. group building

V. READ
A. Possible Causes of War. (baka True or False ito dito)
1. Territorial disputes have been regarded as the more common cause of war. Territorial disputes
is defined by HUth as the disagreement between states or groups within a state over where their
homeland or borders should be fixed.
2. A lack for tolerance for differences is an emerging source of conflicts. Differences may be in
nationality, clan membership, ethnicity or religious affiliation.
3. Ideological or power struggles are sources of power in various countries. An ideology is a set of
beliefs which serves as guide on how power should be allocated or how society should function.
4. Another cause of armed conflicts is a history of colonialism and the process of decolonization.

5. War may also be caused by competition for resources, extreme abuse of human rights, desire
of leaders to stay in power, narrow or extreme nationalism, and sympathy for kin across borders.

B. the Effects of War.

1.Wars result to massive death.
2. Wars result in the commitment of atrocities
3. Wars also cause people to flee their homes
4. Wars cause weapons to proliferate
5. Wars hold back devt as huge amounts of govt budgets are allocated for defense
6. People lose their livelihoods and their access to food supply.
7. Wars cause the lose of investments, destroy property and the environment and raze
opportunities for tourism
8. Wars disrupts childrens education, and create fear and trauma among the population.

C. Options to choose from when faced with conflicts

1. Avoidance or Withdrawal
2. Aggression
3. Accommodation
4. Compromise
5. Collaboration or Collaborative problem solving

D. Ways to create an atmosphere of Love and Acceptance

1. Declare your classroom as a zone of peace and establish rules to achieve it.
2. As the teacher, let this peace begin with you.

3. Affirm your students.

4. Express feeling appropriately and encourage students to do so.
5.Encourage respect for and acceptance of differences.
6. Employ more cooperative than competitive activities.
7. Teach students how to resolve conflicts peacefully and constructively.
8. Practice students skills of communication.

E. Teaching-Learning APPROACHES in Peace Educ.

1. Holistic education
2. Participatory education
3. Cooperative learning
4. Experiential education
5. Humanist education

F. Teaching-Learning STRATEGIES that are compatible with the approaches to Peace

Educ.
(not sure if isasali, memorize nyo na din kahit Lima lang ^_^)
1.Discussion
2. Pair Share
3.Visualization/Imagination Exercise
4. Perspective-taking
5.Role-Playing
6.Simulation games
7. Problem-solving
8. Encouraging action
9. Web-Charting
10. Show and Tell