Effects of “One Giant Step to Humankind”
Outreach Project in the Level of Social Consciousness
Of the Grade VI Students

Is presented to

Dr. Nicasio A. Manatan

As partial fulfillment to the requirements of
Philosophy of Education

in

Master of Education in Child Study

Philippine Normal University

By

Cheryll S. Leus

March 2012

Introduction

One of the principles in learning is that “students learn by doing.” Once they are interested in something, they are focused and can easily absorb everything. According to Birkenholz, learning is often defined as a change in behavior. Learning occurs when people take new found information and incorporate it into their life (www.umsl.edu). In this light that the teacher in Social Studies VI asked the students to conceptualize and put into action a project that can contribute in eradicating poverty in the Philippines. The teacher believes that once a person knows something about the problem, he/she has responsibility to help solve it. Engaging the pupils in solving it will eventually develop a socially oriented individual who is critically aware to what is happening in his/her surrounding. And will soon be an effective agent of change in our society. Not everything is learned within the four walls of the classroom. Students may learn things necessary to life but not everything about life. It is important to expose them to the real world outside the school. They will have first hand information about poverty in the Philippines; when, why and how it started. During the 1st and 2nd Term, the Grade 6 class of Learning Links Academy studied and discussed about poverty. They gathered information about poverty by interviewing people, researching, community integration with the farmer and watching films that talked about poverty like “ Ang