Disciplines and Ideas
in Social Sciences
Quarter 1
Dominant Approaches and Ideas of
Social Sciences-Insitutionalism
and Feminist Theory
OBJECTIVE/S:
1. ANALYZE THE BASIC CONCEPTS AND
PRINCIPLES OF THE MAJOR
SOCIAL SCIENCE IDEAS;
AND
[Link] PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
EXPERIENCES USING
RELEVANT
APPROACHES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.
What I Know
Matching Type
Match Column A to Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
Column A Column B
_______ 1. Feminism [Link] most significant element of an
institution.
_______ 2.
Legitimacy [Link] are valued in themselves and not
simply for their immediate purposes
and outputs.
_______ 3. Religion
[Link] role of this institutions is to
_______ 4. Family procreates (have children), nurture,
and teach values.
_______ 5. Structure
[Link] institution answers the
Column A Column B
_______ 6. Socialist E. A range of political movements, ideologies, and
Feminism social movements that share a common goal
which is to define and advance political,
economic, personal, and social rights for women.
_______ 7. Economy
F. Feminism refers to the period of activity in the
_______ 8. 2nd Wave early 1960s and lasting through the late 1990s.
Feminism G. Focuses on women’s ability to maintain their
equality through their own actions and choices.
_______ 9. Liberal
Feminism H. A branch of feminism that focuses upon both
the public and private spheres of a woman's life.
_______ 10. Radical
I. A perspective within feminism that calls for a
Feminism radical reordering of society.
J. This institution is concerned with the
production, consumption, and distribution of
goods and services; supply & demand
Lesson Dominant Approaches and Ideas
of Social Sciences –
1 Institutionalism
What’s In
Jumbled Letters
Directions: Below words are jumbled about the previous lesson. Find out what
the word is and write it on a separate sheet of paper.
1. NTIOTINSITU - _________________
2. YTESIUALX - _________________
3. MINEFIMS - _________________
4. NROTGNEMEV - _________________
5. YEMOCON - _________________
Lesson Dominant Approaches and Ideas
of Social Sciences –
1 Institutionalism
What’s New
Direction: Look at the pictures and describe what you see on them by determining
significant ideas that they convey. Do it on a separate sheet of paper.
1. ___________________ 2. ___________________
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Institutionalism
This is an approach that emphasizes the role of institutions. Also, it stresses the
usefulness of established institutions, often at the expense of the individual (Ahmed
2015).
Characteristics of Institutions – Source (Ahmed 2015)
• Structures - The most significant element of an institution.
- Structure may be either formal (legislature, bureaucracy, political parties,
mass-media) or informal (a network of interacting organizations or a set of shared
norms).
- Institutionalism provides no place for individuals and their interests.
- Rather it involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned interactions
that is predictable based upon specified relationships among the actors.
• Stability - The existence of some sort of stability over time.
- Some legislator may decide to meet in a committee meeting once in
a room in the parliament house. That could be very pleasant but it
would not be an institution.
- If they agree to meet routinely after a specific period of time at the
same place, that would begin to take on the shape of an institution.
● Regulator of individual behavior
- Institutions must in some way (formal/informal) constrain the
behavior of its members. If we resume with the trivial instance of the
committee meeting above, it may not be considered as an institution if
the members do not attach importance and obligation to attend the
meeting.
● Shared Values
- There should be some sense of shared values and meaning
among the
members of the institution. This view is central to the
normative institutionalism of March and Olsen
● Legitimacy
- Institutions involve legitimacy beyond the preference of
individual actors. They are valued in themselves and not simply for
their immediate purposes and outputs. Institution’s stability of
over time may contribute to gain this legitimacy (Lowndes:
1996:182).
Table 1: Types of Institution - Source: (SparkNotes 2020)
Types of Institution Description
1. Family The role of this institutions is to procreates (have children),
nurture, and teach values.
2. Religion This institution answers the unanswerable, establish morality, deal
with death and the afterlife.
3. Economy This institution is concerned with the production, consumption,
and distribution of goods and services; supply & demand.
Lesso Dominant Approaches and Ideas of
n Social Sciences – Feminist Theory
2
Feminist Theory
Feminism or feminist theory is a range of political movements,
ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal
which is to define and advance political, economic, personal, and
social rights for women (Berroya 2017).
This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women
in education and employment.
Table 2: Movements of Feminism – Source: (Mohammad Salik
2017)
Table 2: Movements of Feminism – Source: (Mohammad Salik 2017)
Movements of Description
Feminism
1st Wave Feminism refers to an extended period of feminist activity
during the nineteenth century and early twentieth
century in the United Kingdom and the United States.
2nd Wave Feminism refers to the period of activity in the early
1960s and lasting through the late 1990s.
Feminism began in the early 1990s, arising as a response
3rd Wave
to perceived failures of the second wave and also as a
response to the backlash against initiatives and
Table 3: Basic Principles of Feminism – Source: (Mohammad Salik 2017)
Principles Description
Working to increase equality Feminist thought links ideas to action, insisting we should push for
change toward gender equality and not just talk about it.
Expanding human choice Feminists believe that both men and women should have the
freedom to develop their human interests and talents, even if
those interests and talents conflict with the status quo.
For example, if a woman wants to be a mechanic, she should have the
right and opportunity to do so.
Eliminating gender stratification Feminists oppose laws and cultural norms that limit income,
educational and job opportunities for women.
Ending sexual violence and
promoting sexual freedom Feminists feel that women should have control over their sexuality
and reproduction.
Table 4: Types of Feminism – Source: (Mohammad Salik 2017)
Types of
Feminism
Description
Liberal feminism is an individualistic form of feminist theory, which focuses on
women’s ability to maintain their equality through their own actions and choices.
Liberal Feminism
Liberal feminists argue that society holds the false belief that women are, by
nature, less intellectually and physically capable than men.
Socialist feminism is a branch of feminism that focuses upon both the
public and private spheres of a woman's life and argues that liberation can only be
Socialist Feminism achieved by working to end both the economic and cultural sources of
women's oppression.
Socialist feminism is a two-pronged theory that broadens Marxist
Radical Feminism Radical feminism
feminism's is a perspective
argument for the rolewithin feminismin that
of capitalism calls for ofawomen
the oppression radicaland
reordering of society
radical feminism's in of
theory which male
the role of supremacy is eliminated
gender and the patriarchy. in all social and
economic contexts.
Word Hunt
A. Directions: Locate the
given words in the grid,
running in one of different
possible directions
horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally.
What I Have Learned
Fill in the Blanks
Directions: Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank(s) with
the correct answer.
1. There should be some sense of _______ _______ and meaning among
the members of the institution.
2. Rather it involves groups of individuals in some sort of patterned
interactions that is predictable based upon specified _______ among the
actors.
3. & 4. Feminists feel that women should have control over their _______
and _______.
5. This institution is entrusted with making and enforcing the rules of a
society as well as with regulating relations with other _______.
What I Can Do
Poem Writing
Write free verse poem about the equality of men and women.
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Assessment
Identification. Choose the word of the correct answer. Write the answer on a separate sheet.
Feminism Religion Structure Economy Liberal
Feminism
Legitimacy Family Socialist 2nd Wave Radical
_______ 1. The most significant element of an institution.
Feminism Feminism Feminism
_______ 2. They are valued in themselves and not simply for their immediate
purposes and outputs.
_______ 3. The role of this institutions is to procreates (have children), nurture, and
teach values.
_______ 4. This institution answers the unanswerable, establish morality, deal
with death and the afterlife.
_______ 5. A range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements
that share a common goal which is to define and
advance political, economic, personal, and social rights for
women.
_______ 6. Feminism refers to the period of activity in the early 1960s and
lasting through the late 1990s.
_______ 7. Focuses on women’s ability to maintain their equality through their
own actions and choices.
_______ 8. A branch of feminism that focuses upon both the public and private
spheres of a woman's life.
_______ 9. A perspective within feminism that calls for a radical reordering of
society.
_______ 10. This institution is concerned with the production, consumption,
and distribution of goods and services; supply & demand.
Additional Activity
Poster Making
Directions: Based on what you have learned in this module, choose between
Institutionalism and Feminist Theory which you remember the most and make an
illustrative interpretation of how significant it is for a student like you. Do it on a separate
sheet.
