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Teachers’ Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge in the Junior High School Social Studies Curriculum
Universal Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
| Vol 2, Issue 1
Table 1. Content knowledge of social studies teachers.
| Statement | SD (%) | D (%) | U (%) | A (%) | SA (%) | M | SD |
| Social Studies is an integration of the social science disciplines and the humanities. | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 36 (48.6) | 35 (47.3) | 4.39 | .72 |
| I have various ways and strategies of developing my understanding of social studies |
| 1 (1.4) | 6 (8.1) | 48 (64.9) | 19 (25.7) | 4.15 | .61 |
| I can use a historical way of thinking |
| 14 (18.9) | 23 (31.1) | 22 (29.7) | 15 (20.3) | 3.51 | 1.02 |
| The purpose of the Social Studies education is to prepare learners for life. |
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| 39 (52.7) | 35 (47.3) | 4.47 | .50 |
| I have adequate knowledge in social studies |
| 5 (6.8) | 24 (32.4) | 35 (47.3) | 10 (13.5) | 3.68 | .80 |
| I have up-to-date knowledge in social studies | 1 (1.4) | 11 (14.4) | 41 (55.4) | 20 (27.0) | 1 (1.4) | 3.12 | .72 |
(Group Mean = 3.89; Group SD = 0.54)