Social Studies (Araling Panlipunan) is the most subject considered as significant to the progress of a nation and is recognized as an instrument to instill the sense of nationalism and the spirit of patriotism. In fact, there were two issues occurred in teaching Social Studies. One of this is the need to have enough teachers for the Social Studies' subjects. Since there were a shortage number of Social Studies education graduates to cover this demand, teachers unqualified in handling Social Studies have to be assigned into Social Sciences. The novice educators with an area of specialization begin the profession with different expertise, training, and preparation. Teaching Social Studies for which one has little background is challenging which is detrimental to the educative process. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and challenges of the novice educators assigned in out-of-field teaching Social Studies. The approach used was qualitative-phenomenology consisted of fourteen ( 14) novice educators from seven (7) in-depth interviews and seven (7) participants in focus group discussion. They have less than five (5) years of teaching experiences who were not major in Social Studies. They came from public school and private institution. There were fifteen (15) themes emerged. The results showed that novice educators met difficulties in out-of-field teaching, yet they were able to cope up by employing pedagogical strategies. Lastly, they viewed that out-of-field teaching was an opportunity to learn things for them to grow professionally.

Museum plays an important role in conserving and protecting the heritage of the city. This phenomenological study traces in the Tagum City's Kagikan Museum on its establishment, how they preserve the cultural artifacts and historical remnants as well as explore the experiences of the cultural workers. The seven participants were divided into in-depth interviews and focus group discussion following the safety protocols and health standards of gathering the data. The Kagikan Museum had an early cultural showcase of Tagum City prior to its formal establishment in which the cultural workers participated in yearly exhibit of history and culture of the city and conducted research project about its kagikan. Carefully planned by the Local Government Unit of Tagum with the big help of the cultural workers then formally built of the Cultural Center and already open to serve its purpose in the city. The experiences of the cultural workers varied where they felt mixed emotion with the idea of cultural exhibit, excited in planning the Kagikan Museum; and experienced struggles in the implementation and operation of the Kagikan Museum. On the other hand, the cultural workers shared the ways of preserving and protecting the historical remnants in the Kagikan Museum such as doing periodic inventory and maintenance; following the traditional method of preserving the cultural artifacts; and valuing the importance of the past, present, and future artifacts. Under each category are specific methods of cultural workers.