September 2019 Field Study 4

Exploring the Curriculum

Christine B. Cuizon
TCP-1D
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“Curriculum is a learning guide

that allows learners to quality and
equitable learning experience. It “Curriculum is the academic
follows the holistic development of requirements that help the
each learner to establish teachers to facilitate quality
competitive individual globally.” learning experience of the
students, and to enhance their
Esther Eufemia Mia Suringa,
skills and abilities.”
Carmen Elementary School
Sharon Rose V. Encontro
Bata National Highschool

“Curriculum is a guideline for the

teachers to follow certain
procedures or topics in order to
achieve their yearly academic
goals.”
Hienley G. Cañete,
Destiny Christian Academy

CONCLUSIONS

Curriculum is a systematic approach to academic excellence that not only promotes quality
education or learning experience, but also stretches the skills and abilities of the students as future
leaders. It is the guide by which teachers are able to impart, or rather enhance, students’
knowledge, and bring them to a place where their full potential is realized and discovered.
It is a way of the educated life, wherein teachers promote a safe learning environment for the
students to further explore many different areas of learning. It includes different subjects,
activities, and more, to help facilitate better student learning experience. Without curriculum,
education can be messy, unorganized, and may lead to no educational destination nor achievement
of academic goals and purpose.
Curriculum helps make learning fun and puts both teachers and students in a journey where
learnings can be applied not just in academics, but also in their individual lives. Curriculum is
where young minds can learn from educated professionals, and professionals can learn from
educating young minds.
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Meaning of Curriculum Reference(s)
“A sequence of potential experiences is set
Othanel Smith (1957). 2015. Journal of
up in the school for the purpose of
Education and Practice, Vol. 6, No. 9.
disciplining children and youth in group
Retrieved from: ISSN 2222-288X (Online)
ways of thinking and acting.”

Caswell and Campbell (1935). January

“Curriculum is composed of all the
2012. Journal of Language Teaching and
experiences children have under the
Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 153-158.
guidance of the teacher.”
Retrieved from: ISSN 1798-4769

MY ANALYSIS
ACTIVITY 3(a)
Based on the two meanings stated above,
curriculum is when you cater to the What is Curriculum?
learning experiences of the students, (My Key Learning Points)
allowing them to see their surroundings in
a new and different perspective. It is
created to help the teachers guide their
Curriculum is:
students through their knowledge,
 A set of learning guidelines to
opinions, insights in what they’ve learned,
enhance student learning
and more.
experience.
Curriculum is set up to train the students  An academic approach that
in terms of academics, character, values, promotes holistic development of
and more, by allowing them to discover student learning.
their own potential through the things  A platform on which teachers can
help students unlock their full
they gain from their experiences.
potentials.

ACTIVITY 3(b)

“How did I feel after the activities?”

I felt that I have learned a lot more about curriculum, and now have a much deeper
understanding of its purpose in education compared to how I previously perceived it. I
see now the importance of curriculum, and why every school or other academic
institutions need to have one.
 MY REFLECTIONS / INSIGHTS

Why is curriculum important?

It helps to enhance and stretch students’ learning abilities
to their full potential. It gives educators vision and specific
goals that will impact the learning experiences of their
students. Curriculum allows the impartation of good
knowledge from one generation to another.

How can one enrich the curriculum in every school?

1. By knowing the students, their generation, their
needs, their statuses in life, their abilities, etc.
2. By making sure the teachers and professors are
trained in the curriculum, that they know the
purpose of it.
3. By going beyond the basics. Get updated with the
latest trends, technology, and interests.
4. By setting up activities or lesson plans that will
allow the students to give their best.
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Recommended
Curriculum

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Curriculum

Curriculum
Supported

Assessed

Learned
Written

Hidden
Taught
Name(s) of Schools /
Colleges / Universities

1. Bata National High

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
School
2. Carmen Elementary
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
School
3. Destiny Christian
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Academy

ACTIVITY 2

Why must the teacher be aware and sensitive to the hidden curriculum?

“As a teacher, you have to equip yourself through awareness of the hidden
curriculum, as students nowadays are very vocal, open, frank and expressive in
their ideas. If you are not aware of the hidden curriculum, you will not be able to
interact with the students, nor correct any error in their opinions. You need to
keep up with their trends if you want to properly guide them.”
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ASSIGNMENTS

Tools used
by the school TESTS/
RUBRICS
to assess QUIZZES
their
curriculum

DAILY LESSON LOG (DLL)

Strategies:
 Pencil & Paper Strategy
 Performance-based Strategy
 Observational Strategy
 Personal Communication Strategy
 Oral Strategy

MY REFLECTIONS / INSIGHTS

Why do I need to know the different types of curricula?

A good teacher would make sure that their lesson plan would suit the
different kinds of student they could possibly encounter in the classroom, to
properly and smoothly facilitate student learning. Knowing the different
types of curricula provides the teacher an educational structure that will
help them achieve a desired objective or end goal.
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Levels Roles as a Curricularist Signature

Early Childhood
Hienley G. Cañete  Knower
Destiny Christian Academy  Implementer

Elementary
 Knower
Esther Eufemia G. Soringa
 Implementer
Carmen Elementary School
Secondary Level
 Knower
Sharon Rose V. Encontro
 Implementer
Bata National High School

ACTIVITY 2
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“Teacher as Curricular Leader:

A Consideration of that Appropriateness of that Role
Assignment to Classroom-Based Practitioners”

By Beth Handler.

Teachers should always participate in curriculum committees at all levels, as

this will help them align content with student needs.
Teachers may perceive significant influence on practice when teachers take
leadership in curricular decision-making.
Teachers must have comprehensive understanding of their content areas and
methods for communicating knowledge to students.
A curriculum leader is a person who has not only a comprehensive
understanding of the pragmatics of curriculum and instruction, but also a
global understanding of education as a societal enterprise.
To meet the diverse needs represented in each classroom, curriculum
leadership requires an ability to recognize the need for the best design and
implementation techniques of a broad range of instructional variations.
Curriculum leaders must consider developmental, cognitive, emotional, and
communicative factors as they relate the reception and expression of content
learning.
Curriculum leaders must be well versed and articulate in classic and
contemporary educational research, theory, and practical expectations across
all subcategories including learning and instructional methodologies.
Curricular leaders must demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of
education as a political and social enterprise.
Curricular leaders must understand educational purposes of school, what
educational experiences are likely to serve those purposes, and how to
effectively organize and evaluate those experiences (Tyler, 1949).
They must ever be cognizant of the ideology, bias, political agendas, and
hegemonies that influence what is taught, how it is taught, and by whom it is
taught in every classroom (Apple, 1996, 2000, 2004).
They must also be diligent in ongoing monitoring of debates and changing
policies at all levels of influence.