CHAPTER 5 THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

1. CHAPTER 5 THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

2. Module 6: Gearing Up for the Future Curriculum Perform Module Overview : This module brings you to some curricular developments reforms and enhancement. As the Philippine education braces itself with the ASEAN and the rest of the world, there is a need to embark on enhancement and reforms in the curriculum. As a curriculum knower, designer, implementer, and evaluator, substantial knowledge of some of these reforms is necessary.

3. Lesson 6.1 Reforms for Basic Education Curriculum Desired Learning Outcome: > Gain comprehensive understanding of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Reform. Curriculum Designers need to enhance the curriculum and propose curricular innovations to respond to the changing educational landscape in the country as well as in other parts of the Globe. It most necessary that as a future- curricularist and a teacher and a teacher, you should be familiar with what is happening and will happen in our curriculum. There is no substitute for being READY and INFORMED.

4. Comprehensive curricular reform initiated in the Philippines and Abroad to improve the quality of teaching and learning : CONTENT FOCUS >Curriculum designers need to enhance the recommended curriculum and propose curricular innovations to respond to the changing landscape in education regionally and globally.

5. ARE YOU AWARE OF SOME CURRICULAR REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER COUNTRIES?

6. Republic Act 10533, otherwise known as the Enhanced Act of 2013, is the latest educational reform in Philippine Education signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III last May 15, 2013. It is an act enhancing the Philippine Basic Education system by strengthening its curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education appropriating funds therefore and for another purpose. The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 popularly known as K to 12 includes one (1) year of kindergarten Education, six(6) of Elementary Education, and six (6) years of Secondary education. This six-year secondary education four (4) years of junior high school (2) years of senior high school. With K to 12, the existing 10 years of basic education is increased to 12 years with kindergarten education as a prerequisite to entry in Grade 1.

7. WHY K TO 12?

8. K to 12 makes the Philippine education system at par with the international standard of 12–year basic education thereby contributing to a better-educated society capable of pursuing productive Employment, Entrepreneurship, or higher education Studies. After going through kindergarten elementary, junior high, and a specialized senior high school program, every K to 12 graduate is ready to go into different paths – higher education, middle-level skills, development, employment, or entrepreneurship. The K to 12 graduates are also expected to be equipped with 21 st -century skills like information, media, and technology skills, learning and innovation skills effective communication skills, and life and career skills.

9. WHAT COULD BE THE REASONS?

10. Philippine Education that….. Let’s consider these existing realities in the Philippines became the basis of the K to 12 implementation: Mastery of basic competencies is insufficient due to the congested curriculum of 4-year students in Mathematics and science. In 2005 -2006 Mathematics results acquired mastery of the high Mathematics competencies results, only 15%of the students mastery of the mathematics competencies while the majority(59.09%) school students belonged to the low mastery level. The achievement results in Science were even more discouraging since only 3% of the 4-year high school students in 2005-2006 mastered the Science processes and skills. The majority belonged to the low mastery category and a few were in the near mastery level.

11. 2. The Philippines is the only remaining country in Asia with a 10-year basic education Program. Basic education is one short duration of the basic education. The Philippines is the only country in Asia that has a ten–year program and also pulsations of overseas Filipino workers, especially Professionals, millions of whom intend to study abroad at a disadvantage. Graduates of Philippine schools are not automatically recognized outside the country due to the lack of two years of basic education. Bologna Accord imposes of education twelve(12) years of basic education as an entry to recognition of engineering professionals. With K to 12, Filipino professionals would have the same competitive edge as countries that have gone through 12 years of basic Education. The recommendation to improve and lengthen the short basic education in the Philippines has been given since 1925.

12. Table 5 Research on Philippine Basic Education Curriculum and their Recommendations Year Source Recommendation 1925 – Training of graduate students in agriculture, commerce, and industry because secondary education did not prepare students for life. UNESCO Mission Survey 1949- Restoration of Grade VII in primary education. Swanson Survey 1950- Education Act 153- Revising the Primary school system by adding one year (Grade VII)

13. Swanson Survey 1960- Restoring grade 7 in Primary Education PCSPE 1970- Extending secondary education by one year to better prepare students who have no plans to take up university education EDCOM Report 1991- Retaining the 10-year basic education phase while institutionalizing career counseling in primary and secondary schools in preparation for higher education. Philippines Education Sector Study (World Bank and ADB)- Prioritizing student learning through curricular reforms the provision of textbooks, the use of the vernacular in lower Primary grades, and the institution of a longer basic education cycle. PCER 2000- Implementing a compulsory one–year pre-baccalaureate stage as a prerequisite for students interested in enrolling in higher education degree programs.

14. Philippine EFA 2015 National Action Plan 2006- Lengthening the educational cycle by adding two years to formal basic education (one each for Primary and high school) Presidential Task Force on Education 2008- Extending pre-university education to a total of 12 years, benchmarking the content of the eleventh-year international programs

15. Employability of Filipino High School Graduates The K to 12 Curriculum prepares the students for the world of work, middle-level skills development, entrepreneurship, and college education. As early as Grade 7 and Grade 8 the student in four (4) areas of Technology and Livelihood Education(TLE) Namely: ICT Industrial Arts and Agriculture and Fishery Arts. In Grade 10 and Grade 12, the student is supposed to have obtained a National Certificate (NC) Level 1 and NC Level TESDA.NCI and NCII make a Grade 12 graduate employable. The short duration of basic education in the Philippines resulted in 15 years 15-year-old legally employed. With the implementation of the K to 12, the graduates of senior high are old and are legally employable. 18 years.

16. Activity 1 Are the existing realities enough justification for the implementation of K to 12? Why and Why not? Write your answers below and share your thoughts with your classmates.

17. The K to 12 Curriculum Section 5 of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, stipulates the following curricular standards which the curriculum developers at there to in crafting the K to 12 Curriculum: ( a )The curriculum shall be learner-centered inclusive and developmentally appropriate; ( b )The curriculum shall be relevant responsive and research-based; ( c ) The curriculum shall be culture-sensitive; ( d ) The curriculum shall be contextualized and global; ( e ) The curriculum shall use constructivist pedagogical approaches , reflective , collaboration, and integrative

18. ( f) The curriculum shall there to the principles and framework of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) which starts from where the learners are and from what they already know proceeding from the known to the unknown; and capable teachers to implement the MTB-MLE curriculum shall be available; (g) The curriculum shall use the spiral progression approach to ensure mastery of knowledge and skills after each Level; and (f) The curriculum shall be flexible enough to enable and allow schools to localize, indigenize, and enhance the same based on their respective educational and social contexts. The production and development of locally produced teaching materials shall be encouraged and Approval of these materials shall devolve to the regional and division education units.

19. Core Curriculum- below are the learning areas comprising the description based on DepEd Memo 13s 2013. The Senior High School Curriculum- There are four tracks in Senior High School. These are the academic track, Tech VOC Track, Sports, and Arts and Design Track. The academic track has four strands namely 1). Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) 2). Humanities and Social (HUMSS) 3). Accounting, Business, and Management(ABM) and 4)General Academic Strand (GAS)

20. This means that in Grade 11, a student chooses which track to pursue, and if he or she chooses the academic he/she must also choose which strand. If a student intends to go to college after Grade 12, then he or she must take the academic track. The college program in which he /she wants to enroll determines which strand to take STEM, HUMSS, or ABM. If a Senior High School student wants to pursue Tech VOC courses I Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), he/she takes the Tech VOC Track. He/she who is interested in Ats and Design track .The sports track will be for any sports-minded senior high school student. The Student High Curriculum has a total of thirty –one subjects. The Thirty-one subjects are grouped into fifteen (15) core subjects , seven (7) contextualized/ applied subjects and nine (9) specialization subjects.

21. Figures 3- Tracks in Senior High School Grade 11 Grade 12 ACACEMIC TECH VOC SPORTS ARTS AND DESIGNS

22. FIGURE 4.ACADEMIC TRACK-4 STRANDS TOTAL=4 STRANDS HUMSS S TEM ABM GENERAL ACADEMIC

23. Core Subjects Language - oral communication - Reading &Writing - Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wikang Filipino at Kulturang Filipino - Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng iba’t ibang Teksto Tungo sa Pananaliksik

24. HUMANITIES - 21 ST Century Literature From the Philippines and the world - Contemporary Philippine Arts From the Regions COMMUNICATIONS - Media & Information Literacy MATHEMATICS - General Mathematics - Statistics & Probability SCIENCE - Earth and Life Science Lecture and Laboratory - Physical Science Lecture and Laboratory

25. SOCIAL SCIENCE - Personal Development / Pansariling Kaunlaran - Understanding Society &Culture PHILOSOPHY - Intro to Philosophy of the Human Person / Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng Tao - Pe and Health –Physical Education and Health

26. ACADEMIC TRACK TECH-VOC, SPORTS, ART AND DESIGN TRACKS English for Academic and Professional Purposes English for the Professional Introduction to Research Methods Quantitative Research Skills 1 Introduction of Research Methods Quantitative Research Skills 2 Filipino course Mga Diskurso sa Trabaho ICT for Learners ICT applications Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Research Project Research Project /Culminating Activity

27. Other Descriptive Titles for the 7 Contextualized /Applied Subjects for all the Tracks 1. English for Academic and Professional Purposes 2. Research in Daily Life 1 3. Research Daily Life2 4. Pagsusulat sa Filipino and Piling Larangan 5. Entrepreneurship 6. Empowerment Technologies (E-Tech ); ICT for Professional Tracks 7. Research Project /Culminating Activity

28. Specialization Subjects, Academic Tracks, ABM 1. Applied Economics 2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility 3. Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business and Management 1 4. Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business, and Management 1 5. Business Math 6. Business Finance 7. Organization and Management 8. Principles of Marketing 9Working Immersion /Research /Career /Culminating.

29. Specialization Academic Tracks, STEM 1. Pre-Calculus 2. Basic Calculus 3. General Biology 1 4. General Biology 2 5. General Physics 1 6. General Physics 2 7. General Chemistry 1 8. General Chemistry 2 9. Work Immersion / Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity

30. Specialization, Academic , Track, HUMSS 1. Creative Writing 2. Creative No –Fiction: The Literacy Essay 3. World Religion and Belief System 4. Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21 st Century 5. Philippine Politics and Governance 6. Community Engagement, Social Participation and Citizenship 7. Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences 8. Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Sciences 9. Work Immersion /Research/Career Advocacy /Culminating Activity

31. Specialization , Academic Track, General Academic Strand 1. Humanities 1 2. Humanities 2 3. Social Science 1 4. Applied Economics 5. Organization and Management 6. Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction 7. Elective 1(from any track/strand) 8. Elective 2(From any track /strand) 9. Work Immersion /Research/ Career Advocacy/ Culminating Activity

32. Specialization Sports 1. Safety and First Aid 2. Human Movement 3. Fundamentals of Coaching 4. Sports Officiating and Activity Management 5. Fitness, Sports and Recreation Leadership 6. Psychosocial Aspects of Sports and Exercise 7. Fitness Testing and Exercise Programming 8. Practicum(in-campus) 9. Work Immersion /Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity

33. Specialization , Arts and Design 1. Introduction to Applied Arts and Design Production 2. Introduction to Performing Arts 3. Understanding Elements and Principles of the Different Arts 4. Work Environment in Various Arts 5. Developing Filipino Identity in the Arts 6. Leadership and Management in Different Arts fields 7&8. Apprenticeship and Exploration of Different Arts Fields (Production and Performing: Music, Dance and Theater) 9. Apprenticeship and Exploration of Different Arts Design Production(Media Arts, Visual Arts and Literary Arts)

34. THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!