EDCK 4: THE TEACHER and the SCHOOL CURRICULUM
ACTIVITY 1.
A.
SELF-CHECK
Name : WILSON C. ROMERO
Date: MARCH 13, 2022
SPIN A WIN: AGREE OR DISAGREE
Read each statement and decide whether you Agree or Disagree. Write your answer before each number.
AGREE 1. In the Saber Tooth Curriculum, learning is experiential and authentic.
AGREE 2. It is a reality that more than one curricula exist in the teacher’s classroom.
DISAGREE 3. A teacher can confidently say that learning has occurred if the curriculum has been assessed.
AGREE 4. Some curricula in the schools/ classrooms are unwritten.
AGREE 5. To establish national standards, teachers should be guided by the recommended curriculum in basic and higher education.
AGREE 6. Teachers should expect school curricula to be dynamic and changing.
AGREE 7. The evaluated curriculum makes judgment about learning.
AGREE 8. Textbooks and modules are written curricula that represent the recommended curricula.
DISAGREE 9. Only the Department of Education can recommend a curriculum.
AGREE 10. In the heart of all types of curricula, the teacher has a major role.
SELF-REFLECT
Is it necessary for teachers to learn about the school curriculum? Why? Write your answer in the space provided below.
Curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content that is taught in school or in a specific program or course. It is one
of the reasons why students obtain knowledge and skills that is necessary for their development in cognitive aspects, socio-emotional,
and physically. I believe that it is essential for teachers to learn about the curriculum because it is the heart of the teaching profession.
In other words, without knowing and understanding the different types of curricula, an efficient teaching-learning process will not be
possible. For example, if the teacher does not know that there is recommended curriculum coming from the Department of Education
(DepED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), or from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), there will
be no memoranda, standards, and guidelines that will serve as the basis of the written curriculum such as lesson plans. If the teacher
was not able to create a lesson plan, it is impossible for him/her to teach because the facilitator is unaware on the methods to be
applied and what materials will be helpful to support his/her specific learning strategy. Supported curriculum will not be constructed if
the taught curriculum is unknown, therefore it is hard to evaluate if the teacher succeeded or not in facilitating learning. Another
aftermath is that it is also not doable to determine whether the students have learned something. In simple words, every teacher must
be knowledgeable about the curriculum in order to create a specific and measurable plan and structure to deliver a quality education
ensuring effective teaching-learning process, thus equipping well-developed and successful individuals in the future. A teacher who does
not know anything about the school curriculum will not be an efficient facilitator and classrooms will be empty without the curriculum.
It is important to keep in mind the main message of the Saber-Tooth curriculum by Harold Benjamin which taught us that curriculum
must be established, dynamic, and preserved in the past but not limited by it.