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Close Encounter with the
School Curriculum
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SPARK Your Interest
Formal education
begins in school. Schools are institutions established to design
total learning activities
appropriate for each learner in each grade level. Thus schools have
Tecommended curriculum which is the enhanced K to 12 curiculum. The recommended curriculurm
was translated into
written _curriculum like books, modules, teachers' guides and lesson plans
which are the basis of the taught_curriculum,
A teacher who implements the curricula needs
support materials (support curriculum) to enhance teaching and leaning so that the written and
the taught curricula can be assessed (assessed curriculum) in order to determine if learning took
place (learned curriculum). However, there are so many activities that happen in schools but are
not deliberately planned. This refers to the
A classroom teacher plans,
hidden currieulum.
implements and evaluates school learning activities by preparing
learning plan. The teacher then puts life to a
lesson plan by using it as a guide in the
teaching-learning process where different strategies can
be used to achieve the learning
objectives or outcomes. There are many styles of writing a lesson
but
the
plan,
necessary parts or elements such as (a) Learning Outcomes (b) Subject Matter (c)
a
miniscule curriculum called a lesson plan or a
Teaching -Learning Strategies, and (d) Evaluation or Assessment should always be included.
All of these elements should be aligned so that at the end of the
learning will be achieved with the classroom teacher as a guide.
teaching-learning episode,
TARGET Your Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this Episode, I must be able to:
identify the different curricula that prevail in the school setting;
> describe how the teacher manages the school curriculum
by planning, implementing
lessons through different strategies and assessment of
learning outcomes; and
analyze if the teacher aligns the objectives to subject matter, to teaching strategies and
assessment.
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REVISIT the Learning Essentials
School Curriculum: What is this about?
From a broad
perspective, curriculum is defined as the total learning process and outcomes
learning. However, school curriculum in this course limits such definition of total
learning outcomes to confine to a specific
learning space called school. Schools are formal
institutions of learning where the two
major stakeholders are the learners and the teachers.
Basic education in the
Philippines is under the Department of Education or DepEd and the
recommended curriculum is the K-12 or
as
in lifelong
Enhanced Basic Education Curricula of 2013. All basic
education schools offering
kindergarten (K)
1 to 6) and Secondary
(Grades
7-10, Junior High School and Grades 11 toelementary (Grades
12, Senior High School) adhere to this national
curriculum as a guide in the
implementation of the formal education for K to 12.
What are the
salient features of the K to12 Curriculum? Here are the features. It isa
curriculum that:
1.
2.
strengthens the early childhood education with the use of the mother
makes the curriculum relevant to the
addition of issues like disaster
tongue.
learners. The use of contextualized lessons andd
preparedness, climate change and information and
communication technology (ICT) are included in the curriculum.
Thus, in-depth knowledge,
skills and values, attitude
through continuity and consistency across
level
and subject.
every
the
main
Tongue
language in studying
and learning tools from K to Grade
3, learners will become ready for higher level skills.
4. ensures unified and seamless
learning. The curriculum is designed in a spiral progression
where the students learn first the basic
concepts, while they study the complex ones in the
next grade level. The
progression of topics matches with the developmental and cognitive
skills. This process strengthens the
mastery and retention.
5. gears up for the future. It is
expected that those who finish basic education in Grade 12 will
be ready for college or tech voc careers. Their
choice of careers will be defined when
they
3. builds skills in
literacy. With the use of Mother
as
go to Grade 11 and 12.
6.
nurtures a fully developed youth.
Beyond the K to 12 graduate the learner will be ready to
embark on different career
paths for a lifetime.
You will recall that a school curriculum is of
many types for the Kindergarten to Grade 12
in the country.
The enhanced curriculum K to12 curriculum is the
be used nationwide as mandated
Recommended Curriculum. It is to
by Republic Act 10533.
When the curriculum writers began to write the content
the K to 12 Curriculum it became a Written
and competency standards of
Curriculum. It reflects the substance of
RA 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of
2013. In the teacher's class it is the
lesson plan. A lesson plan is a written curriculum in
miniscule.
What has been written in a lesson
plan has to be implemented. It is putting life to the
written curriculum, which is rcferred to as the
Taught Curriculum. The guidance ot
the teacher is very crucial
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A curriculum that has been planned, and taught necds materials, objects, gadgets,
laboratory and many more that will help the teacher implement the curriculum. This is
referred to as the Supported Curriculum.
In order to find out if the teacher has succceded in implementing the lesson plan,
an assessment shall be made. It can be done in the middle or end of the lesson. The
curriculum is now called the Assessed Currieulum.
The result of the assessment when successful is termed as Learned Curriculum.
Iearned curriculum whether small or big indicates accomplishment of learning
outcomes.
However, there are unplanned curriculum in schools. These are not written, nor
deliberately taught but they influence learming. These include peer influence, the media,
school environment, the culture and tradition, natural calamities and many more. This
curriculum is called Hidden Curriculum or Implicit
Curriculum.
So what will be the roles and responsibilities of the teacher in the relations with the school
curriculum, specifically in the K to 12 or the enhanced curriculum for basic education?
Teachers then should be multi talented professionals who:
know and understand the curriculum as enumerated above;
write the curriculum to be taught;
plan the curriculum to be implemented;
initiate the curiculum which is being introduced;
innovate the curriculum to make it current and updated;
implement the curriculum that has been written and planned; and
evaluate the written, planned and learned curriculum.
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lOBSERVE, ANALYZE, REFLECT
Activity 8.1
Curricula in the School Setting
It's time to look around. Discover what curriculum is operating in the school setting. Recall
the types of curriculum mentioned earlier. Can you spot where these are found? Lets do a hunting
game!
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OBSERVE
Resource Teacher
Teacher's Signature
School:
GradeYear Level:
Subject Area:
Date:
1.
Locate where you can find the
following curriculum in the school setting. Secure a copy,
make observations of the process and record your information in the matrix below. Describe
your observations.
Type of Curriculum
Where Found
1. Recommended Curriculum (K to
Description
12 Guidelines)
2. Written Curriculum
(Teacher's
Lesson Plan)
3. Taught Curriculum
Learning Process)
(Teaching
4. Supported Curriculum (Subject
textbook)
5. Assessed Curriculum
(Assessment Process)
6. Learned Curriculum (Achieved
Leaming Outcomes)
7. Hidden Curriculum (Media)
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ANALYZE
Which of the seven types curriculum in the school setting is easy to find? Why?
Which is difficult to observe? Why?
Are these all found in the school setting? How do curricula relate to one another?
Draw a diagram to show the relationship of one curriculum to the other.
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REFLECT
Make a reflection on the diagram that you have drawn.
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Activity 8.2] The Miniscule School Curriculum: The Lesson, A Closer Look
Teacher's Signature
Resource Teacher.
Grade/Year Levet
Subject Area
Date
KOBSERVE
This activity requires a full lesson observation from Motivation to Assessment.
Procedure:
1. Secure permit to observe one complete lesson in a particular subject, in a particular graie
year level.
2. Keep a close watch on the different components of the miniscule curriculum: the k
3. Follow the three major components of a curriculum (Planning, Implementing and
Evaluating/Assessing). Observe and record your observation.
Observe and Record Observation on the Following Aspects
Major Curriculum
Components
|A. Planning
Key Guide for Observation (Carefully look for the indicators/behavior
along the key points. Write your observation and
of
the
teacher
description in your notebook.)
Borrow the teacher's lesson plan for the day. What major parts do
1. you
see? Request a copy for your use.
Answer the following questionsS:
a. What are the lesson objectives/learning outcomes?
b. What are included in the subject matter?
c. What procedure or method will the teacher use to implement
the plan?
d. Will the teacher assess or evaluate the lesson? How will this
be done?
B. Implementing
Now it's time to observe how the teacher implemented the prepared
lesson plan. Observe closely the procedure.
a. How did the teacher begin the lesson?
b. What procedure or steps were followed?
c. How did the teacher engage the leamers?
d. Was the teacher a guide at the side?
e. Were the leamers on task?/Or were they participating in the
class activity?
f. Was the lesson finished within the class period?
C. Evaluating/Assessing
Did learning occur in the lesson taught? Here you make observations
to find evidence of learning.
a. Were the objectives as learned outcomes achieved?
b. How did the teacher assess/evaluate it?
c. What evidence was shown? Get pieces of
evidence
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hANALYZE
Write a paragraph based on the data
you gathered using these key questions?
1. How does the teacher whom you observed
compare to the ideal characteristics or
competencies of global quality teachers?
2. Was the lesson
implemented as
planned? Describe.
3. Can you describe the disposition of the teacher after the lesson was taught? Happy and
eager? Satisfied and contented? Disappointed and exhausted?
4. Can you describe the majority of students' reactions after the lesson was taught? Confused?
Happy and eager? Contented? No reactions at all.
REFLECT
Based on your observations and tasks in Activity 2 how will you prepare your lesson plan?
Make a short paragraph on the topic.
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Activity 8.3
Constructive Alignment of the Components of a Lesson Plan
Resource Teacher:
Teacher's Signature
School
Grade/Year Level:
Subject Area:
Date
OBSERVE
Using the diagram below fill up the component parts of a lesson plan
I.
Title ofthe Lesson
II.
Subject area:
III.
Grade Level:
Outcomes
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Teaching Method
Fill this up
Assessment
Fill this up
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ANALYZE
Answer the following questions based on the
1. Are the three components
diagram.
constructively aligned? Explain.
2. Will the outcomes be achieved with the
teaching methods used? Why?
3. What component would tell if the outcomes have been achieved?
REFLECT
What lessons have you learned in developing or writing a lesson plan?
What value will it give to the teacher if the three components are aligned?
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SHOW Your Learning Artifacts
1-3
Learning Artifacts for Activity
Present an artifact for Activity 1, 2, and 3.
Activity 1 Artifact
1. Present an evidence for cach kind of curriculum operating in the school setting. This can be
in pictures, realia, documents or others.
Activity 2: Artifact
1. Present a sample curriculum in a form of a Lesson Plan
Activity 3: Artifact
.
Present a matrix to show the constructive alignment of the three components of a lesson
plan
a.
Example:
Lesson Title
Subject Area
Grade Level:
Lesson Outcomes
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Teaching Methods
Evaluation
EVALUATE Performance Task
vatuate Vour Work Task Fleld Stuedy 1, Episode &- Close Encounter with the School Curiculum
Leaning Nteoines: lkdenuty the ditferent curricula that prevail in the school setting Describe how the teacher manages tue suun
Currieulim by planning, Implementing lessons through different strategies arnd assessment of learning outcores
Analyze it the teacher ligns the objectives to subject matter, to toaching strategies and assessmen
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Date Submitted
Year &Section
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Excellent
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Very Satisfactory
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Accomplished
All observation
Three (3) observation
One (1) to two (2)
completely answered
observation questions/
observation questions/ questions/tasks
not answered
tasks not answered
accomplished.
accomplished.
accomplished.
accomplished.
All questions were
answered completely
answers are with depth
and are thoroughly
grounded on theories;
All questions were
Questions were not
answered completely
answered completely,
answers are clearly
answers are not
connected to theories;
grammar and spelling
are free from errors.
clearly connected to
theories; one (1) to
Four (4) or more
observation questions
were not answered;
answers not connected
to theories; more than
three (3) grammatical/four (4) grammatical
Profound and clear:
Clear but lacks depth;
Supported by what were supported by what
observed and analyzed
were observed and
analyzed
spelling errors.
spelling errors.
Not so clear and
shallow; somewhat
supported by what
were observed and
Unclear and shallow;
rarely supported by
what were observed
andanalyzed
analyzed
Learning Artifacts
Portfolio is reflected
Portfolio is reflected
on in the context of
the learning outcomes;
on in the context
Portfolio is not
| Portfolio is not reflected
reflected on in the
on in the context of
context of the learning | the learning outcomes
outcomes. Complete; not complete; not
not organized. relevant| organized, not relevant
organized, highly
of the learning
outcomes. Complete;
well organized, very
relevant to the learning
outcome
relevant to the learning to the learning
outcome
outcome
Submitted before the
deadline
deadline
Complete, well-
Submission
Four (4) or more
tasks not answered
grammar and spelling
are free from error.
Reflection
1
2
Observation Sheet questions/tasks
Analysis
Needs Improvement
Satisfactory
Submitted on the
Submitted a day after
the deadline
| Submitted two (2)
days or more after the
deadline
cOMMENT/S
Rating:
(Based onn
Over-al Score
transmutation)
TRANSMUTATION OF SCORE TO GRADE/RATING
Score
Grade
20 19-18 17 1615
14
13-12
11
10
9-8
2.75
78
3.00
75
3.5
7-below
5.00
72
71-Below
1.0
1.25 1.5
1.75
2.00
2.25
2.50
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84
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LINK Theory to Practice
Choose the correct unswer from the options given.
1. When we say school curriculum it refers only to the K to 12 curriculum.
A. This statement is true.
B. This statement is not true.
C. This statement is half true.
D. This statement is silly.
2. A professional teacher should possess the following skills to address the need for a
curricularist EXCEPT one. Which one is NOT?
A. Knower of the curriculum
B. Believer of the curriculum
C. Implementer of the curriculum
D. Writer of the curriculum.
3. The influence of multimedia, peers, community tradition, advancement in technology.
though not deliberately taught in the lesson, will infiuence the curriculum. This is referred
to as
A. written curriculum
B. recommended curriculum
C. implemented curriculum
D. hidden Curiculum
4
Which two components of the lesson plan (as a miniscule curiculum) should be aligned?
I. Outcomes and Assessment
II. Assessment and Teaching Methods
IIL Outcomes and Teaching Methods
C. III only
A. I only B . II only
D.I, II and III
5. What is the most important reason why there should be constructive alignment of the
components of the curriculum?
A. For ease of correcting by the school principal.
B. To assure that each component contributes to the attainment of the learning outcomes.
C. As a required template when starting to write a lesson plan.
D. As a model of other lesson plans written and published.
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