DE ASIS, JOHN REY V.
III - BEED -3
PROF ED 7
ACTIVITY 1.
Write a personal definition of curriculum. Explain the definition.
Curriculum as a list of subjects. This definition suggests that curriculum is the
"permanent" or the traditional subjects offered in the school Add such as Mathematics,
Language, Science, Music, Arts, and others.
Curriculum as learning experiences. This definition includes students' curricular and co-
curricular activities and the learning experiences they encounter inside or outside the
school. This definition includes the hidden curriculum or those things learned by the
students as a result of their experiences in the school with their peers, schoolmates,
teachers, school staff, or the values they learned from a school program. In short, it
includes the school culture.
Curriculum as planned learning experiences. This includes documents, specifying
contents, objectives, or general ideas of what students should know in schools or in a
specific discipline.
Curriculum as a discipline. curriculum as a discipline has its own principles theories, and
practices.
Curriculum as content or subject matter. This definition views curriculum a series of
topics under each subject area.
ACTIVITY 2.
Browse the Internet and check some examples of an ideal curriculum suggested by a
professional organization. List down the examples below.
Building self-confidence;
Creating a fun-filled learning environment;
Learning the Relaxation Response;
Visualizing Success; and
Using Music and Rhythm.
Using Stories, poems, art, drama and dance (the creative arts);
Using VAKTO, Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile and Olfactory approaches;
Employing the I.D.E.A.L. teacher for the Ideal class; and
The integration of values/character education to bring out the Ideal person.
ACTIVITY 3.
Think about this: What are the benefits and possible pitfalls of having an official
curriculum prescribed to all schools?
The benefits and possible pitfalls of having an official curriculum prescribed to all
schools, it documented those curriculums who can improves the teaching process.
It gives teachers tangible resources and goals, stimulates creativity, and enables
self-reflection. And, most importantly, documenting curriculum improves student
outcomes. All the advantages described by respondents culminated in this shared
goal.
ACTIVITY 4.
Discuss roles of teachers and other curriculum workers in ensuring the success of the
implemented curriculum.
Philosophy as a foundation helps curriculum workers in, understanding the nature
of knowledge and what subjects or topics are worthwhile. This is very important
in making decisions about the contents of the curriculum. Ornstein and Hunkins
(1993) mentioned that philosophy provides curriculum workers with a framework
or base for organizing schools and classrooms. It also provides educators with a
framework for broad issues and tasks, such as determining the goals of education,
the content and its organization, and the teaching and learning processes. The role
of teachers in the curriculum process is to help students develop an engaged
relationship with the content. Active learning will increase the focus and retention
of the curriculum, resulting in an exciting learning environment.
ACTIVITY 5.
Provides examples of a null or censored curriculum.
For example, some people object to the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution
in science classes because it conflicts with their own religious views
ACTIVITY 7.
Examine a philosophy of a particular curriculum. Analyze what curriculum conception it is
learning to.
A philosophy is a central to curriculum of a particular school or district influence
the goals, content and organization of its curriculum it also provides a framework
for organizing schools and classrooms.
ACTIVITY 8.
(continued)
Curriculum Aims:
To develop a moral character and personal discipline;
Curriculum Goals:
The goal of the curriculum is to develop the character and personal discipline of a student;
Curriculum Objectives:
To express their personalities
ACTIVITY 9.
Provide examples of curriculum content and learning experiences.
Examine their relationship
Content Learning Experiences
Learning experience about understanding the
self A person's self-concept is their
understanding of who they are and what
makes them unique. This can include the
physical self, the social self, the competent
Understanding the Self self and the inner, or psychological, self.
Meanwhile, a person's self-understanding is
about knowing what motivates his or her
actions.
ACTIVITY 10.
Analyze examples of curriculum evaluation tools. Examine how the evaluation instruments
measure the success of the curriculum.
1. What curriculum competencies and performance standards are evaluated?
A curriculum that emphasizes the complex outcomes of a learning process
knowledge, skills and attitudes to be applied by learners rather than mainly
focusing on what learners are expected to learn about in terms of traditionally-
defined subject content.
2. What forms of evaluation tools are used?
The forms of evaluations tools used is OBSERVATIONS
3. How often does the school evaluate the curriculum?
Students need to be tested as often as a teacher needs to evaluate their learning for
more effective instruction. It is usually a minimum of once every ten weeks for all
areas. However, for some areas like oral fluency, the teacher will want to assess
more often.
4. How does the school evaluate its hidden curriculum?
The hidden-curriculum concept is based on the recognition that students absorb
lessons in school that may or may not be part of the formal course of study—for
example, how they should interact with peers, teachers, and other adults; how
they should perceive different races, groups, or classes of people; or what ideas
and behaviors are considered acceptable or unacceptable. The hidden curriculum
is described as “hidden” because it is usually unacknowledged or unexamined by
students, educators, and the wider community.
5. What decisions and actions are made after getting the results of curriculum
evaluation?
It is important for children to play an active role in their own learning by:
contributing to shared thinking, planning and organising for learning, Planning
involves long-term, medium-term and short-term decisions that respond to
children's strengths, interests, ideas and needs
