Curriculum Development

Main reference: Curriculum Development for Teachers

by Bilbao, P. et.al., Lorimar Publishing, Inc.

Main Reference: The teaching Profession

by: Bilbao, etal., Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
 Course Description
This course includes the fundamental concepts
and principles in curriculum and curriculum
development as a foundation to engage
prospective teachers as curricularists. The more
active role of the teacher in planning,
implementing, and evaluating school-curriculum
as well as in managing school curriculum change
vis-à-vis various context of teaching-learning
and curricular reforms shall be given emphasis.
 Course Outline
• The School Curriculum and the Teacher
• The Teacher as a Knower of Curriculum
• The Teacher as a Curriculum Designer
• The Teacher s Curriculum Implementer and
Manager
• Curriculum Evaluation and the Teacher
• Gearing Up for the Future: Curriculum Reforms
• Outcomes-Based Education: Basis for Enhanced
Teacher Education Curriculum
• Curricular Landscape in the 21st Century Classroom
• Discuss the different curricula that exist in the
schools.
• Enhance understanding of the role of the teacher
as a curricularist.
• Analyse the significance of curriculum and
curriculum development in the teacher’s
classroom.
The Sabre-Tooth Curriculum by Harold Benjamin
(1939)
The story was written in 1939. Curriculum then, was seen as a tradition
of organized knowledge taught in schools of the 19th century. Two
centuries later, the concept of a curriculum has broadened to include
several modes of thoughts or experiences.
• Does the Sabre-tooth curriculum still exist at
present? Give examples.
• Describe the kind of curriculum that exists as
described in the article.
• What does the author mean, when he said: “A
curriculum should be timeless.” Explain.
• What s the difference between education and
training.
 No formal, non-formal, or informal education exists without a
curriculum. Classrooms will be empty with no curriculum.
Teachers will have nothing to do, if there is no curriculum.
Curriculum is at the heart of the teaching profession. Every
teacher is guided by some sort of curriculum in he classroom and
in schools.
Current Philippine Educational System Curricula
1. Basic Education
2. Technical Vocational Education
3. Higher Education
1.Basic Education
a. Kindergarten
b. Grade School – Grade 1 to Grade 6
c. Junior High School – Grade 7 to Grade 10
d. Senior High School – Grade 11 to Grade 12
Note: Curriculum for the new basic education levels are provided in
the K to 12 Enhanced Curriculum of 2013 of the Department of
Education.
2. Technical Vocational Training
- this is a post-secondary technical vocational educational training.
- TESDA takes care of technical-vocational education and training.
3. Higher Education
- this includes the Baccalaureate f Bachelor Degrees and the
Graduate Degrees (Masteral and Doctorate) which are under the
regulation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Types of Curricula in
Schools
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
- recommended by DepEd for Basic Education, CHED for
Higher Education, and TESDA for Vocational Technical
Education. The recommendation come in the form of
memoranda or policy, standards and guidelines.
International bodies like UNESCO also recommends
curricula in schools.
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
- includes documents based on the recommended
curriculum. They come in the form of course of study,
syllabi, modules, books, instructional guides among
others. Lesson Plan is a concrete example.
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
- curriculum that is implemented or taught depending on
the teaching style of the teacher and the learning style of
the learners.
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
- support materials that the teacher needs to make learning
and teaching meaningful. It includes print materials like
books, charts, posters, worksheets, or non-print materials like
the PowerPoint Presentations, movies, slides, models, realias,
mock-ups, and other electronic illustrations. It also includes
the playground, science laboratory, audio-visual rooms, zoo,
museum, market or the plaza.
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
- it can either be assessment for learning (to find the
progress of learning), assessment as learning, or
assessment of learning (to find out how much has been
learned or mastered).
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
- if there is change in behavior, the student has learned.
Example: from non-reader to reader, etc. The positive
outcome of teaching is an indicator of learning. It
includes the cognitive, affective and psychomotor
outcomes. It also demonstrates higher order and critical
thinking and lifelong skills.
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
- Examples: peer influence, school environment, media,
parental pressures, societal changes, cultural practices,
and natural calamities. Teachers should be sensitive and
aware of this hidden curriculum.
• Visit a classroom other than your own. Observe he
classroom situation and interview the teacher.
• Guide Questions:
– What curricula are present in the classroom from your
observation?
– What curricula are present in the classroom from your
interview?
– How do you describe what you have observed?
interviewed?
– Is there a type of curricula not present in the
classroom? Identify.
True or False
1. In the Sabre Tooth Curriculum, learning is experiential and
authentic.
2. It is a reality that there exists more than one curricula in the
teacher’s classroom.
3. A teacher can say with confidence that learning has occurred if
the curriculum has been assessed.
4. Some curricula in the schools/classrooms are unwritten.
5. To establish national standards, teachers should be guided by
recommended curriculum in basic and higher education.
6. Teachers should expect that school curricula are dynamic and
changing.
7. Evaluated curriculum makes judgement about learning.
8. Textbooks and modules are write curricula that represent the
recommended curricula.
9. Only the Department of Education can recommend a curricula.
10. In the heart of all types of curricula, the teacher has a major
role.