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Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic University

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
R.T. Lim Boulevard, Baliwasan, Zamboanga City

Chapter 1: Curriculum Essentials

Module 1: Curriculum and the Teacher

Lesson 1: Curriculum in Schools

Take Action

Activity 1- Think-Pair-Share
1. Get a Partner (A and B)
2. Discuss the Sabre-tooth Curriculum and answer the following:
a. Does the sabre-tooth Curriculum still exist at Present? Give examples of your
evidence
b. Describe the kind of curriculum that exists as described in the article.
c. What does the author mean, when he said “A curriculum should be timeless?’
explain.
d. What is the difference between education and training?
Activity 2 – observing a Curriculum in a Classroom
Visit a Classroom other than your own with permission from the teacher. (Elem, High School,
College).
Do the two activities:
1. Observe the classroom situation.
2. Interview the teacher
Focus your observation and interview on the presence or absence of the seven types of curricula
and their descriptions.
3. Record your observation and interview on the matrix provided.
Guide questions for observation and interview
1. What curricula are present in the classroom from my observation?
Answer: Based on my observation the 7 types of curricula are present in the classroom.
2. What curricula are present in the classroom from my interview?
Answer: Based on my interview the 7 types of curricula are applied on the classroom
discussion.
3. How do I describe what I observed? Interviewed?
Answer: Regarding from the information I gathered the seven types of curricula are
present which is, it is very important and become their guide to deliver the curriculum
successfully.
4. Is there a type of curricula not present in the classroom? Identify.
Answer: So far, based on my observation there is none so far curricula presented in the
classroom.
Type of Curriculum What Observation/Information did I get?
Or What answers did I get from my
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interview?
1. Recommended Based on my interview and observation it was
being recommended by CHED
2. Written According to my information gathered the
written curriculum presented are the
instructional guides and course of syllabus
3. Taught The information I get from my interview and
observation they have a thorough discussion,
teachers facilitate the learners or the reporter
well. The learning style of the teacher is that
she commented immediately about the topic
presented by the learners (misinformation)
using the instructional materials the learners
style from passive to active.
4. Supported Based on my observation the supported
curriculum presented is Using the PowerPoint
presentation through projector, they project
the presentation in order to have a clearer
visual of the topic.
5. Assessed From my observation assessment for learning
is present and the teacher give feedback and
assessed the learning of the learners or
progress about a certain topic (formative
assessment).
6. Learned The learners are able to participate in the
discussion, most the student recite from
passive to active learners.
7. Hidden Teachers are carefully get into discussion
Without letting the reporter feel that they are
wrong and making them feel low self-esteem.

Self-check
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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
R.T. Lim Boulevard, Baliwasan, Zamboanga City

I. Spin a Win: Agree or Disagree

Read each statement and decided whether you Agree or Disagree. Write your answer before
each Curriculum.
_______________1. In the Saber Tooth Curriculum, learning is experiential and authentic.
_______________2. It is a reality that there exist 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 schools curricula are dynamic and
changing.
_______________7. Evaluated curriculum makes judgment about learning.
______________8. Textbooks and modules are written curricula that represent the
reco0mmended curricula.
______________9. Only the Department of Education can recommended a Curriculum.
______________10. In the heart of all the types of Curricula, the teacher has a major role.

Self-Reflect
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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
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1. Is it necessary for teachers to learn about school curriculum? Why? Write your answers
on the space provided below.

Lesson 2: The Teacher as a Curricularist

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Take Action

Activity 1: let’s do a Simple Survey

Have you done a survey before? In this activity you will gather information direct from
teachers to find out what curriculum activities they are involved in.
Here are the steps. Follow these.
Step 1 - Form two groups in the class. Group A will survey elementary teachers, and Group b
will survey secondary or High School Teachers.
Step 2 – Each group will look for at least 30 teachers coming from one or different schools
and are currently teaching either in the private or public schools.
Step 3 – with the use of the Teacher survey Tool below, conduct the survey during your
vacant periods.
Step 4 – Consolidate the data of 30 teachers in a matrix found in the Appendix 1.
Step 5 – Report the result of your survey to the whole class.

The Teacher as a Curricularist Survey Tool

Name of Teacher: _______________________________________________ (Optional)
School: __________________________________ Grade Level Assignment: ____________
No of Years Teaching: _______________________ Degree Graduated:
_________________

As a School teacher, Rank

1. I master the subject matter that I have to teach. YES NO

2. I implemented what I have planned for my teaching. YES NO
3. I monitor and assess if my students are learning. YES NO
4. I modify my activity to suit my learners in my classroom. YES NO
5. I lead in implementation of a new curriculum in my school. YES NO
6. I write instructional materials based on the recommended YES NO
school curriculum.
7. I look for other ways of doing to improve teaching an YES NO
Learning in my classroom.
Direction: Circle YES or NO that will correspond to your self-assessment. Then rank the items
which you answered YES. Which activity do you do most of the time? What activity do you least
of the time?

________________________
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I am a Teacher! Who am I as a Curricularist?

Instruction: identify on the blanks provided who I am as a Curricularist based on the cases
presented.
Case 1: I have good idea on how to make my learners pay attention to the lesson. I will use the
new idea and find out if it will work. _______________________
Case 2: DepEd sent the standards, competencies and guidelines in teaching the Mother Tongue
in Grade 1 in our school. I will study and use it in the coming school year. __________________
Case 3: there is much to do in one school day. I seem not able to do all, but I have to accomplish
something for my learners. I have made a daily activity plan to guide me. __________________
Case 4: I need a poem to celebrate the World Teacher’s Day. I composed one to be used in my
class in Literature. ______________________
Case 5: my class is composed of learners from different home background and culture. I cannot
use a “one-size-fits all strategy” in teaching so I can respond to the diverse background. In my
readings, I discovered that there are ways of teaching. I tried one myself and it worked.
_________________________
Case 6: knowledge is limitless. What I learned in college is not enough. I need to know more, so
I enrolled in the graduate school to advance my learning. __________________________
Case 7: At the end of the year, my performance as a teacher is reflected in the school
performance of my students. So indeed to provide a monitoring tool to measure how they are
progressing. The result will inform me how I will address my learners’ weakness and enhance
their strengths. ____________________
Case 8: I am teaching in a very far away barangay with no electricity yet. Many of the
instructional aids for teaching sent to our school are films and video tapes which need power. I
cannot use them, but the lessons are very important. So I thought of making an alternative
activity. I took my class to the river and waterfall instead of doing the lesson.
Case 9: My principal asked me to attend a write shop to make the lesson exemplars in the
teaching of science in grade 7. In the workshop, I used my experiences as a science teacher for
ten years, and my knowledge of the subject matter. At the end of three days, I was able to
produce lesson exemplars which I am proud of. ____________________
Case 10: in grade 7 to grade 10 of the K to 12 Enhanced Curriculum, science as a subject is
presented, taught and learned in a spiral manner. This is part of the DepEd implementing
guidelines of the curriculum. I am a Biology major, and I have insufficient knowledge about the
other areas of science such as Physics and earth Science. Because of this dilemma, I have to
request the principal that we have team teaching. Which role of the Curricularist, am I trying to
do? ____________________________

Self-Reflect
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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
R.T. Lim Boulevard, Baliwasan, Zamboanga City