EDUC 327 The Teacher and The School Curriculum PDF

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Patricia Mae V. Jondonero BSED-English III EDUC 327Chapter 1Lesson 1│ The Curricula In SchoolActivity 1 – Think-Pair-Sharea. Does the Sabre-tooth Curriculum still exist at present?From my perspective, Sabre-tooth Curriculum still exist at present since the educational system today still teaches stud...

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Patricia Mae V. Jondonero BSED-English III EDUC 327 Chapter 1

Lesson 1.1│ The Curricula In School Activity 1 – Think-Pair-Share a. Does the Sabre-tooth Curriculum still exist at present? From my perspective, Sabre-tooth Curriculum still exist at present since the educational system today still teaches students to do particular tasks on their own and with that, it helps a lot in exercising their minds and skills, too. For instance, doing experimentations in a laboratory helps exercise their minds and skills and let them explore the world by having those experiences which could help them in the future. b. Describe the kind of curriculum that exists as describe in the article. The curriculum that was being described on the article actually conveys a message in a form of the premise “we should teach them on how to catch a fish using their hands rather than using a net.” In which it implies that we teachers/future teachers, we must teach the young on how to manipulate their cognitions, we should let them think and we should let them do things on their own rather than spoiling them with all their needs and covets. c. What does the author mean, when he said “A curriculum should be timeless?” Explain. Basically, it means that a curriculum should preserve the past, but not be limited by it. Also, our education system should fit with the needs of the time and serve a purpose. Ultimately, these curricular decisions should be made by our society to fit our needs, rather than by individual teachers, school buildings, or districts. d. What is the difference between education and training? The term training implies the act of imparting a special skill or behavior to a person, which is commonly offered to employees of operational level. On the other hand, education is a process of systematic learning something in an institution that develops a sense of judgment

and reasoning in employees. In addition, training is undertaken in the hopes of gaining a specific skill. Hence, this skill will make you more employable. While education is undertaken in the hopes of furthering your individual knowledge and developing your intellect.

Self-Check Read each statement and decide whether you agree or disagree. 1. Agree 2. Agree 3. Agree 4. Agree 5. Agree 6. Agree 7. Agree 8. Agree 9. Disagree 10. Agree

Self-Reflect 1. Is it necessary for teachers to learn about school curriculum? Why? Basically, it is fundamental for teachers to learn about school curriculum for them to be able to help students learn easily and connect with sources of information and knowledge that allows them to explore ideas. A school curriculum will always help the teacher to adjust in the environment better. Without doubt, the most important person in the curriculum implementation process is the teacher. With their knowledge, experiences and competencies, teachers are central to any curriculum development effort. Better teachers support better learning because they are most knowledgeable about the practice of teaching and are responsible for introducing the curriculum in the classroom.

Lesson 1.2 │The Teacher as a Curricularist Activity 1 – Let’s Do a Simple Survey The Teacher as a Curricularist Survey Tool Name of a Teacher: Renamae Flor Teh School: Mote Elementary School

No of Years Teaching: 4 yrs. Grade Level Assignment: Kinder Degree Graduated: BEED-Generalist Circle YES or NO that will correspond to your self-assessment. As a school teacher, 1. I master the subject matter that I have to teach. 2. I implement what I have planned for my teaching. 3. I monitor and assess if my students are learning. 4. I modify my activity to suit my learners in my classroom. 5. I lead in the implementation of a new curriculum in my school. 6. I write instructional materials based on the recommended school curriculum. 7. I look for other ways of doing to improve teaching and learning in my classroom. 8. I participate in community activities as a good citizen. 9. I disregard the needs of my learners and focus only in my lesson. 10. I teach my plan for the students to learn. Documentation:

Answer & Rank Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes

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Yes

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Self-Check I am a Teacher! Who am I as a Curricularist? Case Case Case Case Case Case Case Case Case Case

1: Innovates the curriculum 2: Initiates the curriculum 3: Plans the curriculum 4: Writes the curriculum 5: Innovates the curriculum 6: Knows the curriculum 7: Evaluates the curriculum 8: Innovates the curriculum 9: Writes the curriculum 10: Initiates the curriculum

Self-Reflect Choose one from case 1 to 10 above. Reflect on the case you have chose and write your reflections on the box below. Ask your classmate to read and comment on your reflections. Both of you, discuss your answers. Name: Patricia Mae V. Jondonero

Case No. 6

A. My Reflections on Case No. 6 I realized that knowledge is truly limitless. What I learned from my lower years were not enough. Most of the people tend to stop learning after their educational degrees, which is contrary to the concept of "learn and grow" each day. As a curricularist in the future, I should enroll at my graduate school to advance my learning for the reason that I need to know more because I believe that by learning new things, and those who practice this were most likely to excel and achieve higher goals. B. What my partner said about my reflections: I could not agree more from what she said since education is indeed limitless and learning is worthwhile, too. Name of Partner: Shaira Ocliasa

Lesson 2.1│ The School Curriculum: Definition, Nature and Scope Activity 1 – Traditional or Progressive: What is your view of curriculum? 1. What is your own definition of a curriculum? Write down your answer in the space provided. Personally I think curriculum is everything that’s written, taught and tested in an educational program of study. It is a well-planned group of activity and a guide which is systematically set to meet a particular goal including student’s personal growth, potential experiences, academic and environmental competency. It is a discipline for basic education which requires syllabus to meet the intended goals as well as having a well guided successful teaching-learning process. 2. Do you have a traditional view of a curriculum, a progressive view or both? Explain your view based on your definition. In viewing curriculum, I associated both traditional and progressive points of view. Personally, I included traditional points of view in stating the needs of basic education and syllabus for guidance. Also, I included progressive points of view by including set of activities that improves student’s potential experiences and the like.

Self-Check Label the description/definition on the left with either Traditional (T), or Progressive (P).

No. 1 2 3

Description Teachers are required to teach the book from cover to cover. If the learners can memorize the content, then the curriculum is best. Children are given opportunity to play outdoors.

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Parents send children to a military type school with rigid discipline.

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Teachers are reluctant to teach beyond the written curriculum. Prerequisites to promotion for the next grade are skills in reading, writing and arithmetic only.

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Teachers provide varies experiences for the children.

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Learning can only be achieved in school. It is the systematic arrangement of contents in the course syllabus.

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✓ ✓ ✓

Co-curricular activities are planned for all to participate.

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Self-Reflect Pick up a daily newspaper and read today’s headline. Choose one and reflect on this headline that relates to curriculum and to your becoming a curricularist. Write your answer in at least two paragraphs. Headline: Pantries prove giving can be this contagious By: The Inquirer Staff - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:00 AM April 25, 2021

As established institutions in the City’s anti-hunger work, food pantries are uniquely positioned to implement innovative methods of combating food insecurity and addressing the problem that is its root cause. Food insecurity may also be linked to other issues including malnutrition, illness, homelessness, or addiction, which means that addressing it requires a creative, thoughtful, and community-driven approach. People giving back or paying it forward. The poor helping the poor. Giving with nothing in exchange. Through this, I realized that establishing community pantries and becoming a curricularist has a lot of similarities and that, we can also apply this in becoming a curricularist. Just like these institutions, teachers are ought to be innovative as well in implementing curriculum. This might include innovative teaching styles like integrating social media into lesson plans and using interactive methods to help engage students. Also, being considerate and patient enough to those lacking students.

Lesson 2.2│ Approaches to the School Curriculum Activity 1 - Making an Inventory of Curriculum Approach as Content, Process and Product Choose a book that is being used in elementary, high school or college. Identify the following: Content, Process, Product.

No. Content 1. Functions and Philosophical Perspectives on Art

Process a. Individual research b. Observation

2.

Types of Subject

a. Interview b. Observation

3.

Artists and Artisans

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Elements and Principles of Art

a. Performance assessment b. Group discussion c. Individual research a. Creating an artwork b. Poster Making

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Art in Early Civilizations

a. Group discussion b. Reporting

Product/Outcome a. List of different artworks b. Skill in observation a. List of types of subject b. Skill in observation c. Reflection paper a. List of artists and artisans b. Skill in performing

a. List of visual and auditory art b. Skill in artwork making a. Photo journal b. Skill in presentation

Self-Check Match the CONCEPT in Column II with the choices in Column III. Write the ANSWER in Column I. I. Answer B. Process D. Validity A. Content

1. 2. 3.

E. Balance

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J. Learning outcomes F. Articulation

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C. Product I. Continuity

7. 8.

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II. Concepts Curriculum as a way of doing Authenticity of the content Curriculum as the subject matter Fair distribution of the content across the subjects Curriculum as the outcome of learning Seamless flow of content vertically or horizontally in the curriculum Evidence of successful teaching Enduring and perennial content, from past to future

III. Choices A. Content B. Process C. Product D. Validity E. Balance F. Articulation

G. Sequence H. Integration

H. Integration G. Sequence

9. Allowing the transfer of content, from past to future 10. Arranging of contents from easy to difficult

I. Continuity J. Learning outcomes

Self-Reflect After learning from this lesson, how would you prepare yourself to become a teacher, using the three approaches to curriculum? In order to prepare myself in the near future, I must first learn what is curriculum and how will it help my job as a teacher and for the students. Also, it is important to know my goals, resources, students whether they are gifted, advanced, or special ed, as well as knowing my state curriculum, preference and ability. As what they say, curriculum as a product will have a defining parameter of what students will be capable of doing when they leave your class. Curriculum as a process is just the range of products you have exposed them to over the year. Mastery is not necessarily a consideration for pass fail, but whether they have participated or not. My preparation should be focused on what and who I will be teaching, determining what to achieved, and much better if I spent my time maximizing co-planning and intrapersonal skills.

Lesson 2.3│Curriculum Development: Processes and Models Activity 1- Comparison of the Three Models Determine the similarities and differences of the three models of Curriculum Development Process. Similar Features

Tyler

Tyler’s

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Taba’s Tyler and Taba’s model are similar in a way that both of them has considerations to follow in examining the needs of the students or society as well as there’s an

Saylor and Alexander Tyler and Saylor and Alexander’s model are similar in a way that both of them has considerations to follow in examining the needs of the students or society as well as there’s an

evaluation at the end.

Taba

Taba and Tyler’s model are similar in a way that both of them has considerations to follow in examining the needs of the students or society as well as there’s an evaluation at the end.

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evaluation at the end. Taba’s and Saylor and Alexander’s model are similar in a way that both of them has considerations to follow in examining the needs of the students or society as well as there’s an evaluation at the end.

Saylor and Saylor and Alexander and Alexander and Tyler’s model are Taba’s model are similar in a way similar in a way that both of them that both of them has has considerations to considerations to Saylor and follow in follow in Xxxxx Alexander examining the examining the needs of the needs of the students or students or society as well as society as well as there’s an there’s an evaluation at the evaluation at the end. end. Comment: All the models utilize the process of curriculum planning, curriculum designing, curriculum implementing and curriculum evaluating. Also, all of the models has there considerations to follow and to be made and as what I have observed, the similarity is that, there’s always an evaluation at the end. Different Features

Tyler

Tyler’s

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Taba’s Tyler’s model is different from Taba’s model because it starts the steps of curriculum

Saylor and Alexander Tyler’s model does not only focuses on goals, objectives and domainsas considerations on

development from the top.

Taba’s grassroot approach begins from the bottom, rather than from the top for which Tyler proposed.

Taba

Saylor and Alexander

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Saylor and Alexander’s model is different from Tyler’s model in a way that Tyler’s model gives consideration to experiences while Saylor and Alexander’s model does not.

Saylor and Alexander’s model is different from Taba’s model in a way that Saylor’s model directs the steps to the four major steps but Taba’s give attention to anything that

curriculum development but also the experiences in relation to the purpose of the curriculum unlike Saylor and Alexander’s model. Taba’s model is different from Saylor and Alexander’s because Taba’s model had specified each steps toward developing a curriculum, unlike Saylor and Alexander’smodel that directly submits the goals and objectives to curriculum designing without identifying thecontent and possible experiences that the learners attain.

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may interfere the learning of the students Comment: The experience in school and it’s purpose has been given attention in Tyler’s model. The steps were specified in Taba’s while in Saylor and Alexander’s, it identifies the domain, objectives and goals and follows by curriculum designing, implementing, and evaluating.

Self-Check 1. Describe the model of curriculum development which you understood best. Write in two paragraphs. The model of curriculum development which I understood best is Tyler’ model the four basic principles. Its illustrious career in education resulted in major contributions to the policy and practice of schooling. His influence was especially felt in the field of testing, where he transformed the idea of measurement into a grander concept that he called evaluation; in the field of curriculum, where he designed a rationale for curriculum planning in the realm of educational policy. Tyler recognizes a problem in connection with the selection of learning experiences by a teacher . The problem is that a learning experience is the interaction between a student and her environment. That is, a learning experience is to some degree a function of the perceptions, interests, and previous experiences of the student. Thus, a learning experience is not totally within the power of the teacher to select. Regardless, Tyler maintains that the teacher can control the learning experience through the manipulation of the environment, resulting in stimulating situations sufficient to evoke the desired kind of learning outcomes.

Self-Reflect 1. What phase of the curriculum process do you find very important as a teacher? Why All phases of the curriculum process are essential however, from my standpoint, the curriculum planning is way more important than the rest since in this phase, some of the questions that need to be addressed to define the issue is being explored. That includes ways to identify gaps between knowledge and practice; trends emerging from the data; a process to prioritize needs; and identification of the characteristics of the target audience which I think the most essential things to be considered in the curriculum process.

Lesson 2.4│Foundations of Curriculum Self-Check Quick Check! Tag the Person What significant contribution can you recall about this person? 1. Lev Vygotsky – Sociocultural development theory 2. Daniel Goleman – Emotional intelligence (emotional skills training in school curriculum) 3. William Kilpatrick – Progressive Education 4. Hilda Taba – The dynamics of education 5. Ralph Tyler – Basic Principles of Curriculum 6. John Dewey – Equal opportunities for all, humanistic education, contextualized curriculum 7. Abraham Maslow – Abrham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs 8. Carl rogers – Person-centered approach, Student-centered teaching 9. Franklin Bobbitt – curriculum prepares students for adult life, objectives and activities should group together when task are clarified. 10. Alvin Toffler – Future shock, third wave, home schooling, believed that knowledge should prepare students for their future.

Self-Reflect 1. Identify which among the foundations of curriculum has influenced what you have learned in school as a college student? There are numerous contributors among the foundations of curriculum who have influenced the way we learn in school and the one that has influenced me as I study is Edward Thorndike who propounded first three basic laws of learning which are readiness, exercise, and effect. Personally, I learn best when I am ready to learn and see the reasons why I needed to, this gives me eagerness to learn more. This situation connects to the law of readiness. Other than that, law of exercise shows that the drill or practice helps in increasing efficiency and durability of learning. Lastly, law of effect means that any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated. 2. How will the thinking of Abraham Maslow influence your teaching practice in the future?

Abraham Maslow’s influence enables me to understand that teachers must be able to meet the needs of the learners first in order for them to learn better since according to Maslow, self-actualization is the complete realization of one’s potential, and the full development of one’s abilities and appreciation for life. Therefore, before expecting students to reach their potential, teachers need...