FS4

Field Study 4
Exploring the Curriculum

EPISODE 4
“Collect and Critique”
Name of FS Student _______________________________________________________
Course _______________ Year and Section ______________
Resource Teacher ______________________ Signature ____________________
Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of the activity, you should be able to explain the importance of the curriculum
through reflections from the observations made about it used by the teacher.

Your Map
For this process, go through the following steps:

Analyze the syllabus in terms

Revisit the school and following:
request the teacher to a. Topic
show you a syllabus of a b. Learning activities
particular subject. c. Assessment of learning

Examine the assessment Interview a teacher on the

tools used by critiquing process of preparing the
whether or not it is a syllabus, giving attention to
product-based or the following:
performance-based. a. Challenges
b. Resources needed
c. Planning Strategies

Your Tools
For these episodes, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.
 My Analysis Report
Name of FS Student _______________________________ Date of Observation________
School Observed_____________________________________________________________
Subject Observed_____________________________________________________________

The Topic Learning Activities Assessment of Learning

 My Interview Report
Name of Teacher Interviewed: ___________________________________________________________
Grade/Year Level of Class Handled: ______________________________________________________
School: _____________________________________________________________________________
Date of Interview:______________________ Interviewer: _____________________________

Challenges Resources Needed Planning Strategies

Your Analysis
How important is it for teachers and curriculum planners to anchor their curricular plans to
specific theories and principles of curriculum development?

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Aside from the teachers, who else should be involved in the curriculum planning? Expound
your thoughts.
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My Reflections:
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My Portfolio

 Attach the copy of the syllabus/lesson plan for this topic.

 Make a collage of pictures of the teaching process.

 Make a collage of pictures of the learning process.