Application

Activity 2. Search and Discover

1. Check the internet for the different curriculum innovations used/implemented in the
Philippines in both the Basic Education and the Higher Education. Use your gathered
information to create a timeline in the implementation of the innovations in both levels.

Feedback
Directions: Answer the following questions succinctly but substantially.

1. What are the possible pitfalls of a standards-based curriculum?

 The only pitfall of Standards-based curriculum is associated with teacher’s inability
or lack of desire to change their teaching methodology to achieve a behaviour-based
curriculum.

2. List classroom manifestations of different strategies and approaches done by teachers

in designing a curriculum that is culturally relevant and responsive to the learners.
 Focus on the Students
When writing a curriculum, it helps to remember that it’s not about
writing the best lesson plans or developing a perfect set of in-class projects
and assignments. Instead, it’s about meeting the needs of the students in a
way that ensures the material understood, maintained, and applied in and
out of the classroom.
 Schedule Planning Time
 Creating multiple lesson plans in order to build curriculum takes time. It’s
important to schedule in planning sessions and blocks of time to work on
curriculum. Learning how to manage that time is also important.
 Plan for Feedbacks and Assessments
Don’t forget to build in assessments and time for feedback when
developing your curriculum. You will need to be able to measure how
well students are doing. Set aside time to engage students in conversations
about the day’s lesson and assignments.

3. List and describe examples of curriculum models for gifted learners in the Philippines.
 School-wide Enrichment Model
The School-wide Enrichment Mode is widely implemented as enrichment
program used academically gifted and talented students and a magnet
theme/enrichment approach for all schools interested in high-end learning and
developing the strengths and talents of all students.

 Parallel Curriculum Model

The parallel curriculum model evolved from a National Association for
Gifted Children Curriculum in 1998. A group of scholars collaboratively
developed this model. It is based on the premised that every learner is
somewhere on toward the expertise in a content area. It promotes a
curriculum model for developing the abilities of all students and extending
the abilities of students who perform at advanced levels.

 Autonomous Learner Model

Betts (2004) pointed out that curricular offerings typical fall into three
levels. Level 1 is a prescribed curriculum and instruction that focuses on
state standards. Level 2 involves differentiation of curriculum base on
individual differences. Level 3 features learner-differentiated options
where students are self-directed and teachers provide opportunities for the
learners to be in charge of their learning.

4. What are the possible benefits of implementing an outcomes-based curriculum in

higher education?
 The focus on outcomes creates a clear expectation of what needs to be accomplished
by the end of the course. Students will understand what is expected of them and
teachers will know what they need to teach during the course. Clarity is important
over years of schooling and when team teaching is involved.
 Outcomes-based curriculum empowers students to make more responsibility for their
own learning and supports to move greater student engagement with the curriculum
and to student-centred approaches.