REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Marinduque State College
Activity 1: The K To 12 curriculums: What design?
Type of Curriculum Design in K to 12
Subject- Centered Design/Approach
Learner- Centered Design/Approach
Problem-Centered Design/Approach
School of Education
Tanza, Boac, Marinduque
Illustrative Examples
It may focus on Math, biology, science, and other subjects in K-12 curriculum. This type
of curriculum design tends to focus on the subject rather than the learner. Success means
mastery of the content. It is the most common type of the curriculum used in K-12
curriculum.
DepEd introduce ‘learner-centered’ curriculum for grade 1 and first year high school
students which will be less on memorization but more encouraging of critical thinking. It
is important that the learners develop that natural love for learning and not feel that it is
something imposed on the learners. It seeks to produce high school graduates who are
equipped with the skills for the world of work, have better needed competencies for
college education and ready for global opportunities.
In K-12 curriculum, one fact is about teaching scientific methods being taught by
science teachers. We were even taught that this scientific methods can be applied in our
daily life? Knowing our real life problems, observing it and concluding of what is best
to do on the problem were our eyes open to this reality? Little did we know that
scientific methods can be applied in our life and our decision making. In this problem-
centered design we can implant to our students the most important learning of their total
experiences. The most valuable of our teaching is to integrate our academic lessons into
their real life situations. In which through this academic learning, we can let our students
know how to deal with life in their social problems, needs, interest, and abilities