Comission on Higher Education

District V

Holy Trinity College of Camarines Sur

Don Fortuno St. Santiago Bato, Camarines Sur
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NAME: Christian Rey T. Mata INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Mercy Samaniego Bo

PROGRAM: BSED-III (English Major) SUBJECT: Prof. Educ. 9

2.1 ACTIVITY 1 | WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF CURRICULUM?

1. What is your own definition of curriculum?

For my own view, I can define curriculum as not only a course of study but it also includes the
teacher’s way of teaching, the materials and strategies being used in a classroom setting, as well as the
results or learning acquired by the students regarding the development of their skills, literacy, and life’s
perspectives. I must say that curriculum may be an important backbone which serves as an outline of
the strategic plans to make the teaching and learning more accessible, efficient, effective and
meaningful as well.

Curriculum has something to do with what to be taught and what to be learned. I must say that
it is technically essential in developing productive students who embodies cognitive, affective and
psychomotor prowess towards professionalism. This curriculum would not only be stocked and be
limited into the four corners of the classroom nor inside the school campus but also in each and
everyone’s houses and even in the community as a whole.

2. Do you have a Traditional view of curriculum? a progressive view or both? Explain your view based
on your definition.

My Traditional View of Curriculum

Well for me, I must say that traditional approach of curriculum still exist at present
times and I know that it has still an important impact to the learning acquisition of every
student. Let’s say for example, a teacher who are still trying to be a dispenser of
information or inputs to his/her students aimed to just prepare them into a more
complex and difficult situation of learning in which they will be the ones to explore, to
reflect, and to create something out of nothing through their own efforts.

My Progressive View of Curriculum

In my progressive view of curriculum, I can say that students as the center of learning is
really evident and prominent nowadays. Most of the teachers from being the dispenser
of information transformed into the facilitator in which they just guide, encourage and
motivate students to perform what they can, to explore what they have to learn and to
apply those things in a real-life scenarios.