Graduate School

Course Code EDUC 7

Course Title The Teacher and the School Curriculum
Module Number 2 (Spine)
Module Title MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD
Lesson Number
Lesson Title Industrial Revolution 4.0
Dead Zones of Imagination
The Power of Advancing a Mindset in Curriculum
Design

Week Number & September 2022

Dates

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

a. Explain industrial revolution 4.0.
b. Cite the prevailing conditions in the school system.
c. Justify why gaining grounds on both world context, and Philippine context makes
school curriculum more relevant and meaningful.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES

Reading Analysis on the topics: Industrial Revolution 4.0: Critical Pedagogy Manifesto;
Advanced mindset in designing a curriculum

Engage, Pair, Share - Creative Drawing: The Parable of the River

Read Highlight Define Answer (RHDA)
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Powerpoint files/materials on the ff: Industrial Revolution 4.0: Why It Matters; Hope for
the Flowers; The Parable of the River

INTRODUCTION AND VALUES INTEGRATION

Curriculum is so powerful in the field of education. It is the very core of teaching

and learning processes. Its powerful impact is shaping the consciousness of a
person, it is one of the reasons why and how a person adheres to a certain belief
and practice.  Everything that happens inside and outside the school is part of the
curriculum.  This Advanced curriculum studies will enable the learner to critically
analyze the interplay of curriculum, instruction, standards and assessment.  The
course will help the learner discover the complex economy of curriculum, its role in
empowering people and emancipating them from anything that holds them back, and
its powerful contribution in addressing any prevailing condition.

Making sense of the world is a great step to determine how humanity will be
served with relevance, excellence, and accountability. Power comes from the critical
awareness of each learner on any pressing issue or problem in the society in
general and in academic institution, in particular. In this way, Wesleyanians will
have an unwavering commitment to cultivate both godliness and brilliance, or
scholarship and character.

BODY

Making sense of the world requires a serious and closer look into what is happening in
the whole world. This module covers the present context as well as the prevailing
conditions as observed and reported.
Industrial Revolution 4.0 has brought the world into an unimaginable quick and
exponential turn of events. The power point file on Why It Matters gives us a picture of
the industrial revolution 4.0. (Here is the link: https://slideplayer.com/slide/12201800/ )
The author, Henry Giroux, on his argument on dead zones of imagination , presented
some information on how pedagogy of suppression has been happening in school
systems.

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One school has shared how a pedagogue could advance his/her mindset in designing a
curriculum that would focus on the end results, hence, addressing the diagnosed ill
conditions of learning.
As you go over these scenarios, go back to the Hope for the Flowers (PowerPoint file
has been uploaded) and answer the following questions:
1. When do you become Stripe? And Yellow?
2. When do you become a learner? And “learned?”
3. When was the time you felt pushed and kicked and stepped on?
( Journal Notebook)

Activity 1: Read

R H D A
ead, ighlight, efine, nswer

1. Read the article.

2. Highlight the words which you don’t understand yet or which struck you most.
3. Define or describe the words using any dictionary or the context of the text.
4. Answer the following 5 questions: What is the purpose of the author? What are the
questions at issue? What are the facts and evidences presented in the article? What are
your assumptions? What are your new concepts and points of view?

1. The Industrial Revolution

https://restart-project.eu/industry-4-0-impact-education/

2. A critical pedagogy manifesto

https://truthout.org/articles/when-schools-become-dead-zones-of-the-imagination-a-critical-
pedagogy-manifesto/?fbclid=IwAR2p-
USH1ojIzW1JdU1qRpJlkYf4WA44v_Fz_fXQKRhPcmvDQ6IxM6Ocvoo

3. Advancing a New Mindset About Curriculum Design

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/advancing-a-new-mindset-
about-curriculum-design/

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Activity 2
Pair and Share
Get in touch with a classmate and share your answers and reflections. You may share any insight
which emerged during your RHDA moment. You may share via telephone or any mode of
communication. You may write a note highlighting your learning and give it to your classmate.

Activity 3: Reflect
Journal Writing
Continue using your journal notebook writing any reflection or question which has surfaced during
your learning process. Write as well any insights you have gained from this lesson and the
challenges you have figured out as you embark on the subject.

Activity 4: Respond
As you make sense of the world, weave your learnings from the industrial revolution 4.0,
context of the Philippines, magnifying the prevailing dead zones of imagination, and
having an advanced mindset by writing a free–verse curricularist’s credenda.

Critical Thinking Corner:

1. How do you make sense of the world?
2. How powerful is the curriculum to any prevailing condition?

Write your answers in the journal notebook.

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SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

As each one of us makes sense of the world, it is imperative to look closely at what is
happening around the world in general and magnify the local context in particular.
The curriculum is the heart of education. Its immense impact on the shaping of
learners’ consciousness always depends on its firm grounds on relevance, efficiency,
and effectivity to any given learning arena. Advancement is taking a big leap in
revisiting the existing curricula, whether they are responsive or not to the needs of
society.

REFERENCES

1. The Industrial Revolution

https://restart-project.eu/industry-4-0-impact-education/

2. A critical pedagogy manifesto

https://truthout.org/articles/when-schools-become-dead-zones-of-the-imagination-a-critical-
pedagogy-manifesto/?fbclid=IwAR2p-
USH1ojIzW1JdU1qRpJlkYf4WA44v_Fz_fXQKRhPcmvDQ6IxM6Ocvoo

3. Advancing a New Mindset About Curriculum Design

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/advancing-a-new-mindset-
about-curriculum-design/

Prepared by: Gladys P. Mangiduyos

Course Facilitator

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Checked by: JHON CARLO C VILLA

Program Head

Noted by: JOHN MARK F. BONDOC

Dean

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