Laguna

State
Polytechnic
University
Los Baños Campus

Prepared by:
Edmar E. Indefenso
Part-time Instructor
Course Description
This course attempts to acquaint you with
the issues involved in curriculum
development and develop an understanding
of the learning process of the Filipino student
in the context of the local school environment.
Course Description
• analyze the changing concepts of curriculum including
various foundations and how are these reflected in
Philippine Education.
• discuss the components of curriculum design and its
organization that impart essential concepts, attitude, and
skills to the learning experiences of the students.
• gain a deliberate knowledge and critical understanding
of the various curriculum evaluation and strategies and
appreciate their products spelled out in innovation and
change.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND
GRADING SYSTEM
Course Discussions (Attendance,
20%
Participation, Short Quizzes or Mini Tasks)

Activities and Outputs 40%

Summative Exams (Midterm and Finals) 40%

CURRICULUM
Educational Levels in PH Education

BACCALAUREATE or BACHELOR DEGREES

TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATE DEGREES (MASTER’S AND DOCTORATE)

HIGHER EDUCATION
TYPES OF CURRICULA
SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING IN THE SCHOOLS
Types of Curriculum
Recommended

Written

Taught

Supported

Assessed

Learned

Hidden
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
1. Recommended Curriculum
• Almost all curricula found in schools are
recommended.
• Proposed by scholars, experts and professional
organizations.
• May come from DepEd, CHEd, TESDA, DOST,
or any organization who has a take on
education.
• The recommendations come in the form of
memoranda or policies, standards and
guidelines.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
2. Written Curriculum
• Includes documents based on the
recommended curriculum.
• Comes in the form of course of study, syllabi,
modules, books or instructional guides among
others.
• A packet of this written curriculum is the
teacher’s lesson plan.
• The most recent written curriculum is the K-12
for basic education curriculum.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
3. Taught Curriculum
• Implementation of what have been planned
and written.
• Includes the planned activities and
instructional materials that are put into
action in the classroom.
• Varies accordingly to the learning styles of
the students and teaching styles of the
teachers.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
4. Supported Curriculum
• Support materials that the teacher
needs to make learning and teaching
meaningful.
• Includes print materials or non-print
materials, and facilities where
learning occurs outside or inside a
four-walled building.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
5. Assessed Curriculum
• Refers to assessing or evaluating
the progress and success of the
curriculum.
• It can either be assessment for
learning, assessment as learning
or assessment of learning.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
6. Learned Curriculum
• Refers to the learning outcomes
achieved by the students.
• Measured by tools in assessment
whose indicators are cognitive,
psychomotor and affective
outcomes.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
7. Hidden Curriculum
• (Implicit Curriculum)
• Refers to the factors that affect the
behavior of the learners that are
not deliberately planned.
• Often not taught in school in a
formal or direct manner, and
instead people learn it indirectly or
in subtle ways.
Types of Curricula
Simultaneously Operating in the Schools
SUMMARY
1. Recommended Curriculum
2. Written Curriculum
3. Taught Curriculum
4. Supported Curriculum
5. Assessed Curriculum
6. Learned Curriculum
7. Hidden/Implicit Curriculum
Agree or Disagree
1. It is a reality that there exist more than one curricula in the
teacher’s classroom.
2. A teacher can say with confidence that learning has
occurred, if the curriculum has been assessed.
3. Some curricula in the schools/classrooms are unwritten.
4. Teachers should expect that school curricula are dynamic
and changing.
5. Textbooks and modules are written curricula that represent
the recommended curricula.
6. Only the Department of Education can recommend a
curriculum.
THE TEACHER
AS A CURRICULARIST
 Are you aware that the
teacher’s role in school is
very complex?
Curricularists in the past, refers only to those who developed
curriculum theories.

Curricularist
• Professional who is a curriculum specialist (Hayes, 1991;
Ornstein & Hunkins, 2004; Hewitt, 2006)
• Those who are involved in curriculum knowing, writing,
planning, implementing, evaluating, innovating and initiating
may be designated as curricularist.
 The teacher as a curricularist…
1. knows the curriculum
The teacher as a learner starts
with knowing about the curriculum,
the subject matter or the content.
It is acquiring academic knowledge
both formal (disciplines, logic) or
informal (derived from
experiences, vicarious, and
unintended.

KNOWER
 The teacher as a curricularist…
2. writes the curriculum
A classroom teacher takes record
of knowledge concepts, subject
matter or content.

The teacher writes books,

modules, laboratory manuals,
instructional guidelines, reference
materials and assessments in
paper or electronic media as a
curriculum writer or reviewer.
WRITER
 The teacher as a curricularist…
3. plans the curriculum
It is the role of teachers to make a
yearly, monthly, or daily plan of the
curriculum.

Several factors are considered in

planning like the support materials,
time, learners, desired outcomes
and many others.

PLANNER
 The teacher as a curricularist…
4. initiates the curriculum
Implementation of a new
curriculum requires the open
mindedness of the teacher, and
the full belief that it will enhance
learning. A transformative teacher
will never hesitate to try something
novel and relevant.

INITIATOR
 The teacher as a curricularist…
5. innovates the curriculum
Creativity and innovation are
hallmarks of an excellent
teacher. Since the curriculum is
dynamic, one cannot find a
single eternal curriculum that
would perpetually fit.

INNOVATOR
 The teacher as a curricularist…
6. implements the curriculum

The heart of schooling is the

curriculum. It is this role where
the teachers become the
curriculum implementor. They
give life to the curriculum plan.
It is here where teaching as a
science and as an art will be
observed. The success of the
curriculum lies mostly on the
IMPLEMENTOR implementation of teachers.
 The teacher as a curricularist…
7. evaluates the curriculum

How can one determine if the

desired outcomes are achieved?
Is the curriculum working? Does
it bring the desired results? Are
some practices need to be
modified? Should the curriculum
be terminated, modified or
continued? A teacher helps
answer these questions.

EVALUATOR
Thank you!