Firmeza. Bon Ivan A.

. BSED 3-1 SOCIAL STUDIES

PROF ED-8: THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

ACTIVITY A.

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1. Teachers are required to read the book from cover to cover /

2. If the learners can memorize the content, then the curriculum is best /

3. Children are given opportunity to play outdoors. /

4. Parents send children to a military type school with rigid discipline. /

5. Teachers are reluctant to teach beyond the written curriculum. /

6. Prerequisite to promotion for the next grade are skills in reading, /

writing and arithmetic.

7. Teachers provide varied experiences for children. /

8. Learning can only be achieved in schools. /

9. Systematic arrangement of contents in the course syllabus. /

10. Co-curricular activities are planned for all to participate /

ACTIVITY B. I AM A TEACHER! WHO AM AS A CURRICULARIST?

CASE NO.1 I have a good idea on how to make my learners pay attention to the lesson. I will use the
new idea and find out if it will work. Who am I as a curricularist?

Answer: Innovator

CASE NO.2 DEP ED sent the standards, to competencies and guidelines in teaching the mother tongue
in grade in our school. I will study and use it in the coming school year. Who am I as a curricularist?

Answer: Knower

CASE NO.3 There is so much to do in our school day. I seem not able to do all, but I have to accomplish
something for my learners. I have made the daily activity plan to guide me. Who am I as a
curricularist?

Answer: Planner
CASSE NO. 4 I need a poem to celebrate the world’s teachers day. I compose one to be use in my class
in literature. Who am I as a curricularist?

Answer: Writer

CASE NO.5 My class is compose of learners from the different home background and culture I cannot
use a one size fits all strategies in teaching so I can respond to the diverse background. In my readings,
I discovered that there are ways of teaching I tried one myself and it work. Who am I as a
curricularist?

Answer: Initiator

CASE NO.6 Knowledge is limitless. What I learned in college is not enough. I need to know more, so I
enrolled in a graduate school to advance my learning. Who am I as a curricularist?

Answer: Knower

CASE NO. 7 At the end of the year, my performance as a teacher is reflected in the school performance
of my students. So I need to provide a monitoring tool to measure how they are progressing. The
result will inform me how I will address my learners weakness and enhance their strengths. Who am I
as a curricularist?

Answer: Evaluator

CASE NO.8 I am teaching in a very far away barangay with no electricity yet. Many of the instructional
aids for teaching sent to our school are films and video tapes need power. I cannot use them, but the
lessons are especially important. So, I thought of making an alternative activity. I took my class to the
river and waterfall instead of doing of doing the lesson.

Answer: Implementor

ACTIVITY 3. SPIN A WIN: AGREE OR DISAGREE

AGREE 1. In school learning is experiential and authentic.

DISAGREE 2. It is reality that there exist more than one curricula in the teacher’s classroom.

AGREE 3. A teacher can say with confidence that learning has occurred if the curriculum has been
assessed.

DISAGREE 4. Some curricula in the school/classroom are unwritten.

AGREE 5. To establish national standards teacher should be guided by recommended curriculum in

basic higher education.

AGREE 6. Teacher should expect the school curricula are dynamic and changing.

AGREE 7. Evaluated curriculum makes judgement about learning.

AGREE 8. Textbooks and module are written curricula that represent the recommended curricula.
DISAGREE 9. Only the Department of Education can recommend curriculum.

AGREE 10. In the part of all types of curricula, the teacher has a major role.