ACTIVITY SHEET IN PROF ED 9
Module 2: Curriculum Design & Development
Name: _______________________________
Course Program: _______________________
1. Inspect the benefits or advantages and pitfalls or disadvantages of the different curriculum
designs and fill out the table below.
Curriculum design Example
- Mathematics,
Science, Filipino,
English and others.
Subject
- Algebra, Physics,
Chemistry,
Literature,
Academic Discipline Economics, and
other disciplines.
- Architecture,
Structural
engineering,
Integrated Passive solar
building design and
HVAC.
- Lawyer, college
professor or even
Achieved criminal.
- Another group of
Score: _________________________
Facilitator: ______________________
Advantages Disadvantages
- Help students to - It is knowledge
move between focused, rather than
institutions and to skills focused.
progress from
primary school to
secondary without
many problems.
- Focuses on - Professionals may
academic encounter trouble
specialization. communicating
across academic
disciplines because
of differences in
language.
- Enhanced - Lack of time to plan
sustainability and effective units.
long term, and
adaptable
environments.
- Promotes - Time consuming
consistency and because of the
reduced building paperwork involved.
time.
- Learners interact - It requires a longer
 four students with their teachers time for students so
discussing a and the it is difficult to
different aspect of environment achieved curriculum
Child-centered the book. resulting to targets.
learning.

- How the child - The learners are - It requires more skill

responds to, empowered to on the part of the
Experience-centered engages with or shape their own teacher as well as
learns from the learning. their time and
events. resources.

- Help design - The goal was to - Too much emphasis

Humanistic pathways for develop a well- on subjective
students to reach rounded individual experience--- Hard
their goal. who possesses to study.
positive self-
concept and
interpersonal skills.

- Movies about - Students learn - Some students could

superheroes. Love, better when lose interest in the
Thematic justice/injustice, experiencing theme-less
struggle, humanity. knowledge in a motivation to
larger context. participate.

- New mums need a - The learners - Potentially poorer

way to feel exposed to some performance on
connected to a practical situations tests. Time
support group or issues that are consuming
Problem because they need important to them assessment.
to spend large and to their
amount alone with community.
their babies.

- Math, Science, - You are able to - Fails to offer

English, History and explore different significant and
Core Geography. majors. systematic
knowledge.

- Prescribed or - Required to be - National curriculum

official curriculum. taught to all may reduce
National Core students across the innovation in
country. curriculum design.
 Grade Learning Areas Teaching and Evidence of Values/Relevance
Level Or topics Learning Learning
Activities/Processes
- History and - Concept - Scores on - Responsibility
Geography mapping local relationship
which a exams, and respect.
great way to quizzes.
4 step away
from their
individual
perspective.

- Language skills, - Write a - Pieces of - Fairness and

spelling, math letter to or writing, responsibility.
between projects,
characters exams.
in a story-
taking the
perspective
of a
5 character in
a story to
understand
their
motivations
and better
comprehend
their
response.

- Reading/ - Useful - Pre-post - Intellectual

6 Language arts, learning assessment competence
math, geography. activities are (measuring and respect
ones where student for diversity.
the students change
is able to over the
take what course or
they have program).
learnt from
engaging
with the
activity.
2. Examine the K-12 Curriculum Guide. Choose a specific subject that you want to work on with.
Design a simple and shortened curriculum of a specific subject from Grade 4-6 by filling out the
table. Be sure to apply the important considerations in designing a curriculum. Let the questions
below be your guide in designing the curriculum.