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 Component 2
Curriculum Content or Subject Matter
 Broad subjects areas in basic or general education.

• Communication Arts – include skills in listening , speaking, reading and writing as

well as the effective use of language in daily living.
• Mathematics – includes numeric and computational skills, geometry and
measurement, algebra, logic and reasoning.
• Science – includes all branches of the natural sciences, exploration and discovery
dealing with natural phenomena and the use of scientific method of investigation.
• Social Studies – include basic elements of Geography, History, Sociology,
Anthropology, Economics, Civics, Political Science and Psychology.
• Music – includes basic music theory, practice in listening, singing, playing musical
instruments and music preparation.
• Physical Education – includes health and physical fitness, individual and team
sports, spectatorship and wise use of leisure.
• Vocational Education – includes psychomotor and manipulative skills in basic crafts
and trades, design, work ethics and appreciation of manual productive work.
 Criteria which can be utilized in the selection of subject matter
content or knowledge for the curriculum.

• Self-sufficiency
• Significance
• Validity
• Interest
• Utility
• Learnability
• Feasibilty
These are other considerations that may be used in the selection of the learning
content. It would be a great help if curriculum makers can use them. As a guide,
subject matter or content can be selected for use if these are:

a. frequently and commonly used in daily life;

b. suited to the maturity levels and abilities of the students;
c. valuable in meeting the needs and the competencies of a future career;
d. related with other subject areas; and
e. important in the transfer of learning.
 In organizing or putting together the different learning
contents Palma, 1992 suggested the following principles:
balance, articulation, sequence, integration and continuity.

• Curriculum content should be fairly distributed in depth and breadth of the particular
learning area or discipline. This will ensure that the level or area will not be
overcrowded or less crowded. This refers to BALANCE.
• When each level of subject matter is smoothly connected to the next, glaring gaps,
and wasteful overlaps in the subject matter will be avoided. Teamwork among the
teachers will enhance ARTICULATION of contents in the curriculum.
• SEQUENCE is the logical arrangement of the subject matter. It refers to the
deepening and broadening of content as it is taken up in the higher levels.
• The horizontal connections are needed in subject areas that are similar so that learning
will be related to one another. This is INTEGRATION. This will help the learner
get a wholistic or unified view of reality and outlook in life
• Learning requires a continuing application of the new knowledge, skills, attitudes or
values so that these will be used in daily living. The constant repetition, review and
reinforcement of learning is what is referred to as CONTINUITY.
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