Curriculum in Schools

Desired Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss the different curricula that exist in the schools
2. Enhance understanding of the role of the teacher as
curricularist in the teacher’s classroom
3. Anayse the significance of curriculum and curriculum
development
Trifocal Educational System in the Philippines

Basic Education Technical - Higher Education

Vocational
Kinder, Grade 1 to 6 Post-Secondary Includes the
for Elementary, and Technical Vocational Baccalaureate or
for Secondary Grade Education and Bachelor’s Degree
7 to Grade 10 for Training taken care and the Graduate
Junior High School of TESDA Degrees which are
and Grade 11 and 12 under the regulation
for Senior High of CHED
School.
 Types of Curriculum
Allan Glatthorn (2000), as cited by Bilbao (2009), describes seven
(7)types of curriculum operating in the schools.

Recommended Curriculum Proposed by scholars and professional organizations

Written Curriculum Appear in school, district, division, or country documents

Taught Curriculum What teachers implement or deliver in the classrooms or schools

Supported Curriculum Resources like textbook, computers, audio-visual materials which support
and help in the implementation of the curriculum

Assessed Curriculum That which is tested and evaluated

Learned Curriculum What students actually learn and what is measured
Hidden Curriculum The unintended curriculum
The Teacher as a Curricularist

The Teacher and The Curriculum

- (Dolt) The teacher should be involved in “every phase “ of curriculum
making, including the planning of “specific goals, materials, content, and
methods.
- (Olive) Teachers are the primary group in the curriculum development
- (Rugg) Teachers must be released from classroom duties to “prepare
courses od assemble materials, and develop outlines of the entire
curriculum.”
- (Casswel and Campbell) Envasioned teachers participating in curriculum
committees during the school year.
Levels of Teacher Involvement by Carol
Glickman

. Level 1 : Maintenance
. Level 2 : Meditative
. Level 3 : Creative or Generative
Description of Teacher as a Curicularist
Knows the Curriculum The teacher as a learner starts with knowing about the Knower
curriculum, the subject matter of the content.
Writes the Curriculum A classroom teacher takes record of knowledge, concepts, Writer
subject matter or content.
Plans the Curriculum A good curriculum has to be planned. It is the role of the Planner
teacher to make a yearly, monthly, or daily plan of the
curriculum.
Initiates the Curriculum Implementation of the new curriculum requires the open Initiator
mindedness of the teacher., and the full belief that the
curriculum will enhance learning.
Innovates the Curriculum Creativity and innovation are hallmarks of an excellent Innovator
teacher. A curriculum is always dynamic, hence it keeps on
changing.
Implements the Curriculum The curriculum that remains recommended or written will Implementor
never serve its purpose. Somebody has to implement it.

Evaluates the Curriculum Hope can one determine if the desired learning outcomes Evaluator
have been achieved? Is the curriculum working?