CURRICULUM

DURING POST
PANDEMIC

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WHAT IS PANDEMIC?
 A pandemic is like an epidemic but
even more widespread over several
countries or continents. Most of the
diseases posing the greatest risks to
humans are contagious meaning that
they are caused by an infectious
agent and can be spread from person
to person.
CURRICULUM DURING POST PANDEMIC
(COVID-19)

THE COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease
caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to
moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring
special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill
and require medical attention. Older people and those with
underlying medical conditions like cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer are more
likely to develop serious illness. Anyone can get sick with
COVID-19 and become seriously ill or die at any age. 
 COVID-19 INFECTION: ORIGIN,
TRANSMISSION, AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES

ORIGIN: It was first thought SARS-CoV-2 made the

jump to humans at one of Wuhan, China's open-air “wet
markets.” 
TRANSMISSION: When an infected person coughs,
sneezes, or talks, droplets or tiny particles called
aerosols carry the virus into the air from their nose or
mouth. Anyone who is within 6 feet of that person can
breathe it into their lungs. Airborne transmission.
Research shows that the virus can live in the air for up to
3 hours.
CHARACTERISTICS: The clinical spectrum of
COVID-19 varies from asymptomatic or
paucisymptomatic forms to clinical illness characterized
by acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical
ventilation, septic shock, and multiple organ failure.
 HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE EDUCATION
DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

 The coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

pandemic has caused an unprecedented
crisis in all areas. In the field of education,
this emergency has led to the massive
closure of face-to-face activities of
educational institutions in more than 190
countries in order to prevent the spread of
the virus and mitigate its impact.
 CURRICULAR MODIFICATION DURING POST
PANDEMIC
WHAT IS CURRICULUM
MODIFICATION?
• Curriculum modification is the process of
making adjustments to existing programs in
basic and higher education, that includes
teacher education in order to respond to the
needs of the learners amid and post pandemic.
VARIOUS CURRICULUM
DELIVERY MODES

1. ONLINE LEARNING
 Term to describe an emerging approach to learn at students’ own premise
through advanced information-communication technologies (such as blackboard,
Moodle, virtual reality) either asynchronously or synchronously.
 Education made available through internet.
 The term online learning implies that the learner is at distance from the tutor or
instructor, that the learner uses some form of technology to access learning
materials.
 Learning that is conducted and materials that are delivered via online or mobile
technologies.
2. ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY MODE 8

 Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs) offer

solutions that may help learners outside of the
regular school system acquire the needed basic
education competencies and life skills.
 Refers to nontraditional education program
recognized by the Department of Education
(DepEd) which applies a flexible learning
philosophy and a curricular delivery program that
includes formal and informal sources of
knowledge and skill.

 ADM was developed to address the problems of

seasonal absentee learners and congested
classrooms in schools.
 Two accredited ADMS’s:
 Modified In-School and Off-School Approach (MISOSA)
 It is meant to address the problem of congestion (overcrowding due
to classrooms, teacher shortage, etc.,): also for seasonal absentees,
those living in conflict/disaster areas, chronically ill, indigenous
children and those engage in earning a living to augment the family
income.

 Enhanced Instructional Management by Parents, Community

and Teachers (e-IMPACT) For primary education
 is meant to address issues of both ACCESS and QUALITY by
enabling schools to deliver complete levels (1-6) despite shortage of
teachers, classrooms, etc.,). Implemented in all 6 levels using the
Community Learning Center.
 3. DISTANCE LEARNING
This is a mode of education that includes delivery of
educational content online, digitally or through radio
and television. It is an option for students who may
not be physically at school.
4. HOMESCHOOLING
Another flexible learning option that provides
learners with access to formal education while
staying in and out of school environment. It is
meant for learners in unique circumstances
such as illness, frequent travel, special
education needs and another similar context
5. Alternative Learning System

 ALS is a parallel learning system in the

Philippines that provides a practical option to
the existing formal instruction. When one does
not have or cannot access formal education in
schools. ALS is an alternate or substitute. ALS
includes both the non-formal and informal
sources of knowledge and skills.
 CURRICULAR MODIFICATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING
POST PANDEMIC

1. Focusing on the Essentials:

 Mapping the Needed and Enduring Outcomes in the Recommended
and Written Curriculum.
CHALLENGE: How to create a balance relevant basic competency for
the students to acquire and the teachers desire or ways to achieve the
entire outcomes of the Curriculum
SOLUTION 1: Revisit the existing curriculum and analyze the
outcomes of the program course
 2. Rearranging of the College Course Offerings:
This can be for example, the theories and concepts courses that can
be delivered online is not yet possible due to risk of infection
 The laboratory-based, field study and practicum courses can be
offered later when face-to-face is already feasible.

3. Offering of Elective or Cognate Courses

that relate to the Pandemic

 In the global health crisis, it is imperative that

the curriculum and be adjusted by offering
courses that needed to survive and thrive amidst
that challenges of the pandemic
4. Modifying the taught curriculum
Another way of modifying the curriculum and ensuring
learning continuity during the pandemic is the
implementation of multiple learning delivery modalities.
Considering that face-to-face modality is not feasible,
teachers may consider feasible distant learning options like
corresponding teaching, module-based learning, project-
based and television broadcast
5. Modify the assessed curriculum
Adjustment on the assessment measures can be also be
considered amid the pandemic.
Capstone project-capstone experience, culminating project or
senior exhibition is a multifaceted assignment that serves as a
culminating activity or assignment. Authentic assessments have to
be intensified to ensure that competencies are acquire by the
learners.

Curriculum Considerations
1. The context of Teaching and Learning
2. The Learners and the Teachers
 APPROPRIATE TEACHING
DELIVERY DURING POST
PANDEMIC
1. No internet Connectivity
Use of printed self-learning modules
or learning packets which are
distributed through means that follow
social distancing. Can be picked up
from strategic distribution centers.
 2. LIMITED INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY
 Asynchronous Learning – a teaching
delivery where students are doing their work
independently based on what has been
instructed on line by the teacher. Or they can
access online learning at different times. This
will allow flexibility in the learner’s schedule
and they can learn on their own pace.
Students are provided with learning materials
or packets which may either be printed or
recorded materials and Open Educational
Resources or OER’s will be provided.
 3. EXCELLENT INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY
 Synchronous Learning – real-time teaching and
learning using online platforms like zoom,
Facebook live, messenger room, google meet,
Moodle or google classroom – also called
Remote or Distance Learning. Teachers prepare
an instructional guide (IG) like a lesson plan
where most of the delivery will be lecture or
demonstration. It is a very little interaction and at
the end of the session is through Q and A.