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Figure 1. Curriculum Web

The document provides activities and directions for a lesson on curriculum. Activity 1.1 instructs students to create a concept web with associated words around the term "curriculum" and describe each word. Activity 1.2 directs students to read an article on how curriculum is described in the 21st century and answer questions about it. Activity 1.3 asks students to interview people about curriculum from different decades and complete a matrix comparing their responses. Activity 2.2 asks students about their past school curriculum and lessons learned. Activity 2.3 provides a checklist for students to evaluate characteristics of the K-12 curriculum.

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Figure 1. Curriculum Web

The document provides activities and directions for a lesson on curriculum. Activity 1.1 instructs students to create a concept web with associated words around the term "curriculum" and describe each word. Activity 1.2 directs students to read an article on how curriculum is described in the 21st century and answer questions about it. Activity 1.3 asks students to interview people about curriculum from different decades and complete a matrix comparing their responses. Activity 2.2 asks students about their past school curriculum and lessons learned. Activity 2.3 provides a checklist for students to evaluate characteristics of the K-12 curriculum.

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Activity Sheets for Lesson 1

Course: The Teacher and the School Curriculum

Activity 1.1

Direction: A blank concept web form is provided herein below for you to accomplish by placing
words on the spaces around the word curriculum which correspond to words you think are associated
with CURRICULUM. Provide a brief description/discussion of each word below the web. (Use a
separate sheet)

CURRICULUM

Figure 1. Curriculum Web


Activity 1.2. Research Digest

Read the article published in ERIC research journal using the link
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/20055/20413.

After reading, answer the questions below:

1. How is curriculum described in the 21st century?


2. What are the essential features discussed by the author?
3. What are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) mentioned in the article?
4. How important are the CCSS in the curriculum for the 21st century?
5. In your own opinion, is the present Philippine curriculum in basic education compliant
with these standards?
Activity 1.3. Curriculum Matrix

Interview people who lived in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s (RBEC) and 2020 (K-12) and ask
their definition/perception of curriculum when they experienced schooling in those years using the
questions suggested below. Other questions may be asked as need arises and deemed necessary.
Afterwards, accomplish the succeeding activity sheet. Towards the end, cite two (2) conclusions from all
of the responses.

Interview Guide Questions

1. What are the main focus or goals of education?


2. What are the subjects offered in school?
3. What are the contents of the curriculum?
4. What knowledge, values and skills are of most worth?
5. What evaluation/assessment tools were used?

Year Focus/Goal Subjects Conten Knowledge, Methods Assessment Others


s of t Values and of /Evaluation
Education Skills are of Teaching Tools
most worth
60s
70s
80s
90s
2000
2020

Conclusions:

1.___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

Activity 2.2. Looking Back


Direction: Answer the following:

1. What curriculum did you have in Elementary, Junior High and Senior High School? Were they
patterned with any of your answers in Activity 1? Why or why not?

a. Elementary Education ____________________


b. Junior High School Education _____________
c. Senior High School Education _____________

2. List five things you learned in school that have made significant impact in your life. Explain briefly
each of your answer.

1.___________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________

Activity 2.3. 3Cs - Curriculum Characteristics Checklist


Direction: List the characteristics of the curriculum you observed with K-12 curriculum. Compare or
contrast it with the characteristics you have learned and justify why your answer is a check (/) or a
cross mark (x). Add additional characteristics, if there are any not mentioned in the discussion. Use
the table below.

Characteristics of a Good Curriculum / or x Justification


1.The curriculum is continuously evolving
2.The curriculum is based on the needs of the
people
3. The curriculum is democratically conceived.
4. The curriculum is a result of a long time effort
5. The curriculum is a complex of details
6. The curriculum provides for the logical sequence
of the subject matter6.
7. The curriculum complements and cooperates with
other program of the community.
8. The curriculum has educational quality
9. The curriculum has administrative flexibility
10. The curriculum can adhere to any emergency
Situation

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