MODULE I Lesson 1 Activities

EXPERIENCE: Online Interview
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Direction: In this activity, let us find out how administrators, teachers, students, educators,
community and family members define curriculum from their own points of view.
1. With a classmate, conduct an online interview of the following lay persons:
 Elementary Grade teacher
 School Principal
 Non education student
 Parent
 Any member of the family
 vendor
2. Ask each one the question “What is curriculum to you?
3. Record their answers and present the definition in a matrix form.
4. Compare each definition. Are they similar? Different?
Persons Interviewed Answer to question: What is curriculum to you?
Elementary /Secondary
Grade teacher
School Principal
Non education student
Parent
Any member of the family
vendor
EXCHANGE
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Think-Talk pa more!
Direction:
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1. Choose your online partner through chat in your FB page, group chat or messenger.
2. Think about your definition of curriculum and talk more about it with your partner.
3. Record your conversation and make a narrative report.
4. Take turn and be an active listener.
Your Partner’s Narrative:

Curriculum is a set of offered subjects listed and approved by the Department of Education and/or
Commission on Higher Education. The term specifies a sequence of planned instruction and students'
subjective responses. It has concepts and ideas that needs to be taught to learners. Curriculum may also
equate to an "interactive system of instruction" where students can learn and possess specific outcomes,
strategies, assessment and sources. This may also include the series of activities done outside school premises
that are information-driven.
Your Statement of Appreciation:
EXPAND
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Activity 1. Writing Personal Concepts of Curriculum
Direction: Write your personal concepts about a curriculum.
The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic knowledge and skills students are expected to learn,
which includes the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons
that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos,
presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate
student learning. It is the central guide for all educators as to what is essential for teaching and learning, so
that every student has access to rigorous academic experiences.
REFLECTION ACTIVITY
Direction: Express your insights and reflection on the following essential

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questions about a school curriculum.
(A) Is it necessary for teachers to learn about school curriculum? Why?

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(B) Can a school exist without a curriculum? Why or why not?
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(C) How does a strong belief or philosophy influence curriculum?
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(D) As future teachers, how important will a curriculum be to you?
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(E) What are the implications of an ever -changing curriculum to teachers?
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EXAMINE
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SELF-CHECK: SPIN A WIN: AGREE OR DISAGREE
Direction: Read carefully each statement and decide whether you Agree or Disagree.
Please check the appropriate column for your decision.
STATEMENT Decision

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Agree Disagree
1. In the Saber Tooth Curriculum, learning is experiential and authentic.
2. It is a reality that there exists more than one curricula in the teacher’s
classroom.
3. A teacher can say with confidence that learning has occurred, if the
curriculum has been assessed.
4. Some curricula in the schools/classrooms are unwritten.
5. To establish national standards, teachers, teachers should be guided by

recommended curriculum in basic and higher education.
6. Teachers should expect that school curricula are dynamic and changing.
7. Evaluated curriculum makes judgment about learning.

8. Textbooks and modules are written curricula that represent the
recommended curricula.
9. Only the Department of Education can recommend a curriculum.

10. In the heart of all the types of curricula, the teacher has a major role.
11. Curriculum is everything that goes on within the school, including extra-
class activities, guidance, and interpersonal relationships.
12. Curriculum is everything that is planned by school personnel only.
13. Curriculum is what is taught inside the school only that is directed by the
teacher.
14. A change in curriculum does not take time and allows shortcuts. It does not
demand a disciplined execution.
15. Curriculum as a discipline has its own principles, theories and practice.
16. In order for change to be positive and result in development,
it must be purposeful, planned and progressive.
17. Curriculum is a series of experiences undergone by learners in
school.
18. Curriculum is static and permanent.
19. Curriculum is a set of performance objectives.
20. Curriculum is a course of study.

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EXPERIENCE: Online Interview

Persons Interviewed Answer to question: What is curriculum to you?

Non education student

Any member of the family

MODULE 1 – UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM 1

Your Partner’s Narrative:

Activity 1. Writing Personal Concepts of Curriculum

Direction: Write your personal concepts about a curriculum.

Direction: Express your insights and reflection on the following essential

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(A) Is it necessary for teachers to learn about school curriculum? Why?

SELF-CHECK: SPIN A WIN: AGREE OR DISAGREE

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1. In the Saber Tooth Curriculum, learning is experiential and authentic.

5. To establish national standards, teachers, teachers should be guided by

7. Evaluated curriculum makes judgment about learning.

9. Only the Department of Education can recommend a curriculum.

20. Curriculum is a course of study.

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