Curriculum Development 📋

Curriculum is the "what" of teaching. It encompasses the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes.

1. Types of Curriculum

Recommended Curriculum: Proposed by scholars and professional organizations (e.g., DepEd, CHED).
Written Curriculum: Documents like course of study, syllabi, lesson plans.
Taught Curriculum: What teachers actually implement in the classroom.
Supported Curriculum: Resources that support learning (textbooks, computers, AV materials).
Assessed Curriculum: Tested or evaluated curriculum (quizzes, exams).
Learned Curriculum: What students actually learn (learning outcomes).
Hidden Curriculum: Unintended/unwritten lessons (values, norms, social environment).

2. Components of Curriculum Design

Aims/Goals/Objectives: What is to be done?
Subject Matter/Content: What subject matter is to be included?
Learning Experiences/Strategies: What instructional strategies/resources/activities will be employed?
Evaluation Approaches: What methods/instruments will be used to assess the results?

3. Models of Curriculum Development

Tyler's Rational Model: Deductive/Linear. Starts with objectives.
1. Objectives
2. Content
3. Method
4. Evaluation
Taba's Grassroots Model: Inductive. Teachers should participate in developing the curriculum.
1. Diagnosis of needs
2. Formulation of objectives
3. Selection of content
4. Organization of content
5. Selection of learning experiences
6. Organization of learning activities
7. Determination of what to evaluate

4. K-12 Enhanced Basic Education (RA 10533) 🇵🇭

Key features of the Philippine K-12 Curriculum:

Universal Kindergarten: Mandatory entry stage.
Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE): Used from Kinder to Grade 3.
Spiral Progression: Concepts are revisited at each grade level with increasing complexity.
Senior High School (SHS): Two additional years (Grades 11-12) with tracks (Academic, TVL, Sports, Arts & Design).
Contextualization and Localization: Making lessons relevant to the learner's culture and setting.

Connect your learning with these related modules:

Principles of Teaching - Implementing the curriculum in the classroom.
Assessment of Learning - Evaluating if curriculum goals are met.

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