The Teacher and the School CurriculumGuided Pracce1.Which educaonal policy in the history of curriculum in the Philippines established a free public school for the enre country, an eleven-year basic educaon system, a set of teacher-volunteers, and theuse of English as the medium of instrucon?A. Educaon Act of 1901 (American Regime)B. Educaon Act of 1940(Commonwealth)C. Educaon Act of 1982 (New Republic)D. RA 7836 of 1994 (Fih Republic)Answer: A-The Educaon Act of 1901 was commissioned during the rst few years of the American Regime. It became instrumental in the establishment of a country-wide public school system paerned aer the American educaonal system. Aside from the free eleven-year basic educaon to children and adolescents, the Thomasites, a set of volunteer American soldiers and their family members, were tasked to come to the Philippines to be the rst teachers. English also became the medium of instruconin all public schools.2.Which is new in the teaching of TLE in the K to 12 curriculum?A. NCI is expected of the Grade 7 completer.B. Grade 7 TLE is exploratory.C. NC II is expected of the Grade 8 completer.D. Grade 7 and 8 TLE are exploratory.Answer:D- In the implementaon of the new K to 12 program, a signicant feature is on technical educaon in the secondary year levels. With this, Grades 7 and 8 will be an exploraon of the TLE student to the dierent strands in technical-vocaonal educaon (i.e., Agri-Fishery, Home Economics, ICT, and Industrial Arts). In Grades 9 and 10, students will choose a specic tech-voc course/strand to take in their TLE classes, and they will hopefully gain an NC I, at least, aer Grade 10. Then, they are encouraged to connue such course/ strand in SHS by taking the TVL Track/strands and achieve NC II at the end of Grade 12.3.How can the mul-grade system be set in place in order to respond to the needs of remote elementary schools where enrolment is low?A. Mainstream special with regular studentsB. Combine two to three grade levelsC. Assign teachers to specic grade levelsD. Upgrade students to a higher level
Answer: B- The Mul-Grade Program of the Department of Educaon is an answer to the problem of mostly elementary schools with very low enrolment, with neighboring schools that can oer the grade levels being quite far from the dened school, and with the proximate school lacking resources, classrooms, and teachers. With this, the school principal opts to combine two to three grade levels whilereminding the teacher-in-charge to dierenate his/her lessons in intellectual level, interest, and/or outputs developmentally appropriate to the students.308The Teacher and the School Curriculum4.According to Arcle 10 of RA 10533, the K to 12 curriculum has the following features related with inclusive educaon, EXCEPT:A. Construcvist approachB. Madrasah curriculumC. Indigenous Peoples Educaon programD. Programs for the gied and talentedAnswer: A - RA 10533 prides itself in being an inclusive system of educaon for all learners. The K to 12 system of educaon in the Philippines is inclusive through the following programs: programs for the gied and talented, programs for learners with disabilies, Madrasah curriculum for our Muslim brothers and sisters, Indigenous Peoples (IP) Educaon program, and Alternave Learning System (ALS) for the adult learners and out-of-school youth.5.The following list is the curricula set in basic educaon in the Philippines. What is the arrangement of these curricula from earliest to latest?l. Secondary Educaon Curriculum-UBD Modelll. Naonal Elementary School Curriculum and New Secondary Educaon CurriculumIll. Enhanced Basic Educaon Curriculum (K to 12)IV. Revised Basic Educaon Curriculum (RBEC)A. II,IV,I,and lllB. Il,IV,I,and lllC. I,II,IV, and lllD. I,IV,III,and IVAnswer:B- The Naonal Elementary School Curriculum and the New Secondary Educaon Curriculum were used in the country from 1984-2002 and 1991-2002,respecvely. Then, the Revised Basic EducaonCurriculum (RBEC) was implemented in the year 2002 in response to the new millennium. The SecondaryEducaon Curriculum, following the UbD Model, was inserted in the educaon system in 2010,focusing on Enduring Understandings and the Backward Design Approach. Recently, the Enhanced Basic
Educaon Act of 2013 (RA 10533) became the ocial law which changed the enre educaon system from ten years to 12 years of basic educaon and formally implemented the new K to 12 curriculum in allschools in the country.6. The following are elements of the curriculum, EXCEPT:A. Learning ExperiencesB. Learning InputC. Learning OutcomesD. Learning ModulesAnswer:D-Learning Modules. The elements of curriculum design are: (1) aims, goals, and objecves or learning outcomes, (2) subject maer or learning input, (3) teaching acvies or learning experiences, and (4) evaluaon and assessment.309The Teacher and the School Curriculum7. Whatever method the teacher ulizes in the implementaon of curriculum, especially on learning experiences, there will be some guidelines for the selecon and use of such experiences. The following are true, EXCEPT:A. Teaching methods are a means to achieve the end. They are used to translate objecves into acon.B. There is a single best teaching method; therefore, all teachers must follow the same set of framework in teaching and learning.C. The teaching method should smulate the learners' desire to develop the cognive, psychomotor, social, and spiritual domains of the individual.D. In the choice of the teaching methods, learning styles of the students should be considered.Answer:B -There is no single best teaching method as there are dierences in means, learners, outcomes, and possibilies. Therefore, having a single best teaching method is ideal but quite impossibleto achieve for all teachers and learners in the country.8.What is the suggested plan of acon in the process of curriculum evaluaon?1.Analyze informaonIl. Collect or gather informaonlll. Organize the informaonIV. Recycle the informaon for connuous feedbackA. I,II,IV,and lll
B. II,I,Ill,and IVC. Il,lll,lI,and IVD. III,IV,I,and llAnswer: C - Regardless of methods and materials evaluaon to ulize, a suggested plan of acon for the process of curriculum evaluaon is introduced with these steps:(1) Focus on one component of the curriculum to evaluaon, (2) Collect or gather informaon, (3) Organize the informaon,(4) Analyze the informaon, (5) Report the informaon, and (6) Recycle the informaon for connuous feedbacking, modicaons, and adjustments to be made.9.Which of the following is the primary basis in developing a curriculum?A. LearnersB. Learning outcomesC. Learning philosophiesD. Learning stylesAnswer: A-We go back to the main reason and raonale why there is a curriculum in the rst place-for the learners. Thus, all other components must be related as to how learners can be best taught and can best learn through the curriculum being planned and designed. As prime educators say, the child is the heart in the teaching, learning, and curriculum development process.310The Teacher and the School Curriculum10. One of the principles of curriculum is that it is connuously evolving. The following statements adhere to his principle, EXCEPT:A. The curriculum evolved from one period to another, from the past to the present.B. For the curriculum to be eecve, it must have connuous monitoring and evaluaon.C. The curriculum must adapt its acvies and services to meet the needs of the dynamic society.D. Curriculum includes general subjects that will be progressively taught in all grade levels.Answer:D- When the curriculum is connuously evolving, the curriculum changes happen from one period to another, has monitoring and evaluaon schemes for improvement, and adapts acvies and services to meet the needs of the dynamic society. Progression in teaching (spiral) is a feature of the K to12 curriculum but does not suce why the curriculum is connuously evolving in social contexts.11. Which of the following elds are the foundaons of curriculum?A. Psychology, History, Philosophy, and SociologyB. Religion, Mathemacs, Biology, and Arts