Mangudang, Syrile T. Nov.

6, 2020
MAed/English

MODULE 4

Weeks 4-5
(The Curriculum Framework for the Philippine Basic Education AND Enhanced
Basic Education Act of 2013)

Activities:

1.1. New vision, mission, goals and objectives of the Department of Education

THE DEPED VISION

We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose values and competencies
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.

As a learner-centered public institution,

the Department of Education
continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.

THE DEPED MISSION

To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based,
and complete basic education where:
Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment.
Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and
supportive environment for effective learning to happen.
Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share
responsibility for developing life-long learners.
Department of Teacher Education Goals and Objectives

1. Students will demonstrate content knowledge of the curriculum, based in theory and
commensurate with the PA Standards/Common Core.
2. Students will communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
A) Students will use appropriate and effective verbal and nonverbal communication.
B) Students will demonstrate proficiency in written communication in the areas of focus,
content, organization, style, and conventions.
3. Students will maintain professional conduct and ethical behavior.
4. Students will manage a learning environment that is safe and conducive to learning.
5. Students will link content to related research-based pedagogy based on sound
educational
psychology principles in short- and long-range instructional plans.

1.2.) K-12 Basic Education Program - Structure, Legal Basis, Philosophy,

Features, and Learning Areas

The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six

years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of
Senior High School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills,
develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level
skills development, employment, and entrepreneurshi
SALIENT FEATURES

 Strengthening Early Childhood Education (Universal Kindergarten)

 Building Proficiency through Language (Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual
Education)
 Making the Curriculum Relevant to Learners (Contextualization and
Enhancement)
 Gearing Up for the Future (Senior High School)
 Ensuring Integrated and Seamless Learning (Spiral Progression)
 Nurturing the Holistically Developed Filipino (College and Livelihood Readiness,
let Century Skills)

STRENGTHENING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (UNIVERSAL

KINDERGARTEN)

Every Filipino child now has access to early childhood education through Universal
Kindergarten. At 5 years old, children start schooling and are given the means to slowly
adjust to formal education.

Research shows that children who underwent Kindergarten have better completion
rates than those who did not. Children who complete a standards-based Kindergarten
program are better prepared, for primary education.

Education for children in the early years lays the foundation for lifelong learning and for
the total development of a child. The early years of a human being, from 0 to 6 years,
are the most critical period when the brain grows to at least 60-70 percent of adult size

In Kindergarten, students learn the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colors through
games, songs, and dances, in their Mother Tongue

MAKING THE CURRICULUM RELEVANT TO LEARNERS (CONTEXTUALIZATION

AND ENHANCEMENT)

Examples, activities, songs, poems, stories, and illustrations are based on local culture,
history, and reality. This makes the lessons relevant to the learners and easy to
understand.

Students acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through continuity
and consistency across all levels and subjects.
Discussions on issues such as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change
Adaptation, and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) are included in the
enhanced curriculum.

BUILDING PROFICIENCY THROUGH LANGUAGE (MOTHER TONGUE-BASED

MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION)

Students are able to learn best through their first language, their Mother Tongue (MT).
Twelve (12) MT languages have been introduced for SY 2012-2013: Bahasa Sug, Bikol,
Cebuano, Chabacano, Hiligaynon, Iloko, Kapampangan, Maguindanaoan, Meranao,
Pangasinense, Tagalog, and Waray. Other local languages will be added in succeeding
school years.

Aside from the Mother Tongue, English and Filipino are taught as subjects starting
Grade 1, with a focus on oral fluency. From Grades 4 to 6, English and Filipino are
gradually introduced as languages of instruction. Both will become primary languages of
instruction in Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School (SHS).

After Grade 1, every student can read in his or her Mother Tongue. Learning in Mother
Tongue also serves as the foundation for students to learn Filipino and English easily.

ENSURING INTEGRATED AND SEAMLESS LEARNING (SPIRAL PROGRESSION)

Subjects are taught from the simplest concepts to more complicated concepts through
grade levels in spiral progression. As early as elementary, students gain knowledge in
areas such as Biology, Geometry, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Algebra. This ensures
a mastery of knowledge and skills after each level.

For example, currently in High School, Biology is taught in 2nd Year, Chemistry in 3rd
Year, and Physics in 4th Year. In K to 12, these subjects are connected and integrated
from Grades 7 to 10. This same method is used in other Learning Areas like Math.
GEARING UP FOR THE FUTURE (SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL)

Senior High School is two years of specialized upper secondary education; students
may choose a specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. The
choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in
Grades 11 and 12. SHS subjects fall under either the Core Curriculum or specific
Tracks.
PHILOSOPHY OF K12 CURRICULUM EDUCATION

To Nurture the holistically developed Filipino (College and livelihood readiness,

21st century skills) after through kindergarten, the enhanced elementary and Junior High
curriculum, and specialized Senior High Program, every K to 12 graduate will be ready
to go into different paths- may it be further education, employment, or entrepreneurship.
Every graduate will be equipped with:
 Information, media and technology skill,
 Leaning and innovation skills,
 Effective communications skills, and
 Life and career skills.

PHILOSOPICAL AND LEGAL BASES

 The 1987 Phil. Constitution

 BP 232, Education act of 1982
 RA 9155, Governance of Basic Education Act
 The vision, mission statement of DepEd
 SOUTELE, 1976
 The Edcom Report of 1991
 Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)
 The four pillars of education (UNESCO)

NATURE OF THE LEARNER

 Has a body and spirit, intellect, free will, emotions, multiple intelligence, learning
styles  Constructor of knowledge and active maker of meaning, not a passive recipient
of information
NEEDS OF THE LEARNER
 Life skills
 Self-actualization
 Preparation for the world of the work, entrepreneurship, higher education NEEDS OF
NATIONAL & GLOBAL COMMUNITY
 Poverty reduction and human development
 Strengthening the moral fiber of the Filipino people
 Development of a strong sense of nationalism
 Development of productive citizens who contribute to the building of a progressive,
just, and humane society
 Ensuring environmental sustainability
 Global partnership for development

The Learning Areas The learning areas of the K to 12 curriculum intersect the
grade levels from Grade 1 to Grade 12.

The learning areas are:

• Languages: Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English
• Arts and Humanities: Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (MAPEH),
Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga, Araling Panlipunan
• Science and Mathematics
• Technology and Livelihood Education

GRADES 1-10
Students in Grades 1 to 10 will experience an enhanced, context-based, and spiral
progression learning curriculum with the following subjects:

SUBJECTS
Mother Tongue
Filipino
English
Mathematics
Science
Araling Panlipunan
Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (EsP)
Music
Arts
Physical Education
Health

Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP)

Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)

SENIOR HIGH (GRADES 11-12)

Senior High School is two years of specialized upper secondary education; students
may choose a specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. The
choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in
Grades 11 and 12. Each student in Senior High School can choose among three tracks:
Academic; Technical-Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Academic track
includes three strands: Business, Accountancy, Management (BAM); Humanities,
Education, Social Sciences (HESS); and Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics (STEM).

CORE CURRICULUM SUBJECTS

There are seven Learning Areas under the Core Curriculum: Languages, Literature,
Communication, Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.

Oral comunication
Reading and writing
Komunikasyon at pananaliksik sa wika at kulturang Filipino
21st century literature from the Philippines and the world
Contemporary Philippine arts from the regions
Media and information literacy
General mathematics
Statistics and probability
Earth and life science
Physical science
Introduction to philosophy of the human person/Pambungad sa pilosopiya ng tao
Physical education and health
Personal development/pansariling kaunlaran
Earth science (instead of Earth and life science for those in the STEM strand)
Disaster readiness and risk reduction (taken instead of Physical science for those in the
STEM strand)

APPLIED TRACK SUBJECTS

English for academic and professional purposes
Practical research 1
Practical research 2
Filipino sa piling larangan
Akademik
Isports

Sining
Tech-voc
Empowerment technologies (for the strand Entrepreneurship
Inquiries, investigatories, and immersion
SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS
Accountancy, business, and and management strand
Humanities and social sciences strand
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics strand
General academic strand

2) Study closely the K to 12 curriculum. List down your observation regarding the
important features of the curriculum that will show graduates readiness either to
proceed to further schooling or enter the world of work.

 The K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum will be sufficient to prepare students for

work.
 The curriculum will enable students to acquire Certificates of Competency
(COCs) and National Certifications (NCs). This will be in accordance with TESDA
Training Regulations. This will allow graduates to have middle-level skills and will
offer them better opportunities to be gainfully employed or become
entrepreneurs.
 There will be a school–industry partnership for technical–vocational courses to
allow students to gain work experience while studying and offer the opportunity to
be absorbed by the companies.

3)Suppose you are a principal in any level of the DepEd basic education program,
how are you going to implement in your school the integrated teaching
requirements of K to 12 curriculums so that teachers can properly employ them
in teaching their respective disciplines/subject areas?

I will be given a sufficient in-service training on content and pedagogy to implement this

program. Current DepEd teachers shall be retrained to meet the content and
performance standards of the enhanced K to 12 curriculum. The pre-service education
training for aspiring teachers will also be modified to conform to the requirements of the

program. DepEd, in coordination with CHED, shall ensure that the Teacher Education
curriculum offered in Teacher Education Institutions will meet the necessary quality
standards for new teachers. Training of teachers will follow the phased-in introduction of
the enhanced curriculum.

Learning resources:
https://www.academia.edu/35966397/The_K_to_12_Curriculum_The_K_to_12_Philippi
ne_Basic_Education_Curriculum_Framework_DEPARTMENT_OF_EDUCATION
https://www.slideshare.net/RASBorja/k-12-framework
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/k-12/#:~:text=The%20Kindergarten%20Curriculum
%20Framework%20(KCF,of%20Grades%201%20to%2012.