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The document discusses the role of teachers and curriculum workers in ensuring the success of an implemented curriculum. It states that teachers must carefully plan, design, select engaging teaching methods and assessments to cater to diverse student needs to effectively translate the curriculum. They must also evaluate and modify the curriculum if ineffective. Curriculum workers conduct research to understand student needs and design the curriculum based on standards and stakeholder feedback, revising it over time based on monitoring progress to ensure effectiveness.

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The document discusses the role of teachers and curriculum workers in ensuring the success of an implemented curriculum. It states that teachers must carefully plan, design, select engaging teaching methods and assessments to cater to diverse student needs to effectively translate the curriculum. They must also evaluate and modify the curriculum if ineffective. Curriculum workers conduct research to understand student needs and design the curriculum based on standards and stakeholder feedback, revising it over time based on monitoring progress to ensure effectiveness.

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Arman Merlin De Guzman BSED Eng 3B

EDUC 109 The Teacher and the Curriculum

Activity 1: Write personal definition of curriculum. Explain the definition.

Definition: Curriculum is a detailed and systematic framework that covers educational


content, activities, and assessment methods set to be selected by teachers in implementing
instructions to achieve imposed, specific learning outcomes. It outlines the set of topics and
skills that will be covered within a particular educational course or program, as well as the
materials to be used, the activities to be done, and the evaluation to be employed.

Explanation: The curriculum serves as a roadmap for teachers that guides them in the
selection of learning content, instructional materials, teaching strategies, and assessment
methods that are patterned after the learning objectives. This framework does not only
cover a list of subjects or topics to be covered but also includes the methods, resources,
assessments, and activities used to facilitate the learning process. Curriculum as a planned
structure involves teachers’ intentional decisions about what students will learn (leaning
content), how they will learn it (learning experience), and how their learning will be
assessed and evaluated (assessment). Basically speaking, curriculum is a useful
comprehensive framework that guides teachers in organizing and delivering learning in a
coherent and meaningful way to support student learning and development. For example,
my goal is for students to develop their vocabulary knowledge or vocabulary breadth. I will
use a certain poem in order to teach vocabulary in a meaningful way and afterwards
administer an assessment to ensure that they have fully grasped the discussion and attained
the learning objectives. Thus, curriculum as a learning process does not end solely with
teaching but with evaluation in order to judge whether the instruction is effective or not.

Activity 2: Think about this: What are the benefits and possible pitfalls of having an official
curriculum prescribed to all schools?

Having an official curriculum prescribed to all schools has its benefits and possible
pitfalls. One of the benefits of a core curriculum is that a standardized curriculum ensures
that all students, regardless of their location or school, enjoy a similar quality of education.
It helps maintain consistency in learning outcomes, content coverage, competency, and
educational standards. Thus, standards in education are maintained and monitored.
Additionally, it will be easy for the experts to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum
based on the standards they impose on all schools. Also, the core curriculum ensures that all
students have access to fundamental knowledge and skills.

However, one of its disadvantages is that learning is decontextualized. For example,


here in the Philippines, we have lots of provinces, cities, and municipalities with their own
distinct linguistic identities, cultures, and beliefs. Thus, having one prescribed curriculum
in all schools may result in decontextualized learning that may possibly affect the
effectiveness of instruction. Teachers may become constrained by their own way of teaching
because they have to conform only to what is being prescribed. In addition, a rigid
curriculum may limit teachers' ability to adapt to the diverse needs and learning styles of
individual students, potentially hindering their ability to engage and motivate learners
effectively. Obviously, standardized curricula often emphasize the use of standardized
testing, which may not hone the students’ higher-order thinking skills and may only allow
students to simply memorize and recall. With that being said, authentic assessment may not
be used to assess the students’ overall capacity to apply their learning to a real-world
context. Lastly, the prescribed core curriculum may not cultivate students’ different
capacities and intelligences and may also not respond to the varying needs of the students.
Thus, a certain student may have difficulty developing skills and achieving the intended
learning outcome.

Activity 3: Discuss the role of teachers and other curriculum workers in ensuring the
success of the implemented curriculum.

Since curriculum is a well-planned framework, teachers, in order to ensure the


success of the curriculum, must plan and design it carefully before implementing it. The
teacher’s role is crucial in ensuring the effectiveness of the curriculum because teachers are
responsible for translating the curriculum into engaging and meaningful learning
experiences for students. They are in charge of selecting and implementing teaching
methods, resources, and assessments to cater to the varying learning styles and needs of
their students. Thus, teachers must always assess or evaluate the effectiveness of the
curriculum through assessment methods and be able to modify and discard it when found
ineffective. This assessment will be used by teachers to assess whether the objectives are
met or not. Also, another way to ensure the success of the implemented curriculum is by
considering the individualities of the students, including their cultural differences, varying
learning styles and preferences, and diverse needs.

For other curriculum workers, such as curriculum developers and experts, they can
conduct needs analysis and research in order to know the needs of the students and how
they will learn best. They must also design it carefully and revise the curriculum based on
educational standards and feedback from stakeholders. To ensure its success, curriculum
workers must monitor it from time to time in order to obtain immediate and timely data on
the progress of the students and the effectiveness of the implemented curriculum.

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