Perez, Linda Mercedes A. Block 4: Group 3
Perez, Linda Mercedes A. Block 4: Group 3
BLOCK 4
Group 3
Technology has revolutionized the way we think, work, and play. Technology, when
integrated into the curriculum, revolutionizes the learning process. More and more
studies show that technology integration in the curriculum improves student’s learning
processes and outcomes. Teaches who recognize computers as problem-solving tools
change the way they teach. They move from behavioral approach to a more
constructivist approach.
3. In implementing the curriculum, why is it important for a teacher to identify the desired
learning outcomes?
It is important for the teachers to identify the desired learning outcomes because this
will help them to make a measurable plan and structure for delivering a quality
education.
4. What are the role of the different stockholders in the implementation of the curriculum?
Stakeholders are individuals or institutions that are interested in the school curriculum.
Their interests vary in degree and complexity. They get involved in many ways in the
implementation, because the curriculum affects them directly or indirectly. These
stakeholders shape the school curriculum implementation.
Learners at the Center of the curriculum for a particular curriculum design mentioned
earlier, the learner is placed at the center. The learners are the very reason a curriculum
is developed. They are the ones who are directly influenced by it. Learners in all levels
make or unmake the curriculum by their active and direct involvement. How each
individual learner contributes to the realization of a planned curriculum would depend
on the interactions and internalization of the different learning experiences provided.
modifies the curriculum to suit the learner’s characteristics. Teachers are empowered to
develop their own curricula taking into consideration their own expertise, the context of
the school and the abilities of the learners. By so doing, teachers become architects of
school curriculum.
Parents as supporters to the curriculum. It simply means that the parents are the best
supporters of the school, especially because they are the ones paying for the child’s
education. Parent’s voices are very loud and clear. In our country, it is a general fact that
even in college the parents are responsible for their child’s education.
5. What are the different factors to consider to successfully implement the curriculum?
Explain.
The Teacher
As Whitaker (1979) asserts that the teachers view their role in curriculum
implementation as an autonomous one. They select and decide what to teach from the
prescribed syllabus or curriculum. Since implementation takes place through the
interaction of the learner and the planned learning opportunities, the role and influence
of the teacher in the process is indisputable.
The Learners
Learners are also a critical element in curriculum implementation. While teachers are the
arbiters of the classroom practice, the learners hold the key to what is actually
transmitted and adopted from the official curriculum. The official curriculum can be
quite different from the curriculum that is actually implemented. The learner factor
influences teachers in their selection of learning experiences, hence the need to consider
the diverse characteristics of learners in curriculum implementation.
Education should supply schools with adequate resource materials such as textbooks,
teaching aids and stationery in order to enable teachers and learners to play their role
satisfactorily in the curriculum implementation process. In Curriculum Implementation,
it is suggested that the central government must also provide physical facilities such as
classrooms, laboratories, workshops, libraries and sports fields in order to create an
environment in which implementation can take place. The availability and quality of
resource material and the availability of appropriate facilities have a great influence on
curriculum implementation.
Instructional Supervision
Curriculum implementation cannot be achieved unless it has been made possible
through the supervisory function of the school head. The head does this through:
Deploying staff,
Allocating time to subjects taught at the school,
Providing teaching and learning materials, and
Creating an atmosphere conducive to effective teaching and learning.