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K-12 Curriculum. It needs change in order to cope with other countries as well as improved
and make adjustments in our education system. For instance, the poor quality performance
of the basic education system internationally proves that our curriculum needs a change.
It was also very evident in the past international exams where we finished at a dead end in
the subject Mathematics and also, the recent PISA result wherein we scored at the lowest
and inexperience of teachers as well as high school graduates to be college-ready and equip
in entering the real world really shows that our education system must be reformed.
K-12 has its strengths and weaknesses. Let us start from the strength of this
curriculum. For me, K-12 is the key why I was at PNU. The K-12 curriculum helps me build
in the life of many learners as we are the ones who became the first pioneer of this curriculum.
helps us become more adaptive and flexible despite these new and unpredictable setbacks
and obstacles. On the other hand, K-12 lacks of preparation in content and pedagogy. Since
I am from the countryside, I do not generalize that all schools aren’t prepared, but in my alma
mater, K-12 Curriculum is just like BEC, it just adds 2 more years of burden and hardship to
the part of my parent as well as for me. The teachers are not trained properly, poor application
and preparation for teaching and handling 21st century learners. Also, the infrastructures, it
wasn’t conducive and helpful in creating a more prepared and readily place of learning for
learners. In addition, for my personal experience, I graduated in the Academic Track with the
strand of Humanities and Social Sciences knowing that HUMSS graduates are the ones that
will take Education field yet, we are still clueless why this mismatch of taken strand and
course in SHS Strand and College degree. It is also pressuring the learners’ capability and
skill that greatly adds discouragement and mental exhaustion even though it prepares the
From my perspective, yes. The K-12 Curriculum features a lot of positive effects and
results. However, the content of the curriculum and the way teachers taught the lessons and
topic that was stated in the curriculum was a bit inconsistent for me. According to Ball et al.,
“we have developed a working definition of “mathematical knowledge for teaching.” By this
phrase, we mean the mathematical knowledge that teachers need to carry out their work as
teachers of mathematics. Obviously, teachers need to know the content they teach and that
students are expected to master. Similarly, researchers presented some findings why
(a) Developing or weak teaching skills and strategies, (b) the teacher found difficulty in
teaching hard subjects or contents and lack of time to tackle the content efficiently, (c)
unavailability or lack of instructional materials (Braza & Supapo, 2014). The teacher must be
familiar and knowledgeable in the content that he/she is going to teach. Given that the
curriculum guide will lead the teacher to the topics, the teachers play a vital role on how the
learners acquire knowledge. So, if the teacher didn’t teach the lesson well, then the
perception of the learner about the topic will also be vague and blurry.
Strong national government support will always be the key in improving the education
system because it has the power to implement what is needed. Knowledgeable, well-trained
teachers and effective educators as well as clear and precise curriculum are the best tool to
have in improving the mathematics teaching in the Philippines. I also agree with some
statements that increasing salaries of teachers can attract people to enter the field of
education and teach young intellectual minds. Yet, standards and criterion for teachers must
always achieved. At the end of the day, everyone should take part in improving and giving
quality education for everyone in order to have a better country and rising economy because
education is the key to success. This too shall pass and better leaders will arise.
REFERENCES/S:
Ball, D., Thames, M., & Phelps, G. (2013). CONTENT KNOWLEDGE FOR
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teachers.pdf
Braza, M., & Supapo, S. (2014). Effective Solutions in the Implementation of the K
to12 Mathematics Curriculum [Ebook] (pp. 12-23). Retrieved November 1, 2020, from
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