Reflection 5

A Reflection Paper on the 6th Meeting of the
EDAD 207 Class of Dr. Olga Alonsabe

From our class discussion last meeting, I learned that curriculum comes in different types. Some of which are as follows: recommended, written, taught, supported, assessed, learned, and hidden. The various definitions of curriculum were also presented. A unique definition remarkable to me was that of Dewey. John Dewey defined curriculum as a reflective thinking on the competencies that learners have to acquire in the school. It connotes that the learners are encouraged to know how to think. Nevertheless, the head educators in the Department of Education made some steps to make the Filipino Learners learn the art of thinking. The Philippine Elementary Learning Competencies (PELCs) as restructured from Minimum Learning Competencies (MLCs) by the Bureau of Elementary Education were subjected to this set of criteria: adequacy, attainability and relevance (Luis-Santos, 2000). These criteria made the PELCs become more effective to be utilized by the teachers.

I think that the various types of curriculum may be integrated. For instance, a recommended curriculum may be adapted by a school with the integration of a written curriculum or some more other types of which. From the presented definitions and types of curriculum, we may come up with a better curriculum more suitable to the kinds of learners in the Philippine setting and more appropriate to the kind of learning environment at present. To this proposition, I assert that one characteristic of the curriculum is that - it is dynamic. Whatever curriculum adapted by a school is, such can be modified or enhanced by the policy makers on education. Its dynamism is vital in making a school more likely a place of leisure for the learners.

If I will become a school proprietor or an administrator, I will strive to the best of my abilities to make learning fun for the school children. This would mean that I will propel my teachers to make the learners love coming to school every day. It will entail excellence in the quality of teaching from the teachers and maintenance of child-friendly facilities within the school portals. I will help develop my teachers to be effective in teaching by using good training materials or inviting best teachers from the neighboring schools/districts to mentor. I will keep searching for learning facilities abreast with the modern technology that the school may procure to cater the needs of the 21st century learners.