curriculum development
Gladys L. Bergula BSED 3
Tfri 10:30-12:00
“An Analysis of Philippine Educational Curriculum”
To attain the progress of our country, the quality of education is one of the
factors which contributes to the development of our economy and to have the quality of
education, the national curriculum should set a clear direction and should have an
empowered teaching force manned by excellent teachers that are properly guided by supervisors,
and conducive learning environment that fosters learning among students that includes materials,
technology, and learning resources.
In our country, it takes ten years of schooling under basic education and students formally
started going to school at the age of 6 in elementary level, starts in Grade 1 up to Grade 6. And
proceeds to High School which takes 4 years and after finishing that long years, at the age of 16,
they continue studying to higher education. Compared to other developed country, it takes 12 to
13 years of schooling in the basic education. As what I’ve read, it says that the longer years of
schooling means more learning, more time spent to master skills and develop competencies,
deepening of learning outcomes, and more opportunities to be exposed to the learning
environment. (Gormley & Gayer, 2005.)
Because the government observed that our educational system had produced consistent low levels
of performance in some subject areas and some other valid reasons , they extend the basic
education into 13 years which called the “K-12”, which includes a year of kindergarten, six years of
primary school (years 1 to 6), and an expanded six years in high school (junior high school: Years
7 to 10, and Senior HighSchool: Years 11 to 12). With this new curriculum, our country can
now produce better graduates that are skilled, competent and more competitive Filipinos.
However, it is undeniable that there seems to be problems arising as the program
Tfri 10:30-12:00
“An Analysis of Philippine Educational Curriculum”
To attain the progress of our country, the quality of education is one of the
factors which contributes to the development of our economy and to have the quality of
education, the national curriculum should set a clear direction and should have an
empowered teaching force manned by excellent teachers that are properly guided by supervisors,
and conducive learning environment that fosters learning among students that includes materials,
technology, and learning resources.
In our country, it takes ten years of schooling under basic education and students formally
started going to school at the age of 6 in elementary level, starts in Grade 1 up to Grade 6. And
proceeds to High School which takes 4 years and after finishing that long years, at the age of 16,
they continue studying to higher education. Compared to other developed country, it takes 12 to
13 years of schooling in the basic education. As what I’ve read, it says that the longer years of
schooling means more learning, more time spent to master skills and develop competencies,
deepening of learning outcomes, and more opportunities to be exposed to the learning
environment. (Gormley & Gayer, 2005.)
Because the government observed that our educational system had produced consistent low levels
of performance in some subject areas and some other valid reasons , they extend the basic
education into 13 years which called the “K-12”, which includes a year of kindergarten, six years of
primary school (years 1 to 6), and an expanded six years in high school (junior high school: Years
7 to 10, and Senior HighSchool: Years 11 to 12). With this new curriculum, our country can
now produce better graduates that are skilled, competent and more competitive Filipinos.
However, it is undeniable that there seems to be problems arising as the program