.... 1 CHAPTER I The Problem Introduction Faced with stiffer economic competition and worried about the skills of the future work forces, the government lead by the President of the Philippines and his Department of Education Secretary are trying to connect education from preschool through post secondary so that more students are prepared for further study and work. In October 5, 2010, the recent program on Philippine Education as part of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Educational Reform Program was the instituting of the K – 12 Education Plan. From his 10 point Educational agenda he cited: 12 – Years Basic Education Cycle I will expand the basic education cycle, from a 10 year cycle to a globally comparable 12 years, for our public school children. At present, those who can afford basic education get into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. Universal preschooling for all public schools children will have preschool as their introduction to formal schooling by 2016, and we will make this available to all children regardless of income. The Pnoy Administration believes that adding more years to basic education in the Philippines could help solve the problems of unemployment, keep with global standards, and help Pilipino students to have more time to choose the career that best suits their skills. 2. 2 Psychologically speaking, the short education program affects human development of the Pilipino children. A Pilipino is legally a child before he or...
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...When I first hear about the K-12 program, I think about that we lack of budget. I don’t want to change the system because I used to our educational program. Some teachers may teach one special subject — usually music, art, reading, foreign languages, or physical education — to a number of classes at different age levels. Rather than specializing in a particular age range, such as middle school, these teachers typically receive state certification to teach Kindergarten through 12th grade. K to 12 is now implemented in our country, so teachers are getting ready for it. We must be equip by knowledge, not only knowledge but also strategy, principle, methods and approaches to our students. So what is the problem here? We need more and more teachers. But we lack of teachers. There are so many teachers needed next year. But there are some organization that helps us in investing for our education. We should thank them and use their donations in education. In this article, the TFP, a non-government organization will recruit Filipino and Filipino-Americans to teach here in the Philippines. Another problem is the facilities. So they said the solution for that is they will use the other rooms in the colleges since there will be no incoming first and second year colleges. I think it will solve a little bit of our problem. The Department of Education should enhance the quality of education, this is for the education of all Filipinos and I hope this will really work out. To bridge the gap...
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...Republic of the Philippines Department of Education DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue Pasig City K to 12 Curriculum Guide ENGLISH (Grade 10) K to 12 Curriculum Guide ENGLISH (Grade 10) December 2013 THE FRAMEWORK I. PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALE Language is the basis of all communication and the primary instrument of thought. Thinking, learning, and language are interrelated. Language is governed by rules and systems (language conventions) which are used to explore and communicate meaning. It defines culture which is essential in understanding oneself (personal identity), forming interpersonal relationships (socialization), extending experiences, reflecting on thought and action, and contributing to a better society. Language, therefore, is central to the peoples’ intellectual, social and emotional development and has an essential role in all key learning areas1. Language is the foundation of all human relationships. All human relationships are established on the ability of people to communicate effectively with each other. Our thoughts, values and understandings are developed and expressed through language. This process allows students to understand better the world in which they live and contributes to the development of their personal perspectives of the global community. People use language to make sense of and bring order to their world. Therefore, proficiency in the language enables people to access, process and keep abreast of information, to engage with...
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...K+12 and the Youth “Education is life itself”, this famous line has indeed brought great impact on the creation of the national educational system - the K+12 program. With the main objective of preparing the learners to become more competitive both in the academic and skill-related work, the said system was implement as early as last year. Thus, this illustrious program brought many effects on the side of many students specially those who are in high school level. That is, different views from various students had fall into one question- “Are we prepare?” The inquiry transfers all to the adverbial, physical, psychological and of course financial aspect of the youth. If many of them saw this as a beautiful chance, many of them too had an opposite feeling. Begin with the fact that the current system runs in the country in line of experimenting only, nothing had been evaluate so nothing can be proven its effectiveness. As the core beneficiary, the youth place themselves at the center of “what ifs” arena. They battle for the triumph of the theory. Economically speaking, those who are in the middle class have the assurance of the affordability of the additional years that will spend in the school. While other, primarily, the poor youth thought it as additional expenses. However, a chance of career selection of their self-choice promises the system. The thing is, there is no guarantee if the rate of education mismatch will decrease for the technical skill offers most on what is...
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...Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Every successful concept and project in life requires a proper framework and planning. This relates to all processes, including education. Whenever we embark on any new plan or procedure, we need to make sure that we have all the plans drawn up. What is on offer, what are the resources that we have, what are the steps, which we need to take and what are the goals that we need to achieve are some elements that need to be looked upon. A similar set of constraints when applied to education in schools and colleges gives birth to curriculum. A curriculum is a set of courses, including their content, offered at a school or university. The curriculum often contains a detailed list of subjects and the elements of teaching them. John Franklin Bobbitt’s “The Curriculum” published in 1918 mentions curriculum as an idea that has its roots in the Latin word ‘race-course’. He also explained “The Curriculum” as the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow up into adults and get going for success in the society. A curriculum is more than putting together a set of academically required subjects. It must consider all aspects of the student life, the learning needs of students, the time available for the sessions and the teachers’ idea, capability and workload. At high school levels, teenagers can take their own liberty in choosing their path. Though complete autonomy does not rest with a student, a level of choice...
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...K+12 CURRICULUM REACTION PAPER Introduction When people used the word curriculum, it is usually referring to the content chosen to be taught – the official curriculum. In the K to 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education, a new curriculum was designed to develop a learner who possess a healthy mind and body; has a solid moral and spiritual grounding; has essential knowledge and skills for lifelong learning and self-actualization; engages in critical thinking and creative problem solving; contributes to the development of a progressive, just, and humane society; is proud to be a Filipino; and appreciates the beauty around him/her and cares for the environment for a sustainable future. This enhanced curriculum from the Kindergarten to the senior high school aims to produce holistically developed learners with the 21st century skills. How can all these mission and vision of the K to 12 programs be attained? It can be attained through the child centered or learner centered curriculum that high lights the said program of the Department of Education. Body As I was looking at the new curriculum of the K to 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education, I am beginning to appreciate the effort made by the government to uplift the kind of education in our country. The Curriculum that was made for the Kindergarten until the senior high school was quite satisfying for me because it is really the product of different researches to make the education system in...
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...Cite/theories/research/examples/to substantiates your discussion/explanation. 3. Illustrate/draw/design a matrix if necessary. A. The Philippine educational system is currently undergoing curricular changes through the implementation of the K - 12 curriculums. In relation to this, make a thorough discussion about the education reform by answering the following question: 1. Discuss different perspective surrounding the implementation of the said curriculum including the Washington and Bologna accords. The first and foremost perspective that surrounds the implementation of the K to 12 programs is that to provide every Filipino child with education he/she needs to...
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...Ready for K-to-12? Specifically, are we ready for Grade 11, the first of the two new senior high school years that have been added to the curriculum by virtue of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013? By the start of school year 2016-2017, millions of students across the country who would have otherwise graduated from four years of high school would make up the first batch to enroll in Grade 11. After Grade 12, when they graduate in March 2018, they would constitute the first batch of high school students to finish the K-to-12 program. What does this mean in practical terms? It means, for one, that by next year, public schools would have to find extra classrooms, restrooms, teachers, textbooks, etc. to accommodate the new Grade 11 population that should have gone on to freshman college studies in the earlier setup, but which would now remain for another two years in the school. The old school system replaced by K-to-12 leaned for decades on the annual turnaround of graduating students to make way for incoming batches from the lower years to use existing school facilities. This time, the first year of implementation of the added senior high school under K-to-12 gives secondary schools the problem of where to put their Grade 11 classes. The burden is even more acute in public schools, which are mandated by law to carry the extra two years, even as they are more typically deprived of the resources and facilities that private schools enjoy. Private junior high schools, while...
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...Fundamental Concepts Society - Society is made up of people, groups, networks, institutions, organisations and systems. These aspects of society may include local, national and global patterns of relationships. People belong to informal and formal groups, within and between these groups there are patterns of interactions. Culture - Culture refers to the knowledge, ways of thinking, feeling and behaving that give each society its coherence and its distinctive way of life. Culture is demonstrated by the beliefs, customs, values, laws, arts, technology and artefacts people generate and use as the interpret meaning from their world and solves present and future problems. Environment - Every society is located in a particular physical setting. The attitudes and values people have in regard to their environment greatly affect interactions between the person, society, culture and environment. Environments present societies with opportunities and restraints. Time - Every person, society and environment is located in time and is changing through time. Our perceptions of time as past, present and future are also important for social enquiry and action. These perceptions draw on past events that influence our present. They need not determine our future. We can perceive a range of possible future that can assist our decision-making. Power - involves a capacity to influence others to follow a course of action or point of view they would not otherwise follow. Authority - Authority implies...
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...other staff, among others. Prior to the mid-20th century, the country's education system was patterned on those of its earlier colonial powers, those of bothSpain and the United States. However, after the Philippine independence in 1946, its educational system changed radically. The former basic educational system of the Philippines was composed of 6 years of elementary education starting at the age of 6,[3] and 4 years of high school education starting at the age of 12.[4] Afterwards, one can continue his or her education by enrolling in technical or vocational schools, or in higher education institutions like universities. Although the 1987 Constitution states that elementary education is compulsory, it was never put into force. Since 2011, the country started its transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to the K-12 educational system, as mandated by DepEd.[5] This time, the new 12-year system is now compulsory, along with the adoption of new curricula for all schools (see 2010s and the K-12 program). The transition shall last until the S.Y. 2017-2018, where the first graduates under the new educational system will be brought forth. All public schools in the Philippines must start classes from a date mandated by the Department of Education (usually every first Monday of June), and must end after each school completes the mandated 200-day school calendar of DepEd (usually around the third week of March to the second week of April). Private schools are not...
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...regulated by the Department of Education, commonly referred to as the DepEd in the country. The Department of Education controls the Philippine education system, including the curriculum used in schools and the allocation of funds. It also regulates the construction of schools and other educational facilities and the recruitment of teachers and staff. From 1945 until 2011, the basic education system was composed of six years of elementary education starting at the age of 6, and four years of high school education starting at the age of 12.Further education was provided by technical or vocational schools, or in higher education institutions such as universities.It is also in the year 2011when the country started to transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to a K to 12 educational system, as mandated by the Department of Education. President Benigno “Nonoy” S. Aquino singed the K to 12 education into law in the year 2013. The new K to 12 curriculum guide requires all Filipino students to have one year of kindergarten, six years of elementary...
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...on K - 12 Curriculum K to 12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines aims to have a graduate that is an empowered individual who has learned, through a program that is rooted on sound educational principles and geared towards excellence, the foundations for learning throughout life, the competence to engage in work and be productive, the ability to coexist in fruitful harmony with local and global communities, the capability to engage in autonomous critical thinking, and the capacity to transform others and one’s self. The K to 12 Basic Education Program is not new for this was already made a few years ago although it is at present that we are trying to implement for the improvement of our educational system in our country. The K to 12 was not only made by the DepEd Central office but through the collaboration of the CHED, TESDA, DEPED and the different stakeholders like the parents of the children in schools. The complete human development of every graduate is at the core of the Enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program. Every graduate holds an understanding of the world around and a zest for life-long learning, which addresses every child’s basic learning needs, including learning to learn, the acquisition of numeracy, literacies, and scientific and technological knowledge as applied to daily life. I realized that we teachers must have the 5C’s to make this said program successful. The Commitment, Competence, Creativity, Compassion and Character helps the K to 12 program...
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...K to 12: Susi sa Mas Mabuting Edukasyon Taong 2011, isang mahalagang yugto ang naganap sa edukasyon ng Pilipinas. Pinakilala ang bagong kurikulum: ang K to 12. Mula sa dating 10 taong pag-aaral, magkakaroon na ng taon para sa Kinder at 12 pang karagdagang taon, anim na taon ng Primary Education, apat na taon ng Junior High School at dalawang taon ng Senior High School. Nararapat na ang pagsasabatas nito sapagkat nahuhuli na ang bansa sa “International Education Standards”, mas mapapadali ang pagtratrabaho sa ibang bansa ng mga Pilipino, dahil magiging “professionals” agad sila abroad. Mas mapaghahanda rin nito ang mga nakapagtapos na sa mundo ng pagtratrabaho. Mahalagang maging sapilitan na rin ang Kinder, ‘pagkat sa mga edad na ito nagiging ganap ang pag-iisip ng mga mag-aaral, at napatunayan ding marami sa mga batang nakapag-Kinder ang nakapagtatapos ng pag-aaral. Higit sa lahat, madaragdagan ang “International Competitiveness” ng mga Pilipino sa pamamagitan nito. Marami rin ang tumatanggi sa bagong kurikulum na ito, sa kadahilanang hindi pa raw sapat at handa ang gobyerno para rito, maaaring ito ay totoo, ngunit ipapalit ba ito sa magiging “competitiveness” ng mga nakapagtapos na sa larangan ng trabaho? Maaari ngang sa una ay di pa “pino” ang kurikulum ngunit kung titignan ang “long term effect” nito ay malaki ang maambag nito sa ating mga Pilipino. Malaki ang pagpapahalaga nating mga Pilipino sa edukasyon, ‘pagkat ito ang ating pag-asa. Ngunit paano tayo uunlad...
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...Ladder of One’s Succes (K to 12 Curriculum: Changes and Challenges) Mischelle P. delos Reyes “Youth is the hope of thy Fatherland”. Rizal once said to his country men. He believed that the nation with a hollistic mind will surely be a great nation. Change comes from within. Replicate the change within you to other. It starts within ourselves, within our family, within our school, community, afterwards our country and the whole world as well. This was envisioned by the Philippine Education through the Implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum, to develop hollistic filipino citizen, globally competetive one and God-fearing individual responsible for the change and challenges the world offers him. We are in a fast pacing world where change is inevitable. We have to upgrade ourselves. Upgrading means-developing ones skills and potentials to the fullest, adopting ourselves to this ever changing world and accepting challenge and modernization this world offers. Achieving these things, an individual must take the courage to change himself or herself. These changes if could not be meet become a hindrance to develop himself and be a successful one but if these changes were realized, one is climbing the ladder towards success. Meeting the challenge of change to reach the peak of success is not quite easy. We must equipped ourselves with courage and determination but most of all faith in our God Almighty is the most powerful weapon that will enable us to achieve what we seek...
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...or depend on information from a computer. It is also the best solution for providing information and a way of communications in every individual and gives better understanding of some events that can arouse the interest of some particular subject matter. The computerized world is highly efficient one, which processing the big quantities of data and keeping. Computer can be considered as another instrument for developing a system like grading system in every school. This can be a great help to those teachers who are handling many task from providing easier and faster access. Through the advancement of Education System in the Philippines and the application of K-12 system in public and private schools, the systems of grading and recording must be restructured together with the development of the country’s system. K-12 system of assessment critically changed and made assimilation with the international countries. The ideal system focused on the decisive purpose of quality assuring student learning. The said education system is also a standard-based to guarantee the productive teaching of teachers to help the students aspire through their goal. The propagation of technology greatly helps the teachers and students to have efficient outcome of paper works. With this computerized systems every record of students’ activities will be accumulated by the teacher or the user. It will increase the accuracy and will lessen the errors of computation because this system reduced their workload...
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