FS 4

Exploting the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 1

THERMOMETER CHECK
Name of FS Student: John Marlo Tilla-in
Course: BSED Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Resource Teacher:
Cooperating School: Polo National High School (Annex)

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you should be able to describe through your reflection
of how the school promotes partnership and dialogue.

Your Map
For this process, go through the following steps:To reach your target, do the
following tasks:
Step 1: Visit a school and study its vision, mission, and
goals in relation to the schools curriculum.
Step 2: Observe the interaction between and
among students, teachers, and other school
personnel.
Step 3: Write down your observation and
discuss with your classmates and FS Teacher.
Step 4: Generate insights from your
observation and discussion.
Step 5: Reflect on your
experiences.

Your Tools
For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.
Teacher-to-Student Interaction Patterns:
My Observation
Report
on Interaction
Teachers
interact to their
students
as a mentor, facilitator and also as a parent.
Some of the teachers are too boastful when they talk and they interact to their
Name: John Marlo C. Tilla-in
Year/Course: Math 4-1
students.
Name of the School Observed: Polo National High School (Annex)
Grade Level:
Section:
Student-to-Non-Teaching Personnel Interaction Patterns:
Subject Observed: Mathematics
School Address: Students interact to the non-teaching personnel like Janitors, Maintenance and
Date of Visit: other school staff by treating them as their classmates or co-students when they talk
or when they communicate.
Observations:
Teacher-to-Teacher Interaction Patterns:
Student-to-Student Interaction Patterns:
The students Teachers
interact tointeract
each other
usually
gender/sex.
to each
otheraccording
like how to
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students
interact to each other but
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group
or friends
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interact.
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on their students
manners
(sometimes)
they are
professional.
talk about
how to interact
to each other
and some
are mild. Students
have
way on
behaviour,
students
performances,
about their
lifetheir
and own
also about
their co-teachers.
how they interact, sometimes by using their face expressions , sometimes they talk
non-sense, and they talk about on their love life, crushes, likes and dislikes, etc.
Student-to-Teacher Interaction Patterns:
Students to teacher interactions can be observed inside or outside the classroom.
Sometimes the students forget to respect their teacher when they are talking. But the
students must respect their teacher as their second parents.

Enriching
Activities
Create a

scenario where any of the above interactions occur in the school. Make a script of their
dialogue, bearing in mind that this partnership is built on developing a climate of respect,
harmony and cooperation.

Your
Analysis

My Script

EDMAR: Good Morning Emman!

Why is a
classroom a
miniature of
a greater
society?

EMMAN: Good Morning Edmar!

EDMAR: What are you doing?
EMMAN: Mrs. Santos told me to plant some flowers in our school garden.
EDMAR: Really? may I help you?
EMMAN: Sure! Here, help me to plant this one.
(After Planting)
EMMAN: Hey! Edmar, thanks for helping me.
EDMAR: Don't worry; it's my pleasure to help you to plant those flowers and
seeds.
EMMAN: hahaha. Ok! Mrs. Santos is waiting for us in the faculty.
EDMAR: Ok! Let's go.

Classroom is the miniature of greater society that has various kinds of

people with different characteristics, personalities, attitudes, and
behaviours which is like on the greater society.
What are found in the classrooms that are similar to what can be observed in society?

First we can found in the classroom that the societies have is the diversity of the
individuals. Second the different personalities, characteristics and behaviour that we can
also found in the society. Lastly, of course the unity; on how the students help and
cooperate to each other inside the classroom that we can also found on the people in the
society.

FS 4

Exploring the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 2

COME, LETS TALK

Name of FS Student: John Marlo Tilla-in
Course: BSED Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Resource Teacher:
Cooperating School: Polo National High School (Annex)

Your Target
At the end of this activity, the students should be able to describe the interaction
pattern that occurs between the teachers and learners as provided in the curriculum.

Your Map
For this process, go through the following steps:
Step 1: Visit a school and observe how the teacher
provides the opportunity to the learners to interact with
one another in doing ones roles.
Step 2: Record how roles are performed by the
teacher and the learners.
Step 3: Make your own documentation of the
dialogue or conversation based on the
observed roles that each one performs which
you feel could have been livelier.
Step 4: Highlight the aspect of the
dialogue that indicates the teacher as
a role model in developing the values
in the process of learning.

Your Tools
For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.
My Observation Report on Interaction
Name: John Marlo C. Tilla-in
Year/Course: Math 4-1
Name of the School Observed: Polo National High School (Annex)
Grade Level:
Section:
Subject Observed: Mathematics
School Address:
Date of Visit:
Observations:
Situation
Checking of attendance.

The Dialogue
Teacher: Good morning class. Who
are the absentee for today?
Student: Sir, Brian is absent for today.
Teacher: Why?
Student: Sir, because today is his sister
wedding.
Teacher: did he send a leave letter?
Student: Yes Sir.
Teacher: ok! There is another absent?
Student: he is the only one Sir.
Teacher: ok! Let's start our lesson.

(Describe how the teacher communicates the lesson and how the learners are
responding to the teacher. Take note of the manner the teacher accepts or rejects the
responses of the learners. You may present your observations through direct quotes
from the teachers and learners in the dialogue.)
Personal Reflections on the Dialogue

Your Analysis
How important are dialogue and substantive conversation in the classroom in terms of
students learning?

Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. It is important because

its too boring if the discussion/ lesson is more on Copy this, Copy that or more on
group activity. Its important because many of the students really want to talk and want to
listen rather than neither the group activity nor other activity.

What learning benefits could teachers and students draw from intentional classroom
dialogue?

It will help them to improve and develop their communication skills and their selfesteem to speak or to talk in other person and to the front of many people.

FS 4
FIELD STUDY

Exploring the Curriculum

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Your Tools
safe. But

For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.

MY INSIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS

Your Analysis

Why should teachers know about curriculum design?

The teacher should know about curriculum design because it is good for them to
understand the reasons behind the curriculum they are teaching. It is also important for
them to be guided in their whole year teaching.

What do most principles and theories of curriculum development have in common? How is
this commonality expressed or spelled out in the curriculum of the class you have
observed?

The principles and theories of curriculum development contain common aspects

which are the welfare of the students. This commonality was expressed in the class
through the effort of the teacher to teach the students, to provide them the knowledge of
their lesson and making sure that they understand the lesson well by asking those
questions and by giving tests

Your Reflections
From your FS experience, keep in touch with our most meaningful learning and
express it through abstract visual representation. Please use appropriate colors to
represent your feelings and significant learning.

FS 4

Exploring the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 4

BRIDGING EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES

Name of FS Student: John Marlo Tilla-in
Course: BSED Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Resource Teacher:
Cooperating School: Polo National High School (Annex)

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you should be able to identify educational programs that
coonect the school with the larger historical, social, cultural and political processes.

Your Map
For this episode, go through the following steps:
Ramp 1: Visit a school and examine their calendar of
activities. See how the students, community stakeholders
are involved.
Ramp 2: Identify the programs where the leaders create
rewards for certain practices in delivering services to
stakeholders. Record the observations on the calendar of
activities, programs and awards and the participation of
stakeholders.
Ramp 3: Reflect on how the stakeholders participate in
school activities.

Your Tools
For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.
My Observation Report
Name: John Marlo C. Tilla-in

Date of Visit:

Subject Observed: Mathematics

Activities
1. Poster
Making
Contest
2.Slogan
Making
Contest
3. Poem
Making
Contest

Date
1.
September
14, 2016
2.
September
15, 2016
3.
September
16, 2016

Participant Mechanic
s
s
1. all year
1.
levels
2.
2. all year
levels
3.
3. all year
levels

Awards given: certificates, medals, etc.

Recipients:
Remarks:
Your Analysis

The certificates, medals received by the winners were from the school funds.

How important is involvement of all stakeholders of the school in the schools program and
activities?

Involvement of all stakeholders of the school is important in the school program

and activities because they are the one who will help the school by giving ideas, financial
support, etc. Especially parents because they are the one who will support their child
outside the school building.

What specific principle of curriculum development justifies the importance of cooperation

and collaboration among all stakeholders of the school?

The cooperation of all stakeholders of the school is important because they are the
one who will implemented it and if they are not get involved maybe there is no activities
or program that will happen.

FS 4

Exploring the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 5

COLLECT AND CRITIQUE

Name of FS Student: John Marlo Tilla-in

Course: BSED Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Resource Teacher:
Cooperating School: Polo National High School (Annex)

Your Target
At the end of this episode, you should be able to explain the importance of the
curriculum through reflections from the observations made about it as used by the
teacher.

Your Map
In your observation, please do the following steps:
Ramp 1: Revisit a school and request the teacher to show
you a syllabus of a particular subject.
Ramp 2: Analyze the syllabus in terms of the following:
a. Topic
b. Learning Activities
c. Assessment of Learning

Your Tools

Ramp 3: Interview a teacher on the process of preparing

the syllabus, giving attention to the following:
a. Challenges
b. Resources needed
c. Planning strategies
Ramp 4: Examine the assessment tools used by critiquing
whether or not it is a product-based or performance-

For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.
My Analysis Report
Name: John Marlo C. Tilla-in

Date of Visit:

Subject Observed: Mathematics

The Topic
Adding and
Subtracting
polynomials
Multiplying
Polynomials

Your Tools

Learning
Activities
The student
will answer
some
example to
practice
their ability
to solve
polynomials
.
As usual,
after the
discussion
the
students
will practice
their skills
in

Assessment of
Learning
Seatwork
Seatwork

For this episode, please use the Activity

My Interview Report
(Analysis of the topic, Learning Activities, and Assessment used in relation to Curriculum Elements)

Name of Teacher Interviewed:

Date of Interview:

School:

Interviewer:

Grade/Year Level & Section of Class Handled:

Challenges
The students are
too
Noisy and
sometimes they
are hard to handle.

Your Analysis

Resources
Needed

Planning
Strategies

Marker,
manila
paper,
teacher
module,
student
module,
other
resources

Gather some
information
on the
internet,
assessment
of the
previous
lesson

How important is it for teachers and curriculum planners to anchor their curricular plans
to specific theories and principles of curriculum development?

It is important to the Teachers and to the Curricular planners to anchor their

curricular plans to the specific theories and principles of the curriculum development to
meet their desire goals.
Aside from the teachers, who else should be involved in the curriculum planning?
Explain our thoughts.
Aside from the Teachers, the Learners and also their Parents should be involved in the
curriculum plan because learners are the one why the curriculum was made. And parents
because they are the one who will support the curriculum and also they can suggest some
brilliant ideas to improve the curriculum.

Your Reflections
From your FS experience, take a look into your significant learning and personal
reflection. Express it in a simple poem. Then share it with your classmates and FS
teacher.

Number One Teacher

A teacher should have
A special place
In every childs heart;
Because in this game of life,
They help them get their start.
I just want to thank you,
For all things youve done.
Youre a very special teacher,
And to me, youre number one!

FS 4

Exploring the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 6
CHECK POINTS

Name of FS Student: John Marlo Tilla-in

Course: BSED Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Resource Teacher:
Cooperating School: Polo National High School (Annex)

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you should be able to give some principles involved in
designing a curriculum.

Your Map
For this process, go through the following steps:
Step 1: Visit a school and choose a class to be observed.
Then arranged with the teacher that you are going to
Step 2: Take note the different learning environment
provided in the lesson plan for the specific subject area.
Generate information on the following: Objectives,
Strategies, and Assessment tools used.
Step 3: Find out whether or not strategies are aligned
with the objectives and assessment of learning. Make a
matrix of information from the observations made.
Step 4: Reflect on your FS experience and share
thoughts, insights and feelings in class.

Your Tools
For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.

Objectives Strategies Assessment

Remarks
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and
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Subtract polynomials
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Describe the Strategies:
The teacher just show some examples, then explain. Her strategy is just like
in traditional way of teaching.

Describe the Assessment Tools used:

Like what I said, in traditional ways. She used manila paper, chalks and
board.

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studen
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should
be able
to add
and
subtrac
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polyno
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The teacher
just show
some
examples,
then
explain. Her
strategy is
just like in
traditional
way of
teaching.

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ways. She
used manila
paper, chalks
and board

I think
she
needs
to
engage
more
the
student
s in her
discussi
on.

Your Analysis
Why do teachers need to align the objectives, strategies and assessment?

They need to align the objectives, strategies, and assessment

because objectives are the goals of the teacher thats why they need

to align their strategies to meet the goals that they have. And of
course the assessment should be also align to know or to recognize if
they meet the desires goals that they have.

How should teachers align their objectives, strategies, and

assessment? Suggest some strategies.
It much better if the objectives of the teacher are aligned to the range of learners
ability. And also to think if the instructional materials that they will use is appropriate to
their lesson and also if it is available.

Your Reflections
What has been your most meaningful experience in this episode? What makes it
meaningful to you? How could such an experience help you become a better teacher?

In this episode the most meaningful experience is to know that

being knowledgeable to the curriculum is important as a future
teacher, as a teacher rather. It is meaningful because as a
teacher you should know about this and also you are the one
who will implement this. Being knowledgeable to the
curriculum will help you to make easier your teaching career as
well as your life as a teacher.