Name : Julito S. Gulle Jr. Program : MSci.Ed.

Biological Science
Professor : Dr. Felix Ocarez Date : 5/19/20
Course : SciEd 211 (Curriculum Development in Science and Mathematics)

Task : Reflection Paper on Understanding Curriculum

A school cannot exist without a curriculum. A school is put up to be an institution of guidelines, an

institution for educating children into the knowledge they have to attain for the sake of survival in the world of
community they live in. Furthermore, without curriculum, a school is worthless or of no use. The establishment
that consists of subjects to be taught during the whole school year, the amount of each lesson to be taught, the
materials to be used during the lesson, the textbooks, the schedule of exams and test to be taken, the due of
paper works, projects and the programs to be made during and in between school days - all of these, is what we
called the curriculum. Therefore, a school is made up of and diverse of curriculum and the school is made
known because of its curriculum.
Curriculum makes the school special and essential. One has to have a strong belief or philosophy or a
spoon full of values for a curriculum to exist. To enable to design a curriculum, there are factors which
influenced it. It could be political development, social development, emotional development, physical
development, psychological development or even technology. If we are to design a curriculum, we have vision
on what would become of our children, and to be able to see this vision coming to life, we have to have a goal -
a curriculum is this mission. Without a strong belief or strong philosophy, we are tossed to and fro and we
cannot see our vision to reach the goal.
Curriculum is the heart of my teaching. That is how essential, valuable and important curriculum is to
me as a future teacher. How can I know what to teach, how to teach and why to teach if i don't have the
curriculum. It is my guiding light to lead the learners to the essentials that they should learn. Through
curriculum, I can know when to give them a certain lesson, when to let them have the test and exams. I can
know when to give them practical evaluations. In it, I can evaluate my students and assess them into which
level they have achieved, have been achieving and will be achieved.
Teachers must therefore learn the new curriculum; this is the primary implication of an ever changing
curriculum. This means, teachers will need to gain knowledge in the new parts of curriculum, in many cases.
They will also need to attend sessions such as professional development or better yet, return to school if
possible. Teachers may have to change the way they teach depending on how the curriculum is changed.
A change in curriculum is a good thing because often times, it is changed to accommodate the learners'
changing needs and abilities.