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PAUL UNIVERSITY – SURIGAO

Corner San Nicolas & Rizal Streets
8400 Surigao City, Philippines

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND ARTS

FIELD STUDY 2
Activity Title: Teaching Approaches and the K to 12 Curriculum
Adopted from Corpuz (2015)

Introduction

The K to 12 Law made explicit the pedagogical approach for the K to 12 Curriculum. This
episode revolves around this pedagogical approach. Specifically, to will: (1) determine the
teaching approach used by the resource teacher, and (2) identify instances where the pedagogical
approaches of the K to 12 Curriculum contained in the law are observed.

What to do?

1. You will observe your resource teacher conducting class online. You focus on how the
teacher facilitated the class. Is it teacher-centered or student-centered?

Teacher Centered Student Centered

Did the teacher lecture all the time? Were the students involved in the teaching-
learning process? How?

Was the emphasis mastery for the lesson for Was the emphasis the student’s application of
the test? Cite an instance. the lesson in real life? Cite an instance.

Was class atmosphere competitive? Was the class atmosphere collaborative? How?

Did the teacher focus only in one discipline or Did the teacher connect the lesson to other
subject area? discipline/s or subject area/s?

What teaching-learning practice would show that the teaching approach was:

Constructivist:

Inquiry-based:

Developmentally appropriate:

Reflective:

Inclusive:

Collaborative:

Integrative:
Questions for Reflections/Insights

1. Based on your observations, as a whole was instruction teacher-centered or student-

centered? Explain why.

2. Were there instances when the students could have been involved in class proceedings
but were not? Cite an instance.

3. What are possible consequences of teaching purely subject matter for mastery and for the
test?

4. If you were to reteach the class, would you be teacher-centered or student-centered?

How?
5. If you abide by the pedagogical approaches that the K to 12 Law states, will you be more
teacher-centered or student centered in approach? Explain your answer theoretically.