MODULE FIELD STUDY 4

Episode 3: The Teacher as Curricularist

• Identify the meaning of curricularist

• Explain the role of a teacher a curricularitst
• Define the meaning of a teacher as a curricularist

. Teacher as Curricularist

Are you aware that the teacher’s role is very complex?

Teachers do a series of interrelated actions about curriculum, instruction,

assessment, evaluation, teaching and learning. A teacher is involved with curriculum
continuously all day. But very seldom has a teacher been described as curriculum
continuously all day.

Curricularist

A professional who is curriculum specialist. A person who is involved in curriculum

knowing, writing, planning, implementing, evaluating, innovating, and initiating. A
teacher’s role is broader and inclusive of other functions and so teacher is a curricularist.
The role of the teacher in the school is very complex. Teachers do a series of interrelated
actions about curriculum, instruction, assessment, evaluation, teaching and learning. A
classroom teacher is involved with curriculum continuously all day. But very seldom has
a teacher been described as curricularist. (Bilbao, et. Al, 2014)

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 The curricularist teachers do initiates in order to improve the learning process.
They are the teachers who are exciting, facilitate students learning effectively and always
having a plan how to create a conducive learning environment.

Curricularists in the past those who developed curriculum theories. The most
influential curricularists are John Dewey, Hilda Taba, Franklin Bobbit, and Ralph Tyler

What does a teacher do to deserve the label as curricularist?

The classroom is the first place of curricular engagement. The first school
experience sets the tone to understand the meaning of schooling through the interactions
of learners and teachers that will lead to learning. Hence, curriculum is the heart of
schooling

Describing teacher as curricularist

1. Knows the curriculum Learning begins with knowing.

The teacher as a learner starts with knowing about the curriculum, the subject matter or
the content. As a teacher, one has to master what are included in the curriculum. It is the
acquiring academic knowledge about formal (disciplines, logic) or informal (derived from
experiences). It is mastery of the subject matter. knower

2. Writes the curriculum •

A classroom teacher takes record of knowledge concepts, subject matter or

content. These need to be written or preserved. The teacher writes books, modules,
laboratory manuals, instructional guides, and reference materials in paper or electronic
media. writer

3. Plans the curriculum

A good curriculum has to be planned. It is the role of the teacher to make a yearly,
monthly or daily plan of the curriculum. The teacher takes into consideration several
factors in planning a curriculum. These are: learners, support material, time, subject
matter or content, desired outcomes, context of the learners among others. planner

4. Initiates curriculum

In cases where the curriculum is recommended to the schools from DepEd, CHED,
TESDA, UNESCO, UNICEF or other educational agencies for improvement of quality
education, the teacher is obliged to implement. Implementation of a new curriculum
requires the open mindedness of the teacher, and the full belief that the curriculum will
enhance learning. initiator
5. Innovates the curriculum

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5. Innovates the curriculum

Creativity and innovation are hallmarks of an excellent teacher. A curriculum is

always dynamic, hence keeps on changing. From the content strategies, ways of holding,
blocks of time, ways of evaluating, kinds of students and skills of teachers, one cannot
find a single eternal curriculum that would perpetually fit.

7. Implements the curriculum

The curriculum that remains recommended or written will never serve its purpose.
Somebody has to implement it. Heart of schooling is the curriculum. It is this role where
the teacher becomes the implementor of the curriculum. She is at the height of an
engagement with the learners, with support materials in order to achieve the desired
outcome. It is where teaching, guiding and facilitating skills of the teacher is expected to
be the highest level.

8. Evaluates the curriculum

How can one determine if the desired learning outcomes have been achieved? Is the
curriculum working?

REFERENCES

To know more about the Teacher as Curricularist

(65) THE TEACHER AS A CURRICULARIST | EDUC 10 CURRICULUM DEV'T • CHAPTER 1 LESSON 2 |
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Teacher as curricularist (slideshare.net)
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