Self-Check: I am a Teacher! Who Am I as a Curricularist!

Direction: Identify on the blanks provided who am I as a Curricularist based on the cases
presented.

Case No.1. I have a good idea on how to make my learners pay attention to the lesson. I

will use the new idea and find out if it will work. Innovator

Case No.2. DepEd sent the standards, competencies and guidelines in teaching the Mother
Tongue for Grade 1 in our school. I will study and use it in the coming school year.

Initiator

Case No.3. There is so much to do in one school day. I seem not able to do all, but I have to
accomplish something for my learners. I have made a daily activity plan to guide

me. Planner

Case No.4. I need a poem to celebrate the World Teachers’ Day. I composed one to be

used in my class in Literature. Writer

Case No.5. My class is composed of learners from different home background and culture.

I cannot use a “one-size-fits all strategy” in teaching, so I can respond to the

diverse background. In my readings, I discovered that there are ways of

teaching. I tried one myself and it worked. Innovator

Case No.6. Knowledge is limitless. What I learned in college is not enough. I need to know
more, so I enrolled in the graduate school program to advance my learning.

Knower

Case No.7. At the end of the year, my performance as a teacher is reflected in the school
performance of my students. So, I need to provide a monitoring tool to measure
how they are progressing. The result will inform me hoe I will address my learners’

weakness and enhance their strength. Evaluator

Case No.8. I am teaching in a very far away barangay with no electricity yet. Many of the
instructional aids for teaching sent to school are films and video tapes which
need power. I cannot use them, but the lessons are very important. So, I thought
of making an alternative activity. I took my class to the river and waterfall instead
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 of doing the lesson. Innovator

Case No.9. My principal asked me to attend a write shop to make the lesson exemplars in
the teaching of Science for Grade 7. In the workshop, I used my experiences as
a Science Teacher for Ten years, and my knowledge of the subject matter. At
the end of the three days, I was able to produce lesson exemplars which I am

proud of. Writer

Case No.10. In Grade 7 to Grade 10 of the K to 12 Enhanced Curriculum, Science as a

subject is presented, taught and learned in a spiral progression approach. This
is part of the DepEd implementing guidelines of the curriculum. I am a Biology
major, and I have insufficient knowledge about the other areas of Science such
as Physics and Earth Science. Because the dilemma, I have to request the
principal that we have team teaching. Which role of the curricularist, am I trying

to do? Initiator

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 REFLECTION ACTIVITY

Direction: Choose one from Case No. 1 to 10 above. Reflect on the case
you have chosen and write your reflections on the box below. Ask
your classmate to read and comment on your reflection. Both of
you, discuss your answers.

Name: JOURDYLLENE PRINCE PATALITA_ Case No. 1

A. My Reflection on Case No. 1 .

After reading this case, I've come to the conclusion that in order to keep the
learning-teaching process running smoothly in the classroom, I should always
think about reinventing my approach to teaching. Innovation is also thrilling and
revolutionary. It expands upon or enhances something that already exists, which
might be a method, a plan of action, a tool, or a finished good. Reimagining
education now by enhancing and modifying various aspects of education to meet
the demands of tomorrow is the attached meaning when there is innovation in
education. As a soon-to-be teacher, this would be of immense use to me. In order
to develop teaching and learning processes and contribute to tackling local and
global concerns in order to create a better world for all, I will embrace innovation
as a future educator and work to promote new and evolving skills, concepts, and
approaches.

B. What my partner said about my reflection: by Bea Serano

I second the motion. To develop a good curriculum, I believe it takes time and a
lot of trial and error. As a teacher, one should know when a new idea is needed
and when an idea shouldn't be considered anymore. The world is changing and
so are the people, events, things, or regulations, given this, a teacher should learn
how to adapt so that the curriculum can cope up with the changes. I teacher
should learn how to innovate.