Ladderized Curriculum

Ladderized Education is a new system of education in the Philippines that allows learners to progress between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and College, and vice-versa.

 Ladderized

Education opens opportunities for career and educational advancement to students and workers. by the President

Promulgated

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on September 15, 2004 under Executive Order 358.

Source: http://www.e-tesda.gov.ph/faqs.asp

This Q&Areprinted from the beginning manual Career Guidance in Ladderized Education (subtitled Salabat for the Filipino Soul Book 2) by Sec. Augusto Syjucoexplains why LEP is right

Applications for ladderization should be in the eight identified priority disciplines

Agriculture Maritime Health ICT Education Criminology Tourism/HRM Engineering

Spiral Curriculum

Curriculum in which students repeat the study of a subject at different grade levels, each time at a higher level of difficulty and in greater depth.

Jerome Bruners Model :

Spiral curriculum is an element of educational philosophy suggesting that students should continually return to basic ideas as new subjects and concepts are added over the course of a curriculum, in order to solidify understanding over periodic intervals.

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Curriculum

Multidisciplinary Two or more subjects are organized around a common theme or topic such as "pioneers"; or different disciplines may be viewed as "lenses" to explore a problem or issue. There is an attempt to make explicit connections across subject areas.

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Interdisciplinary: Interdisciplinary skills (process skills such as literacy, research, or numeracy skills) are the organizing center for two or more subject areas. Connections are also made with content through teaching concepts that cut across subject areas.

SOURCE: http://webserver3.ascd.org/handbook/demo/2003integcurr/sectioni.html