Enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Started 2012 to 2013 Initiated by Aquino administration Includes: universal kindergarten, 6 years in elementary,

4 years junior high school, 2 years senior high school Uplift the quality of education Meet the international standards Be prepared on emotional and cognitive aspect K to 12 covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. Salient features 1. Strengthening early child education (universal kindergarten) Alphabet, numbers, shapes and colors through games, songs and dances in their mother tongue 2. Making the curriculum relevant to learners (contextualization and enhancement) Examples, activities, songs, poems, stories, and illustrations are based on local culture, history and reality to make it relevant to learner and easy to understand Includes discussion on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enhanced curriculum 3. Building proficiency through language (Mother Tongue-based Mutilingual Education Twelve MT languages: Bahasa Sug Bikol Cebuano Chabacano Hiligaynon Iloko Kapampangan Maguindanaoan Meranao Pangasinense Tagalog Waray English and Filipino are taught as subjects starting Grade 1 with focus on oral fluency Grade 4 to 6: gradual intro of English and Filipino as languages of instruction JHS and SHS: both are primary languages of instruction 4. Ensuring integrated and seamless learning (spiral progression) Simplest concepts to more complicated concepts Biology, Earth science, Chemistry, Geometry and Algebra are introduced to elementary students to ensure mastery of knowledge (Subjects are connected and integrated).

5. Gearing up for the future (Senior High School) Students may choose their specialization Core curriculum: languages, literature, communication, mathematics, philosophy, natural sciences and social sciences Tracks: Academic BAM (Business, Accountancy, Management); HESS (Humanities, Education, Social Sciences; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) TVET (Technical Vocational Education & Training) National Certificate Certificates of Competency 6. Nurturing the Holistically Developed Filipino (College and Livelihood st Readiness, 21 century skills) Every graduate will be equipped with: Information, media and technology skills Learning and innovation skills Effective communication skills Life and career skills Republic Act 10533 - Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 Approved on May 15, 2013 Signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III 2002 Basic Education Curriculum Legal Bases for Philippine Basic Education 1987 Philippine Constitution Article 14 Basic state policies on formal and non-formal education Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 General goal of basic education: to develop the Filipino learners by providing them basic competencies, literacy and numeracy, critical thinking and learning skills, and desirable values to become caring, self reliant, productive, socially aware, patriotic, and responsible citizens. Education Act of 1982 or Batas Pambansa Blg 232 General objective of elementary, secondary, and non-formal education. Philosophy of 2002 Curriculum Ideal Filipino learner empowered for lifelong learning an active maker of meaning and can learn whatever he needs to know in any new context competent in learning how to learn and has life skills so that he becomes a self-developed person who is:

makabayan (patriotic) makatao (mindful of humanity) makakalikasan (respectful of nature) maka-Diyos (godly)

Functional Literacy the ability that is most essential for lifelong learning in our risky new world Mutual interaction: Students and Teacher Students themselves (collaborative learning) Students and Instructional Materials Students and Multi-media Sources Teacher of different disciplines (collaborative teaching) Ideal Teacher for Interactive Curriculum Not authoritarian but trustworthy facilitator or manager of learning process Enable learners to become active constructors of knowledge and not passive recipients of information Learning how is more important that learning what Values educator and serves as a role model of the learners Features of the Restructured Curriculum Functional Literacy: competence in learning how to learn throughout ones life in this changing world. Including the essential abilities such as linguistic fluency and scientific-numerical competence Basic tool subjects: English, Filipino, Science and Math Makabayan fifth learning area Laboratory of life or practice environment Most experiential, interactive, interdisciplinary, and value laden (cultural, aesthetic, athletic, vocational, politico-economic, and moral values) Demonstrates practical knowledge and life skills especially the skills of empathy, vocational efficiency and problem-solving in daily life Love of country the unifying principle for the diverse values in the fifth learning area Learning components: Sibika at Kultura/ Hekasi/ Araling Panlipunan MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education, Health) EPP (Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan) / THE (Technology and Home Economics GMRC/ Values Education

Integrated curriculum synonyms Thematic instruction Multidisciplinary teaching Integrated studies Interdisciplinary curriculum Interdisciplinary thematic instruction Spectrum of Integrated Curriculum 1. Traditional organization 2. Thematic teaching 3. Multidisciplinary teaching 4. Interdisciplinary teaching 5. Integrated Thematic approach Theories supporting Curriculum Integration 1. Experiential Learning Carl Rogers Facilitate learning by providing positive climate Balancing the intellectual and emotional components of learning John Dewey believes that students learn from what they experience 2. Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner Linguistic (language smart) Logical-mathematical (number/ logic smart) Spatial (picture smart) Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart) Musical (music smart) Interpersonal (people smart) Intrapersonal (self smart) Naturalistic (nature smart) Existentialist (existence smart) 3. Constructivism knowledge is constructed from experience John Dewey, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky Modes of Integrative Teaching 1. Thematic Teaching themes 2. Content-Based Instruction content learning with language teaching 3. Focusing Inquiry uses questions to organize learning 4. Generic Competency Model general competencies: personal development, social competence and work/ special skills Lesson Plan I. Objective/ Layunin competencies Taken from PELC (Philippine Elementary Learning Continuum) BEC List of Competencies II. Subject Matter/ Paksang Aralin

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Learning content (kinukuha sa objective) Tema e.g. Nutrisyon (core discipline) Sanggunian: pangalan ng libro at pahina Kagamitan Procedure/ Pamamaraan A. Panimulang Gawain 1. Balitaan 2. Pagsasanay 3. Balik aral B. Panlinang na Gawain 1. Pangganyak/ Motivation 2. Paglalahad 3. Pangkatang Gawain 4. Pagtalakay Questions 5. Paglalahat essential understanding C. Pangwakas na Gawain 1. Paglalapat Question from objective Pagtataya Takdang aralin