Senior High School

Curriculum: Implications for

Learner-Centered Instruction
Isagani R. Cruz
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Six (6) Years
Four (4) Years
Undergraduate
Graduate
Doctoral
Post-Doctoral
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Six (6) Years
Four (4) Years
Undergraduate
Graduate
Doctoral
Post-Doctoral
One (1)
Year
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Six (6) Years
Four (4) Years
Tech-Voc NC 1
Undergraduate
Graduate
Doctoral
Post-Doctoral
One (1)
Year
Two (2) Years
TVL NC 2
Academic
Sports
Arts
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The K to 12 Philippine Basic Education Curriculum Framework
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The K to 12 Philippine Basic Education Curriculum
Framework
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CONTEXT
PHILOSOPHICAL
& LEGAL BASES
RA 10533 Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013
Kindergarten Act
The 1987 Phil. Constitution
BP 232, Education Act of 1982
RA 9155, Governance of Basic
Education Act of 2001
The vision, mission statements of
DepEd
SOUTELE, 1976
The EDCOM Report of 1991
Basic Education Sector Reform
Agenda (BESRA)
The four pillars of education
(UNESCO)
NATURE OF
THE LEARNER
Has a body and spirit, intellect, free
will, emotions, multiple intelligence,
learning styles
Constructor of knowledge and
active maker of meaning, not a
passive recipient of information
NEEDS OF
THE LEARNER
Life skills
Self-actualization
Preparation for the world of the
work, entrepreneurship, higher
education
NEEDS OF NATIONAL &
GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Poverty reduction and human
development
Strengthening the moral fiber of the
Filipino people
Development of a strong sense of
nationalism
Development of productive citizens
who contribute to the building of a
progressive, just, and humane
society
Ensuring environmental sustainability
Global partnership for development
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Features of the K to 12 Curriculum
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
learner-centered,
inclusive and research-
based
culture-responsive and
culture-sensitive,
integrative and
contextualized, relevant
and responsive
standard and competence
based, seamless,
decongested
flexible, ICT-based,
and global
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SKILLS
Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Communication Skills
Life and Career Skills
LEARNING AREAS
Language
Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)
Mathematics and Science
Arts and Humanities
Materials,
Facilities, and
Equipment
ICT
Environment
Assessment
School
Leadership
and
Management
Schools
Divisions
Technical
Assistance
Community-
Industry
Relevance
and
Partnerships
Teachers
The K to 12 Philippine Basic Education
Curriculum Framework
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Monitoring and Evaluation System
Curriculum and the Curriculum Support System
Being and Becoming a Whole Person
Holistically Developed Filipino with 21
st
Century Skills
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Curriculum Exits
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Curriculum Exits
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
1. Visual and
information
literacies
2. Media literacy
3. Basic, scientific,
economic and
technological
literacies and
multicultural
literacy
4. Global awareness
1. Creativity and
curiosity
2. Critical thinking
problem solving
skills
3. Risk taking
Collaboration and
interpersonal skills
1. Flexibility and
adaptability
2. Initiative and self-
direction
3. Social and cross-
cultural skills
4. Productivity and
accountability
5. Leadership and
responsibility
6. Ethical, moral and
spiritual values
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Proposed Philippine Qualifications Framework
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Proposed PQF Articulation for Grades 10 & 12
Level Knowledge, Skills and Values Application
Degree of
Independence
I
(G10)
Possess foundational knowledge across a
range of learning areas with core
competencies in communication;
scientific, critical and creative thinking;
and the use of technologies.
Have an understanding of right and
wrong; ones history and cultural
heritage; and deep respect for self, others
and their culture, and the environment.
Apply foundational
knowledge, skills,
and values in
academic and real-
life situations
through sound
reasoning, informed
decision-making,
and the judicious
use of resources.
Apply skills in
limited
situations with
close
supervision.
II
(G12)
Possess functional knowledge across a
range of learning areas and technical
skills in chosen career tracks with
advanced competencies in
communication; scientific, critical and
creative thinking; and the use of
technologies.
Have an understanding of right and
wrong; ones history and cultural
heritage; and deep respect for self, others
and their culture, and the environment.
Apply functional
knowledge, technical
skills and values in
academic and real-
life situations
through sound
reasoning, informed
decision-making,
and the judicious
use of resources.
Apply skills in
varied
situations with
minimal
supervision.
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Academic
Track
Technical
Vocational
Livelihood
Track
Sports
Track
Arts &
Design
Track
Basic Education Program
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Kinder to Grade 6 Elementary
Grades 7 to 8
(Exploratory TLE)
Junior
High
School
Grades 9 to 10
(Specialized TLE)
Core
Subjects
Senior
High
School
Contextualized Track Subjects
oGeneral
Academic
Strand
oSTEM
oABM
oHUMSS
o Home
Economics
o Agri-Fishery
o Industrial
Arts
o ICT
Tracks
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Working with CHED to:
1.Ensure alignment of Core and Contextualized Subjects to
the College Readiness Standards (CRS)* and new General
Education (GE)** Curriculum
2.Develop appropriate Specialization Subjects for the
Academic, Sports, and Arts and Design Tracks
Process:
CHED Technical Panel/Committee members take part in
content and skills review for the development, refinement,
and finalization of the SHS Curriculum Guides
Ensuring College Readiness
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
*CEB Resolution No. 298-2011
**CHED Memorandum Order No. 20, s. 2013
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Working with TESDA to:
1. Integrate TVET skills, competencies, and qualifications in TLE in JHS
and Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) track in SHS
2. Ensure that any Grade 10 finisher and all Grade 12 TVL graduates are
eligible for TESDA competency/qualifications assessments (i.e. COC, NC
I, or NC II)
3. Prepare learning resources that are consistent with promulgated Training
Regulations
4. Develop appropriate INSET and certification programs for TLE teachers
Process:
1. TESDA representatives take part in Curriculum Guides development,
refinement, and finalization for TLE and the TVL track
2. TESDA representatives assist in crafting of TLE learning resouces
3. TESDA representatives assist in development of summer ToT and mass
training program for TLE teachers
Strengthening TVET Integration in
Secondary Education
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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DepEd and TESDA agreed on common
competencies to be embedded in the TLE and
Technical-Vocational Livelihood Curriculum for
Grades 7 to 12.
1. Use of Tools
2. Perform Mensuration and Calculation
3. Practice Occupational Health and Safety Proecdures
4. Use and Maintain Hand Tools, Equipment and
Paraphernalia
5. Read and Interpret Manuals/Specifications
Other common competencies:
1. Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies
2. Environment and Market
Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) and
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL)
Common Competencies
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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The Proposed Grades 11 and 12 will have 31
80-hour subjects, totalling 2,480 hours.
15
Core Subjects
16
Track Subjects
7
Contextualized
Subjects
9
Specialization
subjects
31 TOTAL SUBJECTS
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
P.E. and Health will have 20 hours per semester for 4 semesters
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Core Subjects
Contextualized
Subjects in the
Tracks
Specialization
Subjects in the
Tracks
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
same
competencies
same
competencies
different
competencies
same
content
different
content
different
content
Senior High School Subjects
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Senior High School Core Subjects
Core Learning Areas and Subjects
hours per
semester
Language
Oral Communication 80
Reading & Writing 80
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at Kulturang Pilipino 80
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Ibat Ibang Teksto Tungo sa Pananaliksik 80
Humanities
21
st
Century Literature from the Philippines and the World 80
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions 80
Communication Media & Information Literacy 80
Mathematics
General Mathematics 80
Statistics & Probability 80
Science
Earth and Life Science (Lecture and Laboratory) 80
Physical Science (Lecture and Laboratory) 80
Social Science
Personal Development / Pansariling Kaunlaran 80
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics 80
Philosophy Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person / Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng Tao 80
PE and Health Physical Education and Health 80
CORE Total Number of Hours 1,200
TRACK Total Number of Hours 1,280
Total Number of Hours (CORE + TRACK) 2,480
Total Hours (CORE + TRACK) divided by Number of School Days in SHS (400) = average hours/day
6.2
hours/day
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
*For Finalization
Contextualized Track Subjects
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Academic, Technical-Vocational-Livelihood,
Sports, Arts & Design Tracks
1 English for Academic and Professional Purposes
2 Research in Daily Life 1
3 Research in Daily Life 2
4 Pagsulat sa Filipino sa Piling Larangan (Akademik, Isports, Sining at Tech-Voc)
5 Empowerment Technologies (E-Tech): ICT for Professional Tracks
6 Entrepreneurship
7 Research Project / Culminating Activity*
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Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Accountancy, Business and Management Strand
8 ABM Strand 1 Applied Economics
9 ABM Strand 2 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
10 ABM Strand 3 Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business and Management 1
11 ABM Strand 4 Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business and Management 2
12 ABM Strand 5 Business Math
13 ABM Strand 6 Business Finance
14 ABM Strand 7 Organization and Management
15 ABM Strand 8 Principles of Marketing
16 ABM Strand 9
Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
i.e. Business Enterprise Simulation
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Strand
8 STEM Strand 1 Pre-Calculus
9 STEM Strand 2 Basic Calculus
10 STEM Strand 3 General Biology 1
11 STEM Strand 4 General Biology 2
12 STEM Strand 5 General Physics 1
13 STEM Strand 6 General Physics 2
14 STEM Strand 7 General Chemistry 1
15 STEM Strand 8 General Chemistry 2
16 STEM Strand 9 Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Humanities and Social Sciences Strand*
8 HUMSS Strand 1 Creative Writing
9 HUMSS Strand 2 Creative Nonfiction: The Literary Essay
10 HUMSS Strand 3 World Religions and Belief Systems
11 HUMSS Strand 4 Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century
12 HUMSS Strand 5 Philippine Politics and Governance
13 HUMSS Strand 6 Community Engagement, Social Participation and Citizenship
14 HUMSS Strand 7 Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences
15 HUMSS Strand 8 Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences
16 HUMSS Strand 9 Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
*For Finalization
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Proposed General Academic Strand*
8 Strand 1 Humanities 1
9 Strand 2 Humanities 2
10 Strand 3 Social Science 1
11 Strand 4 Applied Economics
12 Strand 5 Organization and Management
13 Strand 6 Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
14 Strand 7 Elective 1 (from any Track/Strand)
15 Strand 8 Elective 2 (from any Track/Strand)
16 Strand 9 Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
*For Finalization
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Sports Track
Specialized Subjects
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sports Track
8 Sports Track 1 Safety and First Aid
9 Sports Track 2 Human Movement
10 Sports Track 3 Fundamentals of Coaching
11 Sports Track 4 Sports Officiating and Activity Management
12 Sports Track 5 Fitness, Sports and Recreation Leadership
13 Sports Track 6 Psychosocial Aspects of Sports and Exercise
14 Sports Track 7 Fitness Testing and Exercise Programming
15 Sports Track 8 Practicum (in-campus)
16 Sports Track 9
Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
i.e. Apprenticeship (off-campus)
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Arts and Design Track
Specialized Subjects
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester except Apprenticeship and
Exploration of Different Arts Fields which will have 160 hours
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Arts and Design Track
8 Arts Track 1 Creative Industries I: Arts and Design Appreciation and Production
9 Arts Track 2 Creative Industries II: Performing Arts
10 Arts Track 3 Physical and Personal Development in the Arts
11 Arts Track 4 Developing Filipino Identity in the Arts
12 Arts Track 5 Integrating the Elements and Principles of Organization in the Arts
13 Arts Track 6 Leadership and Management in Different Arts Fields
14 Arts Track 7
Apprenticeship and Exploration of Different Arts Fields
15 Arts Track 8
16 Arts Track 9
Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Exhibit for Arts Production/ Performing Arts Production
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Technical-Vocational-Livelihood Track (Table 1) and
TESDA Training Regulations-Based Specializations* (Table 2)
HE ICT Agri-Fishery Arts Industrial Arts
1. Hairdressing
2. Tailoring
3. Caregiving
4. Food and
Beverage
Services
5. Bread and Pastry
Production
6. Housekeeping
7. Tour Guiding
Services
8. Travel Services
9. Attractions and
Theme Parks
Tourism
10. Handicraft
a. Fashion
Accessories
b. Paper Craft
c. Woodcraft
d. Leathercraft
1. Computer
Programming
2. Medical
Transcription
3. Animation
AGRICROP PRODUCTION
1. Horticulture
2. Landscape Installation and
Maintenance
3. Organic Agriculture
Production
4. Pest Management
5. Rice Machinery Operation
1. Automotive
Servicing
2. Refrigeration
and Air-
Conditioning
3. Consumer
Electronics
Servicing
4. Electrical
Installation and
Maintenance
5. Shielded Metal-
Arc Welding
6. Carpentry
7. Plumbing
8. Masonry
9. Tile Setting
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
1. Artifical Insemmination
2. Raising Large Ruminants
(Dairy Cattle and
Buffaloes)
3. Raising Swine
4. Slaughtering
FISH PRODUCTION
1. Fish Nursery Operation
2. Fish or Shrimp Grow Out
Operation
3. Fishport/Wharf Operation
Tech-Voc Track TESDA Training Regulations-Based Specializations
TVL Track Subjects
Subjects Example
8 Tech-Voc Track 1
Bread and
Pastry
Production
9 Tech-Voc Track 2
10 Tech-Voc Track 3
11 Tech-Voc Track 4
12 Tech-Voc Track 5
Food and
Beverage
13 Tech-Voc Track 6
14 Tech-Voc Track 7
15 Tech-Voc Track 8
16 Tech-Voc Track 9
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Each subject will have 80
hours per semester.
*Aligned with Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) in Grades 7 to 10.
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Agri-Fishery Arts Curriculum Map
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Home Economics Curriculum Map
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
* Students cannot take a specialization in Grades 9 and 10 if they have not taken 40 hours of the course in Grades 7 or 8.
** Students may only qualify for an NC II certification if they have taken Caregiving from Grades 7-12. If students only began
taking Caregiving in Grade 11, they will only qualify for a Certificate of Completion (COC).
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Information Communication and Technology
(ICT) Curriculum Map
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Industrial Arts Curriculum Map
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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The K to 12 Curriculum Framework
SOURCE: DepEd
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