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The Teacher as a Curricularist

Who is a Curricularist?

• A professional who is a curriculum specialist


(hayes, 1997, Omstein & Hunkins, 2004: Hewitt, 2006)

• A person who is involved in curriculum knowing, writing, planning,


implementing, evaluating, innovating and initiating
Roles of Teacher as a Curricularist

The Teacher as a Curricularist……


1. Knows the curriculum
2. Writes the curriculum
3. Plan the curriculum
4. Initiates the curriculum
5. Innovates the curriculum
6. Implements the curriculum
7. Evaluates the curriculum
Knows the Curriculum (Knower)

• Learning begins with knowing. The teacher as a learners 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 acquiring academic knowledge both formal (disciplines, logic)
or informal (derived from experiences and intended.
• It is the mastery of the subject of the subject matter.
Writes the curriculum (Writer)

• A classroom teacher takes record of the 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 as curriculum writer or reviewer.
Plans the curriculum (Planner)

• 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.
• This will serve as a guide in the implementation.
• The teacher takes into consideration several factors in the
planning the curriculum.
• These factors include the learners, the support material, time,
subject matter or content, the desired outcomes, the context of
the learners among others.
By doing this, teacher become a curriculum planner.
Initiates the curriculum (Initiator)

• In cases where the curriculum is recommended to the schools from


DepEd, ChEd, TESA, UNIESCO and UNICEF or other educational
agencies for improvement of quality education, the teacher is
obligated to implement.
• Implementation of a new curriculum requires the open mindedness
of the teacher, and the full belief that the curriculum will enhance
the learning.
• A transformative teacher will never hesitate to try something
new/novel and relevant.
Innovates the curriculum (Innovator)

• Creativity and innovation are hallmarks of excellent teacher. A


curriculum is always dynamic, hence it keeps on changing. From
content, strategies, ways of doing, block of time, ways of
evaluating, kinds of students and skills of teachers, one cannot
find a single eternal curriculum would perpetually fit.
• A good teacher, therefore innovate the curriculum and this
become a curriculum innovator.
Implement the curriculum (Implementor)

• The curriculum that remains recommended or written will never


serve its purpose.
• Somebody has to implement. It is this role where the teacher
becomes the curriculum implementor.
• An implementor gives life to the curriculum plan. The teacher is
at the height of engagement with the learners, with support
materials in order to achieve the desired outcomes.
• The success of a recommended, well written and planned
curriculum depends on the implementations.
Evaluates the Curriculum (Evaluator)

• The teacher assesses the learners whether the learning outcomes


are achieved or not.
• Assessed
• Check if the intended learning outcome is achieved.
Teacher as a Curricularist!

Teacher as a Knower, Writer,


Planner, Initiator, Innovator,
Implementor and Evaluator of
the Curriclum.

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