1. The Creative Curriculum Framework is composed of How Children Learn, What Children Learn, The Parent’s Role, The Physical Environment, The Teacher’s Role and the different learning areas. Each component plays an important role in making the curriculum effective for the learners. * Philosophy – Many teachers want to know how children learn and how to respond to their needs, so they must have guidelines on how to deal with those needs.
Each individual learns in many ways and in the four corners of the classroom we encounter different learners. A classroom is like a zoo wherein different animals with different characteristics and needs are present, as what others say. Every teacher used this philosophies and theories to help them explain why each individual behave in that certain way, understand how each individual learns socio-emotionally, cognitively, and physically; help them decide on what to expect in each stage of development and how to deal with them effectively.
Goals and Objectives – Having a clear setting of goals and objectives help teachers know where they are heading with their activity and how to carry it out successfully. Through this goals and objectives they will have a guideline on what to provide in assessing the effectiveness of the curriculum and the things that they may change or add to it. * Physical Environment – Physical environment of a classroom is an important factor in the development of a child because they spend most of the time in school than in their own house.
All are affected by the environment both the teacher and the learners. Each classroom should be conducive to learning that each learner may feel comfortable to stay, explore, select, play, learn and get involved to every activity that is present and that is possible by having a complete learning areas and the materials that it should contain. * The Teacher’s Role –The teacher’s role is very complicated depending on how they handle their learners, they could make the best or the worst among them.
They make sure that every child’s needs are properly met like the hysiological need of the child, their safety, belongingness and their self-esteem that are all important to the day to day life of the child. They always make sure that both the socio-emotional, cognitive, and physical development are all facilitated and accurately assisted. Every beginning of the school year teachers’ provide a screening to parents and their child to identify who might be in need of special service because of a developmental lag or health problem. But a good teacher constantly observes his children for any signs or problems that may occur. * The Parent’s Role – Parents are the most essential people in every child’s world.
They are the first and the primary teacher who mold, motivate, influence, educate and support their child to be better individual. Everything that a child acquired before going to school is because of their parents. There are things that only parents know about their child that’s why it is essential that the teacher and the parents have the so called partnership for the effectiveness of the program that will deal with the needs of the child and that learning and growth will maintain even at home and also because of this partnership the teacher and the parents could have a pleasant relationship.
Parental inputs are considered by the teacher as the first fundamental part of information in the screening process of each child and the teacher will be the one who will inform the development or the problem that their child have. 2. Yes, I think that this Curriculum Development is applicable in the Philippine setting. And if I have a school, I would surely subscribe to it for there are lots of strategies that I could use to develop more and improve the program I’ll be having for my school to achieve its highest standard of learning that I could offer for my stakeholders.
I would surely have all the ten interest areas on my school because it is very idyllic not just for me but also for other teachers out there who wants the best for their learners. And through this areas, children can work successfully in small groups; it will also help children to share and take turns by first providing duplicates of materials and then using waiting lists or timers so children have a concrete way of knowing when they will have a turn; it can also help children work through disputes so they can learn skill in egotiating and problem solving. 3. Creative Curriculum Classroom
4. Three Schemes | Regular Curriculum| Modified Curriculum| Special Curriculum| Target Students| Regular School Children| Regular School Children with Special Needs| Children with Special Needs aimed primarily at developing adoptive skills to maximize their potential| Curriculum Contents| * Minimum Learning Competencies (MLCs) that are given by the Department of Education (DepEd) for all grade levels. K+12 Curriculum| * K+12 Curriculum| * Individualized Instruction| Programs Included| * Multigrade Class * Regular Classroom Teacher| * Sensory Training * Special Instruction in Braille reading and writing * Mathematics * Orientation and mobility training * Braille music, and * Typing| * Integration/ Mainstreaming * Resource Room Plan * Itinerant Teacher Plan * Cooperative Class Plan * Special Class Plan * SPED Center * Special Day School * Residential School * Hospital Instruction * Homebound Instruction * Community-Based Delivery System|
5. Given what I know about the Waldorf Curriculum and the Montessori Curriculum, I am more inclined to advocate the Montessori. Based on the readings and researches that I had made, Montessori curriculum has this prepared environment for children, which promotes freedom with limitations. It teaches children to learn to do things on their own, which I think is must be. Each piece of material contains a control of error which is a self-correcting possibility and this unique element allows the children to self-correct which leads to independence.
Teachers work as adults does not consist in teaching, but in helping a learner’s mind in its work of development. The relationship between learners and teachers in this curriculum is secured that’s why children are more comfortable in taking risks that enhance learning-tackling challenging tasks. And what I like most in this curriculum is many activities in its environment contribute towards resolution of conflict which is very necessary. There is a framework which specifies learning outcomes and the knowledge and skills to be learned.
It is divided into the Montessori areas of learning: (1) Practical Life, (2) Sensorial, (3) Mathematics, (4) Language, (5) Cultural Subjects (which include Geography, History, Natural Sciences, Experimental Sciences) and (6) Creative Subjects (Art and Craft, Music and Movement, Drama). The Practical Life part of the curriculum focuses on basic, everyday, real-life tasks—from dressing up to setting a table for dinner—to foster the sense of independence and coordination in children.
The Sensorial focuses on raising the child’s awareness using their senses. For example, wooden blocks arranged into stairs or towers are meant to help children note attributes such as color, size and shape. The Mathematics section of the Montessori curriculum introduces children to basic math concepts such as numeration, addition and subtraction. Concepts are presented in a very concrete way.
The Language part focuses on developing the child’s communication skills, notably reading and writing. Children learn how to draw and form letters, and associate them with phonetic sounds, among other activities. Cultural Subjects usually comprises science fields such as geography and biology as well as music and art. This part of the curriculum is designed to develop in children a curiosity of the world in which they live.
