What did you learn in your

elementary education?
What do you teach?

Subject-Centered Approach Subject-Centered Approach Anchored on the curriculum design which prescribes different and separate subjects into one broad field, this approach considers the following assumptions:

 The primary focus is the subject matter. The emphasis is on bits and pieces of

information which are detached from life. The continuing pursuit of learning outside the school is not emphasized. Learning should only take place inside the classroom. The subject matter serves as a means of identifying problems in living.

Activity:
quick

interesting

smelly

magical

industrious

scared

colorful

sensitive

talkative

Visual-Spatial Verbal-Linguistic Logical-Mathematical Musical-Rhythmic Naturalist Bodily-Kinesthetic Intrapersonal Interpersonal

Types:
1. Subject Approach

o Emphasis is on the knowledge, content

or the human intellect. o traditional, textbook-oriented, teachercentered o Activities: lecture, memorization, recitation, and large group discussion

2. Discipline Approach o Similar with the subject approach as it

is content-based, but focused on one discipline o Students involvement in achieving knowledge through: dialogue, argumentation, investigation

3. Broad Field Approach/

Interdisciplinary Approach o integration of logical content o widespread in the K-12 curriculum o uses the thematic approach: finding a unifying theme or idea among the different areas o builds on a holistic curriculum

4. Correlation Approach o Separate entities or identities are linked

together while still maintaining their identities. o Classes are to be scheduled in a block of time. o Subjects correlated: Science and Math, Science and English, Filipino and Social Studies

5. Process Approach o Focus is given on the application of

o 1. 2. 3.

subject matter or how to think (learning how to learn) Barry Beyers 3-Key Thinking Strategies: Problem solving Decision making Conceptualizing

 What did you learn in your

elementary education?
What do you teach?