FS 4

Exploring the Curriculum

FIELD STUDY
Episode 6
CHECK POINTS

Name of FS Student Jolina V. Macaranas

Course Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Mathematics

Year & Section Math 4-1

Cooperating School Dalandanan National High School

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you should be able to give some principles involved in
designing a curriculum.

Your Map
For this process, go through the following steps:
Step 1: Visit a school and choose a class to be observed.
Then arranged with the teacher that you are going to
Step 2: Take note the different learning environment
provided in the lesson plan for the specific subject area.
Generate information on the following: Objectives,
Strategies, and Assessment tools used.
Step 3: Find out whether or not strategies are aligned
with the objectives and assessment of learning. Make a
matrix of information from the observations made.
Step 4: Reflect on your FS experience and share
thoughts, insights and feelings in class.

Your Tools
My Observation Report
Name: Jolina V. Macaranas
Year/Course: Math 4-1
Name of the School Observed: Dalandanan National High School
Grade Level: Grade 7
Section: 7-Reverence
Subject Observed:
Date of Visit: August 23, 2016

Observations:
Teachers Objectives:
The students will be able to divide integers.

Describe the Strategies:

Review of the past lesson, student-centered and oral recitation.

Describe the Assessment Tools used:

Assessment tool that was used is seatwork with 5-10 items and it is symmetrical to
the examples given by the teacher.

For this episode, please use the Activity Forms provided for you below.

Objectives
(Write down
teachers
Learning
Objectives)

Strategies
(Describe
the
strategies
used by the
teacher)

Assessment
(Describe the
assessment
method/s and
tool/s used)

Remarks
(Write your
personal
judgement
on the
alignment
of
Objectives,
Strategies
and
Assessment

)
The students will be
able to divide
integers.
Participate in
classroom
discussion.

The teacher reviews

the students from
the past lessons and
then proceeds to the
concept. He gives
examples,
explanation and
answers it. While
the remaining
examples will be
answered by the
student with the
guidance of the
teacher. After that
the seat work will be
given to the
students.

The assessment tool is

seatwork with 5-10
items and it is
symmetrical to the
examples given by the
teacher.

The strategy that

was used is very
common. It should
be developed. Add
some spice like
motivate the
students and give
interesting
activities.

Your Analysis
Why do teachers need to align the objectives, strategies and assessment?
They need to align the objectives, strategies and assessment to attain the common goal
and that is the objectives. Objective is what the student must learn in a specific subject matter.
Strategies is all about the instruction done by the teacher it must be anchored on the
objectives. Lastly the assessment is used to judge what the students learn or if the teachers
instruction is effective. It is also anchored on the objectives. In attaining a goal you must to
anchor these questions what you want, how you will do it and did they learned it.

How should teachers align their objectives, strategies, and

assessment? Suggest some strategies.

Your Reflections
What has been your most meaningful experience in this episode? What makes it
meaningful to you? How could such an experience help you become a better teacher?
It is very hard to become a teacher. The future of your student lies to you. You are the
one who mold them to become a better person. You are also a second parent to them. You must
guide to the right direction. You must be a model for your students. Every wrong move that

you do will affect them in some ways. To become a teacher is not just all about teaching the
disciplines but also teaching life to your students.