A group of teachers on Monday expressed alarm over the draft K-12 curriculum being proposed by the Department of Education, which would merge social studies with Mapeh. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
DepEd, which conducted last year a review of the current curriculum with the aim of producing more job-ready graduates, said last week that one of the proposed revisions was the introduction of Sibika, Kultura, Kasaysayan at Kagalingang Pangkatawan or Sikap as a new learning area for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Aside from the introduction of Sikap, another main feature of the revised curriculum was the “focus on big ideas” in response to DepEd’s study which showed that the overcrowded and congested curriculum prevented learners from fully grasping and understanding different concepts.ACT said it supported the initiative to decongest the curriculum but said that the proposed changes could possibly weaken the “ingraining of nationalism” in Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
At the same time, he criticized the proposal to introduce the English language at an earlier time, saying it would “mess up” the logical transitory framework of the mother tongue as the first language in learning, Filipino as the second language and English as the third. “Mother tongue should continue to be taught as a subject and the DepEd should rectify its errors in the problematic implementation of the mother tongue program,” Quetua said, adding that all subject areas must be designed to incorporate the development of literacy skills.
As a homeroom class adviser, Sarmiento is responsible for teaching all subjects to her class.“We need to integrate to maximize the allotted time for learning,” she said in a phone interview, adding that nationalism and patriotism could still be instilled in students through Sikap.
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