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    Teacher As A Circularist

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    The document discusses the role of teachers as curricularists. It identifies seven roles teachers play in developing and implementing curriculum: as a knower who masters the curriculum's content; as a writer who documents lessons and materials; as a planner who designs curriculum maps and schedules; as an initiator who pilots new approaches; as an innovator who creatively adapts curriculum; as an implementor who teaches the curriculum; and as an evaluator who assesses the curriculum's effectiveness. It also describes four approaches to presenting curriculum content: topical, conceptual, thematic, and modular.

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    The document discusses the role of teachers as curricularists. It identifies seven roles teachers play in developing and implementing curriculum: as a knower who masters the curriculum's content; as a writer who documents lessons and materials; as a planner who designs curriculum maps and schedules; as an initiator who pilots new approaches; as an innovator who creatively adapts curriculum; as an implementor who teaches the curriculum; and as an evaluator who assesses the curriculum's effectiveness. It also describes four approaches to presenting curriculum content: topical, conceptual, thematic, and modular.

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    The document discusses the role of teachers as curricularists. It identifies seven roles teachers play in developing and implementing curriculum: as a knower who masters the curriculum's content; as a writer who documents lessons and materials; as a planner who designs curriculum maps and schedules; as an initiator who pilots new approaches; as an innovator who creatively adapts curriculum; as an implementor who teaches the curriculum; and as an evaluator who assesses the curriculum's effectiveness. It also describes four approaches to presenting curriculum content: topical, conceptual, thematic, and modular.

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    Teacher As A Circularist

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    The document discusses the role of teachers as curricularists. It identifies seven roles teachers play in developing and implementing curriculum: as a knower who masters the curriculum's content; as a writer who documents lessons and materials; as a planner who designs curriculum maps and schedules; as an initiator who pilots new approaches; as an innovator who creatively adapts curriculum; as an implementor who teaches the curriculum; and as an evaluator who assesses the curriculum's effectiveness. It also describes four approaches to presenting curriculum content: topical, conceptual, thematic, and modular.

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    The Teacher as a Curricularists

    The Teacher as a Curricularists

    Curricularist ???
    Curricularists in the past, are referred only to those who developed curriculum
    theories.
    Curriculum specialist
    A person who is involved in curriculum knowing, writing, planning, implementing,
    evaluating, innovating and initiating designated as curricularist.
    The Teacher as Curricularist???
    1. knows the curriculum
    Learning begins with knowing. As a teacher one has to master what are included in
    the curriculum.
    It is acquiring academic knowledge either formal or informal.
    It is the mastery of the subject matter.
    Knower
    2. writes the curriculum
    A classroom teacher takes record of 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 a curriculum writer or reviewer.
    Writer
    3. plans the curriculum
    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 of the curriculum.
    The teachers takes into consideration several factors in planning a curriculum. These
    factors include the learners, the support materials, time, subject matter or content, the
    desired outcomes, the contexts of the learners among others.
    Planner
    4. initiates the curriculum
    In cases where the curriculum is recommended to the schools from educational
    agencies for improvement of quality education, the teacher is obliged to implement.
    There will be many constraints and surely difficulties in doing things first or leading,
    however, a transformative teacher will never hesitate to try something novel and
    relevant.
    Initiator
    5. innovates the curriculum
    Creativity and innovation are hallmarks of an excellent teacher.
    Innovator
    6. implements curriculum
    well written and planned curriculum depends on the implementation.
    Implementor
    7. evaluates the curriculum
    Evaluator

    Ways of Approaching a Curriculum


    To approach it as content or a body of knowledge to be transmitted.
    To approach of product or the learning outcomes desired of learners.
    To approach it as a process or what actually happens in the classroom when the
    curriculum is practiced.

    Curriculum as a Content or Body of Knowledge

    If curriculum is equated as content, then the focus will be the body of knowledge to
    be transmitted to students using appropriate teaching method.
    All curricula have content regardless of their design or models. The fund of
    knowledge is the repository of accumulated discoveries and inventions of man from the
    explorations the earth and as products of research.

    Four ways of presenting the content in the curriculum;


    1. Topical Approach
    Where much content is based on knowledge and experiences are included.
    2. Concept Approach
    The fewer topics in clusters around major and sub concepts and their interaction, with
    relatedness emphasized.
    3. Thematic Approach
    Combination of concepts that develops conceptual structures.
    4. Modular Approach
    Leads to complete units of instruction.
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