10. Improving curricula
“The MELC’s will enable the
Department to focus
instruction to the most
essential and indispensable
competencies that our
learners must acquire, as
we anticipate challenges in
learning delivery.”
11. Maximizing the use of learning outside the
classroom
Closure of face-to-face classes has definitely been a huge disruption
in the school year, it has also shown that learning can continue
through distance education, especially by digital means, without
students’ physical presence in schools, even though this entails
some challenges. These challenges can affect various aspects of
education, including the student-teacher relationship that is so
crucial for student success.
12.
13. Supporting students’ independent learning
Thanks to a variety of distance-education platforms – telephone,
radio, television, email and video conferencing – many students
have been able to continue their education during the school
closure period and maintain their social connection with school.
However, many families have experienced challenges in accessing
technologies, and numerous parents have experienced difficulties in
terms of their abilities and availability to support their children in
their learning and in the use of technologies.
14.
15. Improving Reading and Numeracy Skills
In several ways, the public health crisis has hampered students'
exposure to reading and Numeracy skills. Students learning
remotely may have fewer opportunities to hold books in their hands
and practice turning pages left to right. Those learning in-person
are finding classroom bookshelves empty or limited due to safety
protocols.
But in other ways, the pandemic is allowing educators to be more
purposeful and resourceful when it comes to promoting literacy,
reading experts say.
16. Enhancing teachers’ digital skills
Given that distance education has been primarily based on the use
of digital technologies such as email, online courses and document-
sharing platforms, the crisis has highlighted the need to develop
teachers’ digital literacy.
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18. Sharing of Personal Experiences
What are the challenges you have been
encountered in your class relative to the new
normal education?
What do you do to address this challenges?
Hindi lahat ng alam natin ay tama, at hindi lahat ng tama ay alam natin. We should all become lifelong learners
A lot of challenges arises as we deal with the shifted paradigm of education.
Solution: unpacking the melc
Because of pandemic face to face classes were mot permitted.
Even the best technologies cannot completely eliminate this distance between teacher and student
“The critical variable for effective learning to happen is to invest on the teacher” Prof. clarita carlos