A hand out for Educ 7 for the topic: Stakeholders in Curriculum.

1. PREPARED BY:ROQUI MABUGAY GONZAGA DAT E: October 8,2016
Stakeholders in Curriculum
I. What is stakeholders?
 Stakeholders are individuals or institutions
that are interested in the school curriculum.
 Their interests vary in degree and
complexity. They get involved in many
different ways in the implementation,
because the curriculum affects them directly
or indirectly.
II. Who are the stakeholders?
 Learners
 Teachers
 Curriculum managers and administrators
 Parents
 Community members
 Other stakeholders
III. Stakeholders in Implementation of
the Curriculum
1. Learners at the Center of the
Curriculum
 The learners are the very reason a curriculum is
developed. They are the ones who are directly
influenced by it.
 Learners in all levels make or unmake the
curriculum by their active and direct
involvement.
2. Teachers as Curriculum Developers
and Implementers
 In teaching and learning process, the other side
of the coin is the teacher.
 Most curricula start to gain life from the time it
is conceived and written.
3. Curriculum Managers and
Administrators
 In school organization, there is always a
curriculum manager or school administrator. In
fact, for school principals, one of their functions
is being a curriculum manager.
4. Parents as Supporter to the
Curriculum
 Parents would be willing to pay the cost of
educating their child for as long as their children
get the best learning or schooling experiences.
 “My child and my money go to this school.”
How do parents shape the curriculum and
why are they considered as stakeholders?
1. Effective parental involvement in school
affairs may be linked to parent
educational program which is central to
high quality educational experiences of
the children.
2. Parent’s involvement extends from the
confine of the school to the home.
3. In most schools the Parent Association
is organized
5. Community Members as Curriculum
Resources
 The success in the implementation of
the curriculum requires resources.
 The community members and
materials in the existing local
community can very well substitute for
what are needed to implement the
curriculum.
 The whole community can serve as
curriculum resource thus; each
member has a great stake in the
curriculum implementation.
6. Other Stakeholders in Curriculum
Implementation
a. Professional organizations
 have shown great influence in school
curriculum.
 Some of these organizations are those of
each profession, like teachers’
organization, lawyers’ organization,
medical doctor’ association, engineers’
organization and many others.
b. The government
 has a great stake in curriculum
implementation.
 represented by the Department of
Education (DepED) for basic education
curricula ;
 The Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) for the tertiary and graduate
education curricula.
 This two government agencies have
mandatory and regulatory powers over
the implementation of the curricula.
c. Professional Regulation
Commission
 The third agency that has high stake in
school’s curricula, because graduates of
the different tertiary degrees must be
certified as professionals.
d. Supreme Courts
 has professional bar exam to certify
lawyers and Philippine Medical
Association through its medical board
exams for Licensure Examination for
Doctors.