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GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
The Commission on Higher Education has approved a new general education curriculum for colleges and universities to implement for students graduating from the K-12 program. The new GE curriculum will be completed in one year instead of two and many current GE subjects will have been covered in senior high school. This has prompted disciplines like engineering to shorten their degree programs from five to four years. Technical panels from each discipline will decide how to adjust their individual curricula. The new GE curriculum consists of 12 subjects including Filipino history and culture. It also allows students to choose three elective subjects. The implementation of the K-12 program and shortened GE has raised issues around the impact on GE teachers and colleges over the next two years with fewer students.
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- 2. The Commission onHigher Education (CHEd) has approved the new set of mandatory general education (GE) subjects that will be taught to college students who have finished the added two years of high school under the K to 12 (Kindergarten to Grade 12) program. The new GE curriculum will be taken up for only one year (or 18 units every semester) instead of two years as currently practiced since most of the old GE subjects will already be taken up in senior high school (Grades 11 to 12). The shortened GE curriculum has prompted all collegiate disciplines, which take four to five years to finish, to revise the content and length of their respective curriculum before the K to 12 graduates enter college in 2018.
- 3. The engineering technicalpanel has already decided to shorten the course from five years to four years because of the K to 12 program. The technical panels of experts formed by CHEd for every collegiate discipline will decide whether to shorten the course, or to keep the length but add more major subjects. “The decision is not across the board. It will be discipline-based. The technical panels would make their decisions by the middle of the year since “2014 is when we hope to implement a number of things, so that means by this year we have those decisions already made
- 4. At present, collegestudents are required to take up (GE) subjects such as: • Communication • Math • Science • History • Physical education (during their first two years before they can take up subjects for their respective disciplines.) “Teachers would have to be trained in teaching the GE subjects in the new curriculum in a broader way.”
- 5. Sources involved inthe drafting said the new GE curriculum consisted of 12 subjects, including the mandatory subject on the life and works of national hero Jose Rizal. The eight GE subjects are: • Understanding the Self • Contemporary World • Purposive Communication • Art Appreciation • Ethics • Readings in Philippine History • Mathematics in the Modern World • Science and Technology (ST) and Society. The students are allowed to choose three elective subjects.
- 6. The K to12 law crafted by Congress calls for a two- year transition period where college teachers who teach GE subjects can teach in Grade 11 and 12. “They have not finalized any arrangement with higher education institutions on the fate of displaced GE teachers.. There’s no solution yet. Obviously we accept it as a problem. But K to 12 was necessary and therefore there will be some sacrifices entailed. What we’re trying to do now is to make sure those sacrifices aren’t too big” The shortened GE curriculum and the implementation of senior high school in 2016 and 2017 have raised the scenario where colleges and GE teachers will have no one in teach during those two years.
- 7. DepEd already approvedthe curriculum for grades 11 and 12 last December. Senior high school will be implemented nationwide in 2016. But the 30 high schools that piloted Grade 11 last year will see their senior high school students’ graduate in March 2014. The subjects taken up by these students should be credited when they enter college.
- 8. OPEN UNIVERSITY; ANALTERNATIVE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
- 9. The University ofthe Philippines Open University (U.P.O.U.) is a public distance learning institution and research university. Its mandate is to provide education opportunities to individuals aspiring for higher education and improved qualifications but were unable to take advantage of traditional modes of education because of personal and professional obligations.
- 10. U.P.O.U. Provides qualityhigher and continuing education to Filipinos through the distance education system. Its mission is to give its students formal qualification, as well as to develop in them the discipline and capability to become lifelong learners who are at home in today's knowledge society. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has declared the U.P.O.U. as the National Center of Excellence in Open Learning and Distance Education in recognition of its achievements in this field and its vital role in pushing the frontiers of learning in service to the Filipino nation
- 11. a. Offer throughopen and distance learning degree and non-degree programs that are responsive to the needs of learners and of the society of which they are a part; b. Develop a system of continuing education to sustain professional growth and promote lifelong learning; c. Develop and adapt delivery systems appropriate to distance learners; d. Provide leadership in the development of open learning and distance education expertise in the country and in the appropriate use of information and communication technologies of education; and e. make instructional packages accessible to various publics through collaborative arrangements, institutional agreements, and other appropriate mechanisms. The U.P. Open University aims to:
- 12. MODE OF TEACHING& LEARNING U.P.O.U. delivers its programs and courses through distance education (DE). In this mode, teachers and learners are separated by time and space. Learners study in an independent self-learning style using specially designed learning materials and resources. Teaching and learning is mediated through the use of technology like print, audio, video, and the internet. Students interact with their instructors and each other through virtual classrooms, email, and web conferencing. Almost all U.P.O.U. courses are offered through online learning mode, making them accessible to learners from different parts of the country and the world
- 13. FACULTIES OF STUDIES U.P.O.U.has three faculties of studies (or colleges), each headed by a dean: • Faculty of Education (FEd) The Faculty of Education (FEd) covers the following range of areas of study: general education, alternative education, language and literacy education, science and mathematics teaching, social studies education, and distance education. • Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) FMDS offers a range of postgraduate programs in R&D management, environment and natural resources management, land valuation and management, public management, social work, nursing, hospital administration, and public health as well as non-formal programs in entrepreneurship, health, and land valuation. • Faculty of Information & Communication Studies (FICS) FICS offers degree programs in communication, information systems, computer science, and multimedia studies.
- 14. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs • Associatein Arts • Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies • Bachelor of Education Studies The U.P. Open University offers the following degree programs: Graduate Certificate Program • Graduate Certificate in Distance Education (within the Master of Distance Education) • Post-Baccalaureate Diploma Programs • Diploma in Social Work • Diploma in Computer Science • Diploma in International Health • Diploma in Research and Development Management • Diploma in Environment and Natural Resources Management • Diploma in Land Valuation and Management • Diploma in Science Teaching • Diploma in Math Teaching • Diploma in Language and Literacy Education for Teachers • Diploma in Social Studies Education
- 15. Graduate Programs • Masterin Social Work • Master of Development Communication • Master of Distance Education • Master of International Health • Master of Land Valuation and Management • Master of Public Health • Master in Hospital Administration • Master of Arts in Nursing • Master of Public Management • Master of Environment and Natural Resources Management • Master of Arts in Education (Language and Literacy Education) • Master of Arts in Social Studies Education • Master in Information Systems • Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Biology Education, Chemistry Education, Physics Education, Mathematics Education) • Doctor of Communication Non-formal Courses/Certificates • Caring for the Special Child • Caring for the Elderly • Community Mental Health • Health Research Methods • New Enterprise Planning • Online Teaching and Learning • Organic Agriculture • Personal Entrepreneurial Development • Introduction to E-Commerce • Professional Teaching Certification • Simplified Accounting for Entrepreneurs • Continuing Professional Education Program on Land Valuation
- 16. RESEARCH U.P.O.U. conducts researchin distance education (DE) and the disciplines it currently offers. The University has spearheaded research in open and distance learning in the country. Its research in this area has delved into the following topics: DE learner profile, learning styles, and learner performance; online teaching and learning; virtual learning environments; computer-mediated collaborative learning; gender and distance education; pedagogical approaches in distance education; DE program evaluation; and management of DE. I n addition, the University has also pursued research in the following discipline- based areas: education, information and communication technology, multimedia, communication, organization and management, public policy, environment, health, and development studies. Many of these discipline-based studies have been externally funded.
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