1. OBE became the fundamental philosophy of higher education in the Philippines lately.

All curricula including that of teacher education will be anchored on the concept of OBE
in terms of course designing, instructional planning, teaching and assessing students
learning.
Question: what does the OBE stands for?
Answer: Outcomes-Based Education
Reference: Bilbao P., Corpuz B., Dayagbil F. (2014). Curriculum Development for teachers
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2. There are three commonly used approaches to curriculum design. These approaches are
subject-centered curriculum, child-centered curriculum and subject-centered
curriculum.
Question: what is this approach that conceived as the framework in which the child is guided
toward maturity within the context of the social group?
Answer: Problem-Centered Curriculum
Reference: Andres T., Francisco F. (1989). Curriculum Development in the Philippine Setting.
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3. Curriculum development is defined as the process of selecting, organizing, executing, and
evaluating learning experiences on the basis of the needs, abilities, and interests of
learners and the nature of the society or community.
Question: it is a place or workshop where curriculum materials are gathered or used by
teachers or learners of curriculum.
Answer: Curriculum Laboratory
Reference: Andres T., Francisco F. (1989). Curriculum Development in the Philippine Setting.
National Book Store
4. In organizing the staff for curriculum improvement, one of the first steps is usually that
of dividing the entire staff, they meet regularly to study and evaluate school practices.
Question: what do you call them?
Answer: Curriculum committee
Reference: Aquino G. (1971). Curriculum Development: Principles and Techniques.
Alemar Phoenix Publishing House Inc. Quezon City.
5. Curriculum designers need to enhance the recommended curriculum and propose
curricular innovations to respond to the changing landscape in education regionally and
globally.
Question: what Republic Act that also known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013?
Answer: Republic Act 10533
Reference: Bilbao P., Corpuz B., Dayagbil F. (2014). Curriculum Development for teachers
Lorimar Publishing Inc. Quezon City
6. There is the curricular emphasis that the school which defends on purpose through the
tenets of scholasticism and two schools of thought predominated throughout the
history of curriculum development.
Question: what school that considers the curriculum as something rigid consisting of
discipline subjects and all learners as much the same and it aims to fit the learner into the
existing social order and thereby maintain the status quo.
Answer: Essentialist School
 Reference: Andres T., Francisco F. (1989). Curriculum Development in the Philippine Setting.
National Book Store
7. April 16 to May 12, 1956, there were thirty-eight delegates to the workshop and they
came from different school divisions throughout the country, its primary objective was
to develop skill, insight, and general know-how in the preparation of learning units
which would enable the participants to translate socio-economic problems into
teaching materials based on local resources and intended for classroom use.
Question: where was the first curriculum writers workshop conducted?
Answer: Baguio City
Reference: Aquino G. (1971). Curriculum Development: Principles and Techniques.
Alemar Phoenix Publishing House Inc. Quezon City.
8. Reading materials would tell us that curriculum development started when Franklin
Bobbit (1876-1956) wrote the book “The Curriculum”.
Question: who is this historical founder said that curriculum should develop the whole child. It
is a child-centered.
Answer: Harold Rugg (1886-1960)
Reference: Bilbao P., Corpuz B., Dayagbil F. (2014). Curriculum Development for teachers.
Lorimar Publishing Inc. Quezon City
9. The selection and organization of the content and learning experiences of a curriculum
involve criteria other than objectives, such as their validity and significance, the making
of proper distinctions between the various levels of content, and decisions about the
level of development at which to introduce it.
Questions: what is this systematic arrangement of content and educational learning
experiences for the effective employment of human and material resources for the attainment
of educational objectives?
Answer: Curriculum organization
Reference: Andres T., Francisco F. (1989). Curriculum Development in the Philippine Setting.
National Book Store
10. Curriculum development is a dynamic process involving many people and procedures. A
change for better means alteration, modification or improvement of existing condition
and to produce positive changes, development should be purposeful, planned and
progressive.
Question: In the model of curriculum development, it is consider the school vision, mission and
goals?
Answer: Curriculum planning
Reference: Bilbao P., Corpuz B., Dayagbil F. (2014). Curriculum Development for teachers

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