Episode 3 "Tell Me"

Observation Report

The learning environment	Subject matter/s covered	Library and/or internet resources
The classroom is clean but not well lighted and ventilated. Some of the armchairs don't have arms. It has different posters posted on the bulletin board.	Physics	Books

Analysis

1. Why should teachers know about curriculum design?

The primary role of the teacher is curriculum planner, designer and implementer. He/she plan, design and implement a curriculum by making some lesson plans, unit plans and even yearly plans. The teacher prepares all the necessary activities to be done in the classroom.

Teacher should know about curriculum design because the teacher has a knowledge on what a curriculum must contain or covers.  They also knows the needs of the learners and especially they know the problems and concerns of the curriculum since they are the ones who are in the field.  

2.What do most principles and theories of curriculum development have in common? How is this commonality expressed or spelled out in the curriculum of the class you have observed?

Most principles and theories of curriculum development contains common aspects in the welfare of the different stakeholders in curriculum especially the learners.  This commonality was expressed in the class through the effort of the teacher to teach her students, to inculcate them the knowledge and test their learning through exercises and quizzes she made. The teacher also make sure that she teaches the students within the standards of the new curriculum.

Reflection

In learning, students need  a conducive learning environment and enough materials or resources for them to learn better. 

Teaching is not an easy job, you have to do so many things and carrying a huge responsibility on your shoulders. Being an effective teacher is very hard to achieved but with the help with the students who motivates us to teach more can make us an effective teacher. Teachers on the other hand is not only making the students learn but also they also make "how the students will learn".