Week 2
Science Framework for
Philippine Basic Education
Lesson Outcomes
1. Describe the Science Framework in the K-12
2. Discussed the framework relative to each grade
Level
The “Science Framework for Philippine Basic Education”
contains resources that will help curriculum developers, teachers,
school administrators and policy makers to design and implement
science curricula that empower students to “learn to learn” and
cause them to better understand and use science in their everyday
life. The strategies consider only Grades 1-10, however, because of
the progressive nature of the concepts, curriculum development
could easily be extended to cover K-12.
Science is important to everyone. School science education should support the
development of scientific literacy in all students as well as motivate them to pursue careers
in science, technology, and engineering. These statements were drawn from a series of
consultation meetings and focus group discussions with different sectors of society held in
2006: industry, university, scientists, parents, teachers, school administrators, community
leaders, media, students, and many others.
Importance of the School Science Education
1. Science is useful because of its link to Technology and Industry
2. Provide ways of making sense of the world systematically
3. Develop students’ scientific inquiry skills values and attitudes
4. Develop curiosity, and honesty and habits of mind including
critical thinking.
5. Science is also important for the nation’s cultural development
and preservation of cultural identity.
Challenges in Science Education: Philippines Context
Some Filipino students have gained recognition for their high level of
accomplishments in the International Science and Engineering Fair, Robotics
Competition, and Physics Olympiad, to name a few. There are also reports of
students in far-flung rural schools scoring much higher than the international
mean in the case of the Third/Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study (TIMSS) or have gone beyond the 75% mastery level in the
case of the National Achievement Test (NAT).
The Philippines’ Grades 1-10 Science Curriculum envisions the development
of scientifically, technologically, and environmentally literate and productive
members of society. They must possess effective communication and
interpersonal and life- long learning skills as well as scientific values and
attitudes. These skills will be acquired through a curriculum that focuses on
knowledge relevant to real world and encompasses methods of inquiry. These
will be implemented in a learning environment that promotes the construction of
ideas and instills respect for others.
What is in the Framework
The curriculum framework is the overall structure for
organizing learning and teaching. It ensures that learning
experiences provided to students are commensurate with
their abilities at different stages and with their ways of
perceiving and learning about the world. The framework is
not the curriculum itself. Rather, it is a skeleton that
provides the basis for a strong, organized, and cohesive
curriculum.
The Framework includes the core content that describes the
major science concepts that all students are expected to learn to
become scientifically literate as well as the competencies that
indicate what students should be able to do and demonstrate at
the end of Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8 and Grade 10. As
such, it is envisioned to provide a common curriculum direction so
that a more even spread of curriculum support materials are
developed and professional development aligned with curriculum
change are implemented to the advantage of Filipino students.
Component 1: Inquiry Skills
Science is a way of thinking about and investigating the world in which we live.
This component addresses those skills scientists use to discover and explain
physical phenomena. These skills include asking questions about the world,
designing and conducting investigations, employing different strategies to obtain
information, and communicating results. Activities such as scientific investigations,
experiments, project work, field work, group discussion, and debates allow
students to be actively engaged in the
following processes.
These inquiry skills are summarized in the following chart
Component 2: Scientific Attitudes
Another component of the Science Curriculum Framework involves the
development of certain attitudes in learners. These refer to values and habits of
mind which are especially important in science and are necessary if students are
to become lifelong learners and productive citizens. Such attitudes should be
developed from Grade 1 up to Grade 10 as they are crucial in helping students
appreciate the pleasure of learning to learn and to reduce their dependency on
transmission of knowledge.
Critical Thinking. Development of inquiry skills contribute towards
development of critical thinking in learners. Critical thinking skills are not
taught directly. They are developed through inquiry activities that students
engage in and through their attempts to explain the outcomes of their
investigations using evidence and logical argument. When making
comparisons, they learn to recognize when a comparison might be unfair
because the conditions were not
kept the same.
Let’s Find Out
Answer the Following questions;
1. What are the most important knowledge, skills and Valued that I
learned
2. What else do I need to learn to understand the Science Framework for
K-12?
3. As a future teacher what will I do with what I know?
Reference-
http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/images/downloads/publ/sei_sci
basic.pdf
