Trends and Issues in Home Economics Education A. What are the innovations in Home Economics Economics Education? Education? In K to 12 program, specifcally in Technology and Livelihood Education subject in Juni Junior or high high sc scho hool ol is gear geared ed toa toarrds the the tech techno nolo logi gica call prof profci cien ency cy and is anchored anchored on !noledge !noledge and in"ormatio in"ormation, n, entrepr entrepreneur eneurial ial concepts concepts and process process and delivery, or! values and li"e s!ills# $ne o" the felds that it encompasses is %ome Economics# &nder the home economics are 'read and (astry (roduction, )oo!ery, *ail )are, Tailoring and +ressma!ing, %ousehold ervices# •
TLE E-ploratory )ourses
TLE in .rades / and 0 are e-ploratory in nature# na ture# our our school ill choose at least "rom the list o" 2 courses "or hich 23 Learning 4odules have been prepared#1our school5s choice is determined by the availability o" its resources 6"aculty and "acilities7 as ell as the local needs and resources o" the community# The 2 TLE e-ploratory courses "ocus on "our basic common competencies8 17 use and and main mainte tena nanc nce e o" tool tools s and and e9ui e9uipm pmen ent: t: 27me 27mens nsur urat atio ion n and and calc calcul ulat atio ion: n: 37 occupation occupational al health health and sa"ety sa"ety procedur procedures, es, and 7 preparati preparation on and interpr interpretati etation on o" technical draing# •
Learning 4odules and Lessons
There is a Learning 4odule "or each e-ploratory course# I" there are 2e-ploratory courses then you have 2 Learning 4odules in your hands# 'ut you ill use 4odules only only "or "or the the enti entirre year year in .rad .rade e / and and anot anothe herr 4odu 4odule les s in .rad .rade e 0# In thes these e e-ploratory courses, you are e-pected to integrate Income .enerating (rojects 6I.(7 to help help your your studen students ts earn earn hile hile they they learn learn## Each Each Lear Learnin ning g 4odul 4odule e consis consists ts o" to ; Lesson Lessons2# s2# The Lesso Lessons ns are are "ocuse "ocused d on the to ; common common compet competenc encies ies## To avoid avoid meaningless repetition repetition o" the teaching o" the ; common competencies, e have to teach them in the conte-t o" the TLE course# in beauty care hen you are teaching the course on 'eauty )are# ou teach the same competencies ? use and maintenance o" tools?in 'read and (astry (roduction (roduction but in the conte-t o" 'read and (astry (roduction and so your tools ill not be entirely the same# +efnitely, there are some tools that are common to all the courses#
New Feature on the Teaching of TLE What’ What’s s new in the teach teaching ing of TLE in the K to 12 curric curriculu ulum? m? In the K to 12 curriculum, curriculum, the TLE courses are taught based on the learning outcomes and per"ormance criteria criteria stated on the Training raining @egulations egulations 6T@7 "rom "rom Technical echnical Education Education and !ills !ills +evelopment Authority 6TE+A7# They are T@?based# Why is this this necess necessary ary? ? To To prepare the K to 12 graduate "or lucrative or!, heBshe must earn a *ational )ertifcate 6*)7 I, II or even an *) o" a higher level that is re9uired by industries# This heBshe earns a"ter passing an assessment given by TE+A#
HOME EONOMI ! "#EA$ AN$ %A&T#' %#O$(TION )E*+,orator- CTD. on K to 12 )urriculum .uide version January 31, 2F12 / ample How can you ensure that the K to 12 high school student (Grade to 12! "ass TE#$% assessment and o&tain an '? 'y seeing to it that you teach the TLE course in accordance ith the per"ormance criteria and learning outcomes laid don in the TE+A Training Training @egulations# @egulations#
$o the e)"loratory courses ena&le the high school student to earn already an '? *ot yet# )ompletion o" the e-ploratory courses maynot yet 9uali"y a high school student to ta!e an assessment "or an *)# Instead, it helps himBher earn a )ertifcate o" )ompetency 6)$)7 at least in .rade G that ill lead eventually himBher to an *)# In short, the )$) paves the ay to the earning o" an *)# tudent5s choice o" TLE specialiHation begins in .rade G A"ter having been e-posed to an array o" TLE courses during the e-ploratory phase in the frst to years, the student ill be most benefted, i" in .rades 1F, 11, or 12 heBshe continues ith a TLE course in hich heBshe already has a )$)# In that ay, heBshe ill get an *) "aster# A/out the Learning Modu,e 1* $esign of the +odule a# The 4odule is designed to be a teacher?assisted learning !it or a sel"?learning !it on competencies that a .rade / TLE ought to possess# It e-plores the course on A9uaculture hich helps your student earn a )ertifcate o" )ompetency in .rade G hich leads to a *ational )ertifcate Level I B II 6*)I B II7 in .rades 1F, 11 or 12# b# The Learning 4odule is made up o" to ; Lessons based on the competencies# Each Lesson contains the "olloing8 17 Learning $utcomes 27 (er"ormance tandards 37 4aterialsB@esources 7 +efnition o" Terms ;7 Dhat +o ou Already Kno 7 Dhat +o ou *eed to Kno /7 %o 4uch %ave ou Learned 07 %o +o ou Apply Dhat ou Learned G7 Dhat Is our core 1F7 @e"erences There are some TLE 4odules hich have a section on =%o +o ou E-tend our Learning> This section is meant "or enrichment# It isusually given as an assignment "or not everything can be taught and done in the classroom given the limited time# c# The &e,f0chec1 given a"ter the pretest and in"ormation sheetBs can also serve as the posttest o" the lesson#
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,arts of the Lesson* ?The "olloing e-plain the parts o" each Lesson and describe hat your students5? as ell as your tas!s are#
". riti2ue The +epartment o" Education has a very nice vision "or the "uture s!illed or!ers o" our country# 'ut in reality it is very hard to attain that vision because o" the "olloing reasons: •
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The physical properties such as buildingsB classroom, "acilities, tools and e9uipment etc## are not yet sucient "or the number o" learners# Teaching and Learning modules are not yet fnal and completed# Truly trained teachers ho can help and guide the students ell# Knoledge and readiness o" the parents and students about this program#
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