LAST DAY - CURRICULUM

Curriculum in Indonesia and Philippines

The curriculum in the Philippines is slightly different from the curriculum in Indonesia. In Indonesia we currently use an independent curriculum, where at the junior high school level there is only integrated science subject. At the high school level, grade 10 is still an integrated science. However, in grades 11 and 12 students will be grouped in science or social classes. In science class, science subjects have been separated into chemistry, biology and physics. Similarly, in social class, social studies subjects are divided into history, geography, and economics. In Indonesia, elementary school level is 6 years, junior high school is 3 years, high school is 3 years. While in the Philippines the elementary level is 6 years, junior high school is 4 years and high school is 3 years. Although slightly different, the total for compulsory schooling in these two countries is the same, 12 years.

K to 12 Curriculum - Philippines
Source: DepEd

Pancasila Student Profile in Independent Curriculum - Indonesia
Source: Kemdikbud

Based on the observations and information I learned regarding the curriculum in the Philippines, each school year is divided into 4 quarters. Currently the Philippines uses the K to 12 Curriculum. Science taught in the Philippines is not divided separately based on its disciplines as it is in Indonesia. They continue to teach physics, biology and chemistry since junior high school, only in the form of integrated science.

Based on reading books and self-modules belonging to grade 7, the material is taught through experiments. Only a few concepts are written in books or self-modules, the rest are experiments related to the topic and practice questions. I think this is quite good because students can try to immediately understand the concept better than just memorizing it. But students are not enough if they only hold on to self-modules, of course, they need other sources of information to strengthen the concept. In Indonesia, the reading book contains all the concepts that will be taught in the material, as well as practice questions. On certain topics there are examples of experiments that students can do but they are not many.

In the independent curriculum in Indonesia, when teaching we do not use lesson plans anymore but replace them with teaching modules. This teaching module is a complete learning tool ranging from lesson plans, materials, to assessment and assessment rubrics. One teaching module for one topic. In the Philippines there are daily lesson logs (DLL) and daily lesson plans (DLP). DLL is a learning plan for 1 week, while DLP is a learning plan in 1 day.