LEARNING DELIVERY OPTION: NEW NORMAL TEACHING
The flagship program of the Department of Education in the
height of COVID 19 is her Learning Continuity Plan (LCP). This is into the single outlook of Sec. Leonor Briones,
“Education must Continue.” Pushing forward this transitional agenda is not easy for
what we have now is one of a kind in a century. A working plan must be carefully
prepared responsive to the variant needs across future situation adjustment. Hence,
the possibility of conducting classes like the way teachers were is risky, delivery
options are sought in response to the new needs of the new normal teaching.
There are five learning delivery options available for the
school heads to choose from upon the recommendation of their teaching force.
These are the following: blended learning, distance learning, homeschooling, apprenticeship
and face-to- face.
Blended learning is a hybrid approach emerging from the traditional
classroom teaching (Face-to-face), modular independent learning approach and
the online teaching approach.
The key implementation features of this learning program are:
limit the face-to-face learning delivery, afford social distancing, and significantly
reduce the volume of people outside the home at a given time.
Distance learning is a learning program appropriate for
independent learners. This could be best achieved under the supervision of their
parents or guardians in an educational platform.
The key implementing features of this learning program are: learning
delivery is online through an educational platform, learning delivery through educational program on TV and radio, and delivery using the
prepared modules.
Homeschooling is a
learning delivery program which provides learners with equal access to quality
basic education at home to be facilitated by qualified parents, guardians,
tutors who have undergone relevant training.
The key implementing features are: First, families can educate
according to their personal faith, philosophy, and values. Second, learning schedules may be adjusted to fit family schedules and
circumstances.
Apprenticeship is a learning program which provides Senior
High School learners the opportunities to
actually immerse themselves in the workplace situations under the supervision of
a certified practitioner.
The key implementing features are: Appropriate only to Senior
High School students with their TVL specialization who could learn through work engagement.
Senior High School learners that are ready for onsite learning under the
supervision of the onsite and teacher
supervisor.
Face-to-face learning is the traditional learning approach and environment that requires
students and the teachers to be both
physically present in the classroom.
The key implementing features are: Opportunities for active engagement and participation, Immediate feedback, Socio-emotional development of learners.
The appropriateness of a learning delivery of a school would
be dependent on the following: a) the profile of the learners as to their learning readiness (dependent
or independent learner) b) availability
of technology, c) availability of the required tools and equipment, d)
availability of the printed modules, and e) the readiness of the teachers to
manage these learning delivery options.
Responding in the new normal situation is not really easy. No
one could claim preparedness. We are all caught by surprise. To hit a
better adjustment for us to go onward is a challenge. This is not only a challenge
to the authorities but to all of us. We need to endure and bravely sustain the
birth pain of this new process until the whole system and structure will be in
place.
