Country Report:  Ideal School

Philippines

Presented by

 Miss Manilyn Rose S Sotelo

Mr Romar C Dulay

IN THE future, education will accelerate full speed ahead towards the better understanding of the world and its processes. Schools will implement a kind of system similar to the following/containing the following:

* Education will be restructured and re-engineered to suit the fast paced competitive world.

* Education in the future will start by access---people will have access to sources of information through available resources using advancements in technology like virtual meetings and classes, it will not be confined in the classroom

* It will make use of technology as an indispensable tool in educating, utilizing the advantages of cyberspace for information dissemination, and tools as instructional aids and shall serve the students in their best interests.

* It will tailor the curriculum so as to suit the needs and armor students with the technical and practical know-how of many things that they will find useful and productive. Subject matter will not be limited into theoretical education but more on actual hands-on, experiments and application.

* The curriculum will be centered on individual subject matter and shall always include and incorporate technology and values, to shape an individual that is intelligent, competitive, and morally upright.

* Education will always be intended for the enrichment of individual culture and heritage.

* It will be formatted in the "step-ladder" process to follow and keep track of student development and change.

* Hopefully, it will be very accessible and free for all.

INTRODUCTION

EDUCATION is now a revolution. Fast-linked access to modern technology has brought so much advancement in our educational system today. The pre-millennium era proposed high-calibered developments that will promise technological breakthrough in the learning process. The use of computers, multi-media, superb technological instructional aids are but few to mention. Though, generally speaking, the whole world and all its nations cannot provide entirely to all its people education, we have come a long way since using the traditional word-of-mouth and chalkboard method of teaching.

Now, we use computers and surf the information superhighway to gain information about something several thousand miles away. We send mail at the touch of a button. We watch movies not only in cinema houses but also in our television sets and through our computer. We can choose from over a thousand cable channels all over the world. Now that we have all the essential tools we need to raise the standards of education, let us now define and describe the ideal education and school for the future.

THE question as to what constitutes quality and excellence in education may never be defined specifically during these changing times. What we know is that the school curriculum should be designed to provide for the students the best possible way of educating them within their capacity, expanding it,

stepping up to higher level and providing opportunities in the end. This is meant to be attained with the implementation of certain changes within the curriculum that would further the growth and development of everyone in the field of education.

However, due to the magnitude of change that has occurred, it is definite that it will change from time to time. But in the future, it can be summed as follows:

1.)Language Subjects- these are intended to balance mastery of four communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Special sessions will be intended to gain mastery of the listening and speaking skills both in the native tongue and in any language that the school might find important to help students be articulate and fluent. These can be attained when students are confident in carrying on a conversation and speaks with integrity and tact. Reading and writing will be computer assisted for these will be a collection of CD-ROMS and video tapes containing classics and contemporary selections which can be viewed in the available instructional aids. All the learning skills, whether modular, audio or visual should be within the range of the students intellect. These sessions are held in the multi-media instructional room.

2.)Information Technology Subjects- these are customized lessons having multi-media packages coupled with a rich variety of CD-ROMS collected so as to enrich all the subjects in the curriculum. The se subjects will be in partnership with the every subject. Computer technology know-how will start with the basics and will further as the students are educated with hands-on sessions for the completion of reports and other technical outputs.

A team of teachers will make this place a perfect venue to create an interactive multi-media education courseware appropriate for every year level. These subjects will make use of materials produced by advancements in technology and breakthroughs to provide for the students a first-hand experience of existing technology. To further the learning of infotech it is better if not only there is a central venue but also individual computer units and other machinery in the classroom.

The exchange of information will not be limited within the classroom but may also be through cyberspace where the same subject matter can be accessed. This will further information dissemination and shall surpass problems in geography .

3.) Science and Technology Subjects- have specialized rooms for the conduct of actual experiments only applying to standard and specific procedures. Technology will be highly emphasized as an indispensable tool in the educating process. The curriculum should see to it that general science, biology, chemistry and physics are emphasized and tackled first before going on to the higher sciences.

Also, through science, the writing of accurate observations, critical thinking, curiosity and other scientific methods are set off for the student to use in other studies. For an ideal lab to be set up, there must always a complete line of needed specimens, chemicals, contraptions and facilities doubled with several computer units and relevant supplies.

4.)Mathematics Subjects- which will include Geometry, Algebra, Statistics, Trigonometry and Calculus are not purely theoretical but more on application and hands-on that can be dopne through actual experiments, calculations and field study. The school of the future is not only confined to the classroom.

5.)Dramatic and Theater Arts and other Physical Activities- these subjects are intended as a "breather" or output for creativity and self--expression, This may include the study of the Arts, Film, Acoustics, Drama, Theater, and Sports.

This will offer an array of exposure to animation, caricature, designing, role-playing and other student activities. For sports facilities are needed to provide for the students safe and efficient activity that shall expand their ability to deal with stress, endurance, teamwork, and camaraderie. Sports involves actual hands-on and play. As for the theater, a small but complete one will do with lighting apparatuses, sound systems and the whole backdrop intended for staging creativity.

7.) Values Education, Religion and Homeroom Guidance- these subjects are intended to promote good values, strengthen family and social ties and to shape good individuals that shall embody a productive society. Students will benefit largely from their practice of courtesy , manners, conduct and social ethics.

This is a separate subject that shall enrich the students but also integrated with every other subject as well. Religion will be taught upon the students requests and should be individualized. The teachers or advisers shall be the ones to first instigate homeroom guidance as a starting point in the shaping of good moral character and traits.

We suggest the following to be included in every school’s policy:

* have an elective subject
* qualification should be based in interest not grades
* specialization of teachers
* standard teacher-student ratio
* examinations should analyzed fully before regarding it important as a general resolution
* minimum no. of students and maximum no. of electives
*periodic examinations
* updated syllables