2025 IJRSE – Volume 14 Issue 1
Available Online: 1 February 2025
Author/s:
Ramos, Allan
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College, Philippines (blue_chatter2710@yahoo.com)
Abstract:
Analysis on the content of a curriculum is a pivotal undertaking to ensure that its contents are still relevant in addressing the needs of the students. One way of doing this is scrutinizing the contents of the syllabus were essential information such as topics, teaching and learning strategies and ways of assessment are enclosed therein. Also, the TOS and TQ’s were essential, as well. At this juncture, the study was undertaken to analyzed the contents of the those documents which includes the following findings: Majority of the verbs used in stating the Intended Learning Objectives (ILO) belongs the Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) category; the limited number of learning activities subjects and offers varieties of assessment tasks and utilizes only a handful number of assessment tasks; non – major and specialization course conducts summative exams that belongs to middle and high order thinking skills and conducts examination that only measures the cognitive domain and not the psychomotor domain; and most belong to the lower order thinking skill; respectively; furthermore; traditional paper and pencil types of examinations/test items were furnished test types. Almost of all of the courses analyzed were not aligned in the four (4) variables used, presented in the two documents which were the Syllabus and the TOS and TQs, respectively; and an activity called “Project Well Re-Structured Instruction Through Enhancement Sessions (WRITE)” was conceptualized and develop to a retooling tool in enhancing syllabus and TOS documents.
Keywords: systematic literature review, action research, research gaps, research agenda, research framework, curriculum, learning outcomes, retooling workshop
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.24115
Cite this article:
Ramos, A. (2025). Content analysis of the Bachelor of Technical-Vocational Teacher Education’s curriculum: Basis for retooling workshop. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 14(1), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.24115