CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELLING

MIDTERM EXAM

Strawberry Joy P. De Leon
MAED-GC

1. Identify the different sociological dimensions which are vital in the implementation
of k-12.
Educational planning cannot succeed without attention to social factors. Basically, all authors
agree that sociology of education deals with three categories of problems. First, it involves study
of relations between educational systems and the rest of society, including the economy. The
second category of problems is related to the educational system or school as a social system or
organization in itself. Third, sociology of education deals with the social aspects of the learning
process. Clearly, sociology of education is related in numerous ways to the various problems that
educational planners have to face. To learn to look for social factors and social forces and their
mutual interdependence and to view education as an integral part of a social whole is probably
the most important component of sociological sensibility and of the sociological approach to
educational planning.
Sociology, the scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their
collective aspect, sociology is concerned with all group activities: economic, social, political and
religious society. Sociologists see education as one major institution that constitutes society.
While theories guide research and policy formulation in the sociology of education they also
provide logical explanations for why things happen the way they do.
There are two theories that help the sociologist understand the educational system.
1. Consensus theory is a general or widespread agreement among all members of a
particular society.

- Shared norms and values as fundamental to society
- Focus on social order based on tacit agreement
- Social change occurs in slow and orderly fast ion
- Examine value integration in society.
- Absence of conflict is seen as the equilibrium sets on a society based on a general or
widespread agreement among all members of a particular society.

2. Conflict theory is a clash between ideas and principles of people.

- Emphasize the dominance of some social groups
- See social order as manipulation and control by dominant groups.
- Social change occurs rapidly and in disorderly fashion as subordinate groups over
throw dominant groups.
- Examine conflicts of interest and coercion that holds society together.
- Can be covert or overt.
- Focus on the heterogeneous nature of society and the differential distribution of
political and social power.
Conflict Theory has an impact in the Philippine Education System

- Schools contribute to the unequal distribution of people into jobs in society
- Powerful members best positions- less powerful groups (minority, ethics, racial,
women)- lowest rank.
The role of Education in assuming the Conflict Theory
- Education plays in maintaining the prestige, power, and economic and social position
of the dominant group in society.
Status cultures refer to groups in society with similar interest and positions in the status
hierarchy.
- Max Weber schools teach and maintain particular status cultures
- Schools are homogeneous in their student bodies.
- Education system trains individuals in specialties to fill needed positions or prepare
cultivated individuals.
How do people or an organization settle or conflict?
- Conflict theory assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or
tensions between competing groups.
- Conflicts need not be violent; it can take the form of labor negotiations, party politics,
and competition between religious groups.
- The conflict theorist are interested in how societys institutions the family ,
government , religion, education and the media-may help o maintain the privileges of
some groups and keep others in subservient position emphasis on social change and
redistribution of resources makes conflict theories more radical and activist
- The consensus theory is a sociological perspective or collection of theories, in which
social order and stability social regulation form the base of emphasis.
- It is concerned with the maintenance or continuation of social order of society in
relation to accepted norms, values, rules and regulations of society.


The proponents of consensus and conflict sociological and social theories are:
- Karl Marx
- Emile Durkheim
- Max Weber
- Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton
- Louis Althusser and Ralph Dahrendorf
- Herbert Mead and Herbert Blumer

Structural Functionalism
- States that society is made up of various institutions that work together in cooperation
- Parsons structural functionalism has four functional imperatives also known as AGIL
scheme.

1. Adaptation system must cope with external situational exigencies. It must adapt
to its environment and adapt environmental to its needs.
2. Goal Attainment a system must define and achieve its primary goals.
3. Integration a system must regulate the interrelationship of its component parts.
it must also manage the relationship among the other three functional imperatives.
4. Latency (pattern maintenance)- a system must furnish, maintain and renew both
the motivation of individuals and the cultural patterns that create and sustain the
motivation.
Parsons answer to the problem of order in structuralism functionalism
1. Properly of order and interdependence of parts
2. Self-maintaining order or equilibrium
3. Maybe static or involved
4. Nature of one part has an impact on the forms that the other parts can take
5. Maintain boundaries with their environments
6. Allocation and integration are two fundamental process necessary for a given equilibrium
7. Self-maintenance of real relationships of parts to whole
Parsons social system begins at the micro level with interaction between the ego and alter-ego,
defined as the most elementary form of the social system. He was interested in such a large-scale
components of social system as collectiveness, norms and values. Parsons was not simply a
structuralist but also a functionalist.
Structural Functionalism functional requisites of a social system
1. Social system must be structured so that they operate compatibility with other systems.
2. To survive, the social system must have requisite from other systems
3. The system must meet a significant proportion of the needs of its actors
4. The system must elicit adequate participation from its member
5. It must have at least a minimum of control over potentially disruptive behavior
6. If conflict becomes sufficiently disruptive, it must be controlled
7. Finally ,a social system requires a language in order to survive

The functionalist perspective is primarily concerned with why society assumes a
particular form. It assumes that any society takes its particular form because that form
works well for the society given its particular situation. Societies exist under a wide range
of environmental situations.
Key principles of the functionalist theory by Farley 1990

1. Interdependency- every part of society is dependent to some extent on the other parts
of the society, so that what happens at one place in society has important effects
elsewhere.
2. Functions of social structure and culture- social structure refers to the organization of
society, including its institution, its social positions and distribution of resources.
Culture refers to a set of beliefs, language, rules values and knowledge held in
common by members of a society.
3. Consensus and cooperation societies have a tendency toward consensus; that is to
have certain basic values that nearly everyone in the society agrees upon. Society
tends toward consensus to achieve cooperation.
4. Equilibrium- is a characteristic of a society when it has achieved the form that is best
adapted to its situation. New technology, a change in climate, or contact with an
outside society is all conditions to which a society might have to adapt.
In the analysis of living organism, the scientists task is to identify the various parts (structures)
and determine how they work (function).
In sociology, sociologist tries to identify the structure of society and how they function, hence
the name structural functionalism.
Parsons believes that education is a vital part of modern society, a society that differs
considerably from all previous societies.
Schooling performs an important function in the development and maintenance of a modern
democratic society, especially with regard to equality of opportunity for all citizens.


2.Is education really will improve the quality of life among Filipinos?
Yes for me because education in the Philippines evolved from early settlers to the present.
Education in the country is in great importance because it is Primary Avenue for upward social
and economic mobility. Philippine educational system has a very deep history from the past in
which it has undergone several stage of developing going to the present system of education.
Education from Ancient Early Filipinos
The education of pre-Spanish time in the Philippines was informal and unstructured. The fathers
taught their sons how to look for food and other means of livelihood. The mothers taught their
girls to do the household chores. This education basically prepared their children to become good
husband and wives.
Early Filipino ancestors valued education very much. Filipino men and women know how to
read and write using their own native alphabet called alibata. The alibata was composed of 17
symbols representing the letters of the alphabet. Among these seventeen symbols were three
vowels and fourteen consonants.

Educational System during Spanish Period
The educational systems of the Philippines during the Spanish times were formal. The religious
congregations paved the way in establishing schools from the primary level to the tertiary level
of education. The schools focused on the Christian doctrines. There was a separate school for
boys and girls. The wealthy Filipinos or the ilustrados were accommodated in the schools.
Colonial education brought more non-beneficial effects to the Filipinos.
When the Spanish first arrived in Manila, they were surprised to find a population with a literacy
rate higher than that of Madrid.
During the early Spanish period, most education was conducted by religious orders. The friars,
recognizing the value of the literate indigenous population, built printing presses to produce
material in baybayin

Missionaries studied the local languages and the baybayin to communicate
better with the local populations and teach Christianity.
The church and the school both worked together. All Christian villages had schools for students
to attend.
Spanish missionaries established schools immediately after reaching the islands.
The Augustinians opened a school inCebu in 1565. The Franciscans, in 1577, immediately took
to the task of teaching improving literacy, aside from the teaching of new industrial and
agricultural techniques. The Jesuits followed in 1581, also by the Dominicans in 1587, and they
started a school in their first mission at Bataan.
In 1590, the Universidad de San Ignacio was founded in Manila by the Jesuits, and following the
suppression of the Jesuits was incorporated into the University of Santo Tomas, College of
Medicine and Pharmacy.
The first book printed in the Philippines dates back to 1590. It is a Chinese language version
of Doctrina Christiana. A Spanish and Tagalog version, in both Latin script and the locally
used baybayin script, was printed in 1593.
In 1610, Tomas Pinpin, a Filipino printer, writer and publisher, who is sometimes referred as the
"Patriarch of Filipino Printing", wrote his famous "Librong Pagaaralan nang manga Tagalog
nang Uicang Castilla", which was meant to help Filipinos learn the Spanish language. The
prologue read:

Let us therefore study, my countrymen, for although the art of learning is somewhat
difficult, yet if we are persevering, we shall soon improve our knowledge.
Other Tagalogs like us did not take a year to learn the Spanish language when using my
book. This good result has given me satisfaction and encouraged me to print my work,
so that all may derive some profit from it.

In 1640, the Universidad de San Felipe de Austria was established in Manila. It was the
first public university in the Philippines. On April 28, 1611, the University of Santo Tomas was
founded in Manila as the Colegio de Nuestra Seora del Santisimo Rosario.
By the end of the 16th century, several religious orders had established charity hospitals all over
the archipelago and provided the bulk of this public service. These hospitals also became the
setting for rudimentary scientific research work on pharmacy and medicine.
The Jesuits also founded the Colegio de San Jose in 1601 and took over the management in what
became Escuela Municipal in 1859 (which was later renamed as Ateneo Municipal de Manila in
1865; today as Ateneo de Manila University). The Dominicans on their part founded the Colegio
de San Juan de Letran in 1620 in Manila.
The Educational Decree of 1863 created a free public education system in the Philippines, run by
the government. It was the first such education system in Asia. The decree mandated the
establishment of at least one primary school for boys and one for girls in each town under the
responsibility of the municipal government; and the establishment of a normal school for male
teachers under the supervision of the Jesuits. Primary education was free and available to every
Filipino, regardless of race or social class. Contrary to what the propaganda of the Spanish
American War tried to depict, they were not religious schools, but schools established, supported
and maintained by the Spanish Government.
In 1866, the total population of the Philippines was 4,411,261. The total number of public
schools for boys was 841, and 833 for girls, while the total numbers of children attending those
schools were 135,098 for boys, and 95,260 for girls. In 1892, the number of schools had
increased to 2,137, of which 1,087 were for boys, and 1,050 for girls. By 1898, enrollment in
schools at all levels exceeded 200,000 students.
Because of the implementation of public education, a new social class of educated Filipinos
arose, the Ilustrados('enlightened ones'). This new well educated middle class of Filipinos would
later lead the Philippine independence movement, using the Spanish language as their common
language. Among the Ilustrados who had also studied in Spain were Jos Rizal, Graciano Lpez
Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce or Antonio Luna, who were to lead later the cause of
Filipino self-government and independence.

First Republic

The defeat of Spain following the Spanish-American War led to the short-lived independence
movement which established the insurgent First Philippine Republic. The schools maintained by
Spain for more than three centuries were closed for a short period but were reopened on August
29, 1898 by the Secretary of Interior. The Burgos Institute (the country's first law school), the
Academia Militar (the country's first military academy), and the Literary University of the
Philippines were established. Article 23 of the Malolos Constitution mandated that public
education would be free and obligatory in all schools of the nation under the First Philippine
Republic. However, the PhilippineAmerican War hindered its progress.

American period
An improved public school system was established during the first decade of American rule upon
the recommendation of the Schurman Commission. Free primary instruction that trained the
people for the duties of citizenship and avocation was enforced by the Taft Commission per
instructions of President William McKinley. Chaplains and non-commissioned officers were
assigned to teach using English as the medium of instruction.
A highly centralized public school system was installed in 1901 by the Philippine
Commission by virtue of Act No. 74. The implementation of this act created a heavy shortage of
teachers. As a result, Philippine Commission authorized the Secretary of Public Instruction to
bring to the Philippines more than 1,000 teachers from the United States called
theThomasites from 1901 to 1902. These teachers were scattered throughout the islands to
establish barangay schools.The same law established the Philippine Normal School (now
the Philippine Normal University) to train aspiring Filipino teachers.
The high school system supported by provincial governments, special educational institutions,
school of arts and trades, an agricultural school, and commerce and marine institutes were
established in 1902 by the Philippine Commission.
In 1908, the Philippine Legislature approved Act No. 1870, which created the University of the
Philippines. TheReorganization Act of 1916 provided the Filipinization of all department
secretaries except the Secretary of Public Instruction.
The emergence of high school education in the Philippines islands, however, did not happen until
1910, caused by the rise in big businesses and technological advances in factories and the
emergence of electrification that required skilled workers. In order to meet this new job demand,
high schools were created and the curriculum focused on practical job skills that would better
prepare students for professional white-collar or skilled blue-collar work. This proved to be
beneficial for both the employer and the employee, because this improvement in human capital
caused employees to become more efficient, which lowered costs for the employer, and skilled
employees received a higher wage than employees with just primary educational attainment.
Two decades later, enrollment in elementary schools was about one million from about 150,000
in 1901, and about 100,000 in high school from less than 20,000 in 1901.

Third Republic
In 1947, by the virtue of Executive Order No. 94, the Department of Instruction was changed to
the Department of Education. During this period, the regulation and supervision of public and
private schools belonged to the Bureau of Public and Private Schools.

Fourth Republic
In 1972, the Department of Education became the Department of Education and Culture by the
virtue of Proclamation 1081which was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos.
Following a referendum of all barangays in the Philippines from January 1015, 1973, on
January 17, 1973, President Marcos ratified the 1973 Constitution by Proclamation 1102. The
1973 Constitution set out the three fundamental aims of education in the Philippines, to:
Foster love of country;
teach the duties of citizenship; and
develop moral character, self-discipline, and scientific, technological and vocational
efficiency.
On September 24, 1972, by Presidential Decree No. 1, the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports were decentralized with decision-making shared among thirteen regional offices.
In 1978, by the Presidential Decree No. 1397, the Department of Education and Culture became
the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The Education Act of 1982 provided for an integrated system of education covering both formal
and non-formal education at all levels. Section 29 of the act sought to upgrade education
institutions' standards to achieve "quality education", through voluntary accreditation for schools,
colleges, and universities; Section 16 and Section 17 upgraded the obligations and qualifications
required for teachers and administrators; while Section 41 provided for government financial
assistance to private schools. This act also created the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

Fifth Republic

On February 2, 1987, a new Constitution for the Philippines was ratified. Section 3, Article
XIV of the 1987 Constitution contains the ten fundamental aims of education in the Philippines.
It is also seen that under the 1987 Constitution (under Section 2 (2), Article XIV), only
elementary school is compulsory.
In 1987 by virtue of Executive Order No. 117, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports,
became the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. The structure of DECS as embodied
in the order remained practically unchanged until 1994.
On May 26, 1988, the Congress of the Philippines enacted the Republic Act 6655, the Free
Public Secondary Education Act of 1988, which mandated free public secondary education
commencing in the school year 19881989

On May 26, 1988, the Congress enacted the act
which made free public secondary education to become a reality.
On February 3, 1992, the Congress enacted Republic Act 7323, which provided that students
aged 15 to 25 may be employed during Christmas and summer vacation with a salary not lower
than the minimum wage. 60% of the wage is to be paid by the employer and 40% is by the
government
.

The Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) report of 1991 recommended the
division of DECS into three parts. On May 18, 1994, the Congress passed Republic Act 7722,
the Higher Education Act of 1994, creating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
which assumed the functions of the Bureau of Higher Education, and supervises tertiary degree
programs

On August 25, 1994, the Congress passed Republic Act 7796, the Technical Education
and Skills Development Act of 1994, creating the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), which absorbed the Bureau of Technical-Vocational Education plus the
National Manpower and Youth Council, and supervises non-degree technical-vocational
programs. DECS retained responsibility for all elementary and secondary education. This
threefold division became known as the "trifocal system of education in the Philippines".

2000s

In August 2001, Republic Act 9155, otherwise called the Governance of Basic Education Act,
was passed transforming the name of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)
to the Department of Education (DepEd) and redefining the role of field offices (regional offices,
division offices, district offices and schools). The act provides the overall framework for (i)
school head empowerment by strengthening their leadership roles and (ii) school-based
management within the context of transparency and local accountability. The goal of basic
education is to provide the school age population and young adults with skills, knowledge and
values to become caring, self-reliant, productive and patriotic citizens
.

In 2005, the Philippines spent about US$138 per pupil compared to US$3,728 in Japan,
US$1,582 in Singapore and US$852 in Thailand
In January 2009, DepEd signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Agency for
International Development to seal $86 million assistance to Philippine education, particularly the
access to quality education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), and
the Western and Central Mindanao regions.

Educational Decree 1863
The first educational system for students in the country was established by virtue of the
Education Decree of 1863. In furtherance, the decree required the government to provide school
institutions for boys and girls in every town. As a consequence, the Spanish schools started
accepting Filipino students. It was during this time when the intellectual Filipinos emerged. The
normal school was also established which gave men the opportunity to study a three-year teacher
education for the primary level.
From the history of the Philippine education we see the changes that happen in the education and
of course how the Filipinos change their life because of education. Many Filipinos became more
competitive around the world not only in academics but in different kind of sports were Filipinos
competing.
Thru education the perception of the Filipinos change about of what we call gender equality and
racial discrimination that happen around the world not only in the Filipinos. Before the Filipino
women were not allowed to send in school because women before was only in the house. But
because of what we called education the Filipino womens change their life and they proved that
education is not only for the men. Nowadays many women now in the Philippines become more
successful than a man. Many Filipinos now proving their self not only in the Philippines but in
the other country.
Education proving that any one of us has the right to educate either youre in the low class or in
the upper middle class and thru education many people change the way of their life.
3. Asia 2015 will be on the way. What sociological implications and limitations it will
be in the Philippine Education?

We cannot escape ASIA 2015. The world is growing smaller day by day the wonders of
technology and the efficiency of internet transactions have made it so. Global integration
will come, whether we like it or not.
The limitations that Philippine education facing today ASIA 2015 are:

1. The teachers are declining
2. Most graduates are too young to enter the labor force. Since most children start grade
1 when they are 6 years old they do not reach legal employable age of 18 when they
graduate from high school today.
3. Parents have to shell out more money (for transportation and food) for the education
of their children.
4. The government does not have the money to pay for two more years of free education
since it does not even have the money too fully support todays ten years .DepEd
must first solve the lack of classrooms, furniture, and equipment, qualified teachers,
and error-free textbooks.
5. We can do in ten years what everyone else in the world takes 12 years to do . why do
we have to follow what the rest of the world is doing? We are better than all of them
Filipinos right now are accepted in prestigious graduate schools in the world, even
with only ten years of basic education.
6. As far as the curriculum is concerned DepEd should fix the current subjects instead of
adding new ones. The problem is the content, not the length, of basic education. As
an editorial put it, we need to have better education, not more education.

4. Differentiate the sociological impacts of the old curriculum and the k-12.

Curriculum is a broad set of experiences that students go through during the entire time they are
in school. The curriculum is generally considered as the complete course path that will enable
students to attain the goals and general objectives of education. It is the learners engagement
with various aspects of the environment, which is under the direction of the school. Curriculum
empowers all students and motivates them towards lifelong learning. But because of
technological advancements, the spread of new information media and the predominance of
software and hardware devices, a schools curriculum should be enhanced. It should be
pragmatic to meet the needs of society and should conform to the actualities of the community.
A schools curriculum should be re-structured with a likely shift towards a more meaningful
course of study.It is indeed very important for an educational institution to have a balanced and
well-designed curriculum for all the programs it offers. In doing so, the institution shall have a
more stable system in undertaking its goals and mission so as to make its curricular programs
efficient and effective to its major concern the students.

Curriculum Design: Basic Concepts
Curriculum is from the Latin word that means course or run. A schools curriculum is
basically concerned with the course of study that identifies the specific goals of education for
each development stage in school. Those goals are usually stated as target competencies a
learner should achieve at a specific stage of his stay in school.

Factors that Influence the Curriculum

The world is changing so fast that in order for schools and universities cope with new
innovations,
they should keep at pace with the tempo of societal changes and technological progress. The
schools of today should participate in the educational and social revolution. Thus, the curriculum
in Philippine schools today has to be geared to the rapid societal changes and the new
responsibilities for the new breed of Filipinos. The three most important sectors of society that
give direct input to the improvement of the curriculum are the academe (institutions), the
government, and the industries (both public and private companies). Some government
institutions, such as the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of
Education (DepEd), are directly involved in upgrading the curricular programs of learning
institutions. They oversee and control the operations of schools, colleges and universities.
Engineering programs, for instance, have been guided in the past a series of government policies,
rules, and programs. For instance, during President Ferdinand Marcos administration, when the
government shifted to parliamentary form, the Ministry of Education and Culture (MECS) issued
Order No. 36 S. 1976 (the S. stands for Series) which spelled out Policies and Standards
for Engineering Education. About 10 years later, MECS also issued Order No. 42 S. 1985 titled
Revised Policies and Standards for Engineering Education. Upon Marcos deposition and the
consequent restoration of the presidential form of government under the Aquino Administration,
the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS, which was how todays DepEd used
to be called) sent out DECS Order No. 76. 1989 setting forth the Revised Engineering
Laboratory Requirements and Its Implementing Guidelines. This was supplemented in the same
year by DECS Order No. 102 S. 1989 known as the Revised Policies and Standards for
Engineering Education Later, CHED issued Order No. 16 S. 1996 which created the Technical
Panel for Engineering, Architecture and Maritime Education (TPEAME). In 1997, the Technical
Panel for Engineering (TPPE) was created thru DECS Order No. 35 S. 1997and DECS Order
No. 25 and 75 S. 1998 which provided that the TPPE shall serve as a consultative, advisory and
recommendatory body to the DECS. The CHED, through Memorandum Order No. 14 S. 1997,
laid down Guidelines for the Identification, Support and Development of Potential Centres of
Excellence in Engineering and Architecture Programs. The issuance of guidelines was
supplementedy CHED Memorandum Order No. 49 S. 1997 which set down a new Curriculum
Guidelines for Engineering Education. The government agency known as Department of Trade
and Industry also came up in the late 90s with major programs to upgrade engineering education
in the country. Two such programs were the Industry Exposure Program for Engineering
Students (IEPES) and the SMEs Academe Collaboration for Technology Innovation (SME
stands for small and medium enterprises). Industries, on the other hand, also contribute a lot for
the improvement of the curricula. Industries and companies (both public and private) give
insights regarding the specific competencies and skills needed by graduates at the workplace.
This is strengthened by the results of researches conducted by the Congressional Commission of
Education 1993 (EDCOM) which identified the problem of
mismatch between the attributes of products leaving the educational system and the expectations
of industries. The mismatch was identified as having stemmed from irrelevant curricula.


Re-structuring the Curriculum

Several colleges and universities are now beginning to shape curriculum for the future in an
attempt to address the realities and changes in the global community in the 21st century. They
have initially envisioned the future curriculum to be:

1. Computer Based. Subjects in the curriculum should be computer-based to meet the rapid
advancement of technologies. A lot of computer software is already available in the market in
almost all subjects in medicine, engineering, education, business, nursing, architecture, etc.
Current computer applications for classroom instruction vary and include:
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) uses the computer as well as a self-contained teaching
machine to present individual lessons Computer-Managed Instruction (CMI) uses the computer
to organize instructions and track student records and progress. The instruction itself need not be
delivered via a computer, although CAI is often combined with CMI Computer-Mediated
Education (CME) computer applications that facilitate the delivery of instruction and may
involve electronic mail, fax, real-time computer conferencing, and World Wide Web application.
Computers indeed can be used in improving the quality of student learning and the efficiency of
teaching. With the CD-ROM and projection facilities, the computer is used to supplement
personal teaching methods.

2. Environment Focused. The continuing degradation of the environment has captured the
attention of concerned citizens around the globe. Integration of environmental education in
selected curricular programs is very important especially for a developing country like the
Philippines. Students must become earth-friendly and commit to environmentally sound
lifestyle. They must also recognize interdependence in a global village and be prepared to
contribute to it. In 1992, President Fidel V. Ramos signed Executive Order No. 15 that answers
the call for global action on the state of the environment. He created the Philippine Council for
Sustainable Development that adopted the Philippine Agenda 21which takes a balanced and
integrated approach to development issues by incorporating sustainable development principles
and concepts aligned with the national priorities of the government.One of the strategies of
Philippine Agenda 21 is the promotion of environmental education, information and public
awareness. This strategy reinforces P.D. 1152 or the Philippine Environment Code of 1977 that
mandates the integration of environmental education into the core curriculum of all academic
levels. Agenda 21 recognizes the fact that both formal and non-formal environmental ethical
awareness, values and attitudes, skills and behaviour are consistent with sustainable
development. As in the case of the engineering program, during the July 1996 Philippine
Association of Technical Education (PATE) convention, the technical committee together with
the different Technical Panel for Engineering, Architecture and Maritime Education (TPEAME)
which serves as the technical arm of the CHED unanimously agreed to include Environmental
Engineering as one of the subjects in any Engineering Program to help develop in future
engineers an understanding of how humans relate to natural condition and to instil in them the
importance of making wise decision on the use of natural resources. As approved, a 2- or 3 unit
subject, preferably with the descriptive title Introduction to Environmental Engineering, is
offered as compulsory subjects in all Engineering programs nowadays.
Among the most popular descriptive title of the course as recommended by CHED are:
Environmental Management
Waste Management
Industrial Waste Control
Waste Pollution Control, Treatment and Disposal

The topics outlined by the TPEAME include the following:

Principles of Ecology
Sustainability Concept
Global Environmental Issues
Local and International Regulations
Environmental Impact Assessment
Water and Waste Waster Engineering
Air Pollution
Solid Waste Management
Waste Minimization
Noise Pollution
Thermal Pollution

3. Research Oriented. With the complex problems teachers face, they need to find
solutions and it is in finding those solutions that research plays an important role.
Research enables educators to identify outcomes, make predictions and establish cause-
and-effect relationships. Assigning research work to students will give them the
opportunity to learn by themselves with minimal supervision from their teachers. By
doing research, students will have a first-hand experience of applying the principles of
scientific methodology and hence make them better decision-makers in the future.
Educators are encouraged to help their students develop research attitude (Baratang,
2003) by instilling in them the so-called Problem-Orientedness attitude.

4. . Technology Enriched. The positive impact of technology is not limited to business,
government and medicine but extends to education as well. The advances in
communication and information technology is radically altering the shape and delivery of
learning throughout the world. Technological innovations have reshaped societies and
affected mens life. It is likewise revolutionizing and globalizing education to meet
business and industry needs.


5. Value Laden. Although the main focus of the curriculum is to teach students a set of
body of knowledge, educators all over the world agree that values should also be
integrated in the learning process. Inculcating values in an academic program can lead to
the development of a human being committed to the building of a just and humane
society. All academic programs should, therefore, be strengthened with values that are
worthy of perpetuation for the rebuilding of society.

6. Community-Involved. Participation in community service has become an essential
educational tool that enriches students learning experiences. It bridges the gap between the
theories learned in the classroom and the realities of life in an actual community where theories
can be practiced. Mc Elhaney (1998) stated that serving the community is not only an integral
part of the mission of institutions of higher education but also very much an actual tool of
learning as it has been observed that there are real academic learning outcomes in individuals
who participated in community service. Godwin (2001) also describes that community service is
an experiential learning and has been offered as a significant strategy to assist higher education
in producing the type of citizen needed for a healthy democracy.
7.Industry-Linked. Students are oriented to the world of work before they graduate.
Curriculums are now designed to enhance optimum individual adjustments toward self-
realization and career development. This means integrating classroom study with planned and
supervised practical experience in technological, educational or cultural activities outside of the
formal classroom environment usually in public or private enterprises.

2010s and the K-12 program
Since 2011, the country started its transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to the
K-12 educational system, as mandated by DepEd. This time, the new 12-year system is now
compulsory, along with the adoption of new curricula for all schools (see 2010s and the K-12
program). The transition shall last until the S.Y. 2017-2018, where the first graduates under the
new educational system will be brought forth.
All public schools in the Philippines must start classes from a date mandated by the Department
of Education (usually every first Monday of June), and must end after each school completes the
mandated 200-day school calendar of DepEd (usually around the third week of March to the
second week of April). Private schools are not obliged to abide by the date declared by DepEd,
but must open class no later than the last week of August.
The start of this century's second decade saw a major improvement in the Philippine education
system.
In 2011, DepEd started to implement the new K-12 educational system, which also included a
new curriculum for all schools nationwide. The K-12 program has a so-called "phased
implementation", which started in S.Y 2011-2012.
There are four "phases" during the implementation of the new system. These are:
Phase I: Laying the Foundations. Its goal is to finally implement the universal kindergarten,
and the "development of the (entire) program".
Phase II: Modeling and Migration. Its goal is to promote the enactment of the basic
education law, to finally start of the phased implementation of the new curriculum for
Grades 1 to 4 and 7 to 10, and for the modeling of the senior high school.
Phase III: Complete Migration. Its goal is to finally implement the Grades 11 and 12 or
the senior high school, and to signal the end of migration to the new educational system.
Phase IV: Completion of the Reform. Its goal is to complete the implementation of the K-12
education system.
However, during the new educational cycle, from 2016 to 2018, college enrollment could stop
or, at least, slow down because of the entrance of the lower-year students to the new educational
system.
Outline of the new system
At Kindergarten, the pupils are mandated to learn the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colors
through games, songs, and dances, but in their mother tongue; thus after Grade 1, every
student can read on his/her mother tongue.
The 12 original mother tongue languages that have been introduced for the S.Y. 2012-
2013 are Bahasa
Sug,Bikolano, Cebuano, Chabacano, Hiligaynon, Iloko, Kapampangan, Maguindanaoan,
Meranao, Pangasinense,Tagalog, and Waray.
7 more mother tongue languages have been introduced for the S.Y. 2013-2014. These
are Ibanag, Ivatan, Sambal,Akeanon, Kinaray-a, Yakan and Surigaonon.
In Grade 1, the subject areas of English and Filipino are taught, with a focus on "oral
fluency".
In Grade 4, the subject areas of English and Filipino are gradually introduced, but now, as
"languages of instruction".
Currently in high school, Physics is taught in 4th Year, but with the effect of the K12
program, these subjects are connected and integrated from Grades 7 to 10 with the use of the
spiral progression method in teaching. This will also be implemented on Mathematics.
The high school from the former system will now be called junior high school, while senior
high school will be the 11th and 12th year of the new educational system. It will serve as a
specialized upper secondary education. With the senior high school, students may choose a
specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. The choice of career track
will define the content of the subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12. Senior high
school subjects fall under either the core curriculum or specific tracks.
Core curriculum learning areas
include languages, literature, communication, mathematics, philosophy, natural sciences,
and social sciences.
Whereas there are three choices that are available to be chosen by the students or the
so-called "specific tracks". These are:
Academics, which includes three strands which are:
1. Business, accountancy, and management
2. Humanities, education, and social sciences
3. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Technical-vocational-livelihood, which specializes in vocational learning. A
student can obtain a National Certificate Level II (NC II), provided he/she passes
the competency-based assessment of the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority. This certificate improves employability of graduates in
fields like agriculture, electronics, and trade.
Sports and arts, which is responsible for educating senior high school students on
the fields of sports and arts.
Current 4th Year students in high school in S.Y. 2014-2015 are exempted in this
program.

5.Discuss the sociological advantages and disadvantages of having a class using
facebook especially its implementation in the province just in case it will be
implemented.

We need to know first the history of face book.
History of face book
Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash on October 28, 2003 while attending Harvard as
a sophomore. According to The Harvard Crimson, the site was comparable to Hot or Not and
"used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each other
at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person"

To accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into protected areas of Harvard's computer network and
copied private dormitory ID images. Harvard did not have a student "Facebook" (a directory with
photos and basic information) at the time, although individual houses had been issuing their own
paper facebooks since the mid-1980s. Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in
its first four hours online.
The site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few
days later by the Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged by the
administration with breach of security, violating copyrights, and violating individual privacy.
Ultimately, the charges were dropped. Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester
by creating a social study tool ahead of anart history final. He uploaded 500 Augustan images to
a website, and each image was featured with a corresponding comments section.
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He shared the
site with his classmates and people started sharing notes.
The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004. He
said he was inspired by an editorial about the Facemash incident in The Harvard Crimson.On
February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com.
Six days after the site launched, three Harvard seniors (Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss,
and Divya Narendra) accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing he
would help them build a social network called HarvardConnection.com. They claimed he was
instead using their ideas to build a competing product. The three complained to The Harvard
Crimson and the newspaper began an investigation. They later filed a lawsuit against
Zuckerberg, subsequently settling in 2008

for 1.2 million shares (worth $300 million at
Facebook's IPO).
Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College; within the first month, more
than half the undergraduates at Harvard were registered on the service. Eduardo Saverin
(business aspects), Dustin Moskovitz (programmer), Andrew McCollum (graphic artist),
and Chris Hughes joined Zuckerberg to help promote the website. In March 2004, Facebook
expanded to the universities of Columbia, Stanford, andYale. It later opened to all Ivy
League colleges, Boston University, New York University, MIT, and gradually most universities
in Canada and the United States.
In mid-2004, entrepreneur Sean Parker (an informal advisor to Zuckerberg) became the
company's president. In June 2004, Facebook moved its operations base to Palo Alto,
California.It received its first investment later that month from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.

In
2005, the company dropped the from its name after purchasing the domain name facebook.com
for $200,000.
In May 2005, Accel partners invested $12.7 million in Facebook, and Jim Breyer
[27]
added $1
million of his own money. A January 2009Compete.com study ranked Facebook the most used
social networking service by worldwide monthly active users.
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Entertainment Weeklyincluded
the site on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes,
remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game
of Scrabulous before Facebook?"
A high-school version of the site was launched in September 2005, which Zuckerberg called the
next logical step. (At the time, high-school networks required an invitation to join.) Facebook
expanded membership eligibility to employees of several companies, including Apple Inc. and
Microsoft.On September 26, 2006, Facebook was opened to everyone at least 13 years old with a
valid email address.
In late 2007, Facebook had 100,000 business pages (pages which allowed companies to promote
themselves and attract customers). These started as group pages, but a new concept called
company pages was planned.
On October 24, 2007, Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for
$240 million, giving Facebook a total implied value of around $15 billion.Microsoft's purchase
included rights to place international adverts on the social networking site. In October 2008,
Facebook announced that it would set up its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.In
September 2009, Facebook said that it had turned cash-flow positive for the first time.In
November 2010, based on SecondMarket Inc. (an exchange for privately held companies'
shares), Facebook's value was $41 billion; it slightly surpassed eBay's to become the third largest
American web company after Google and Amazon.com.
Traffic to Facebook increased steadily after 2009. More people visited Facebook than Google for
the week ending March 13, 2010.
In March 2011, it was reported that Facebook takes approximately 20,000 profiles offline every
day for infractions including spam, inappropriate content and underage use, as part of its efforts
to boost cyber security.
In early 2011, Facebook announced plans to move its headquarters to the former Sun
Microsystems campus in Menlo Park.
Release of statistics by Double Click showed that Facebook reached one trillion page views in
the month of June 2011, making it the most visited website tracked by Double Click.
According to the Nielsen Media Research study, released in December 2011, Facebook is the
second most accessed website in the US (behind Google).
Facebook eventually filed for an initial public offering on February 1, 2012; it is headquartered
in Menlo Park, California. Facebook held an initial public offering on May 17, 2012, negotiating
a share price of $38 apiece. The company was valued at $104 billion, the largest valuation to
date for a newly listed public company.Facebook Inc. began selling stock to the public and
trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012. Based on its 2012 income of US$5 billion, Facebook
joined the Fortune 500 list for the first time on the list published in May 2013, being placed at
position 462.

In March 2012, Facebook announced App Center, an store selling applications that operate via
the site. The store will be available to iPhone ,Android and mobile web users.
In 2012, Face book was valued at $104 billion, and by January 2014 its market capitalization had
risen to over $134 billion .At the end of January 2014, 1.23 billion users were active on the
website every month, while on December 31, 2013, 945 million of this total were identified by
the company as mobile users. The company celebrated its tenth anniversary in the week of
February 3, 2014.
On January 2014, during the week previous to the company's tenth anniversary, chief operating
officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, clarified: "He [Mark] always said Face book was started
not just to be a company, but to fulfill a vision of connecting the world".
There are two major things I have accomplished: one is that I engaged my students in their space
(social media, face book) and I taught them how to use it academically (for their own personal
gain) and secondly, I have allowed students to drive the content of the course through
collaborating and pursuing information, all the while driving one another to learn and better
articulate their opinions in open academic discussion. As long as the teacher explain to the
students the use of face book in education for me there is no wrong to implement it in the
province. the students need to be globally competitive by the use of technology they will open
their eyes and help them to followed whats new in technology especially the students comes
from the province.
Here are the list of advantages and disadvantages of using face book.
Advantages of Face book
Ask for information: Instead of trusting Wikipedia, ask the crowds on Face book. One
kindergarten teacher asked parents to research seeds and got great information about the
largest seed in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Attend remote lectures: Using Facebook, you can tune into remote lectures and
presentations from around the world.
Museums and more: Help your students follow along with local and international
museums, art galleries, exhibits, and more for enriched learning on Facebook.
Firsthand research: Students can connect with family members for genealogy
assignments, discuss issues with local celebrities and more through Facebook.
Follow politicians: If your class is studying the current election, use Facebook to follow
politicians on the local, state, and national scale. You can even ask students to interact with
the candidates, posting questions and getting feedback.
Learning games: Plenty of games are on Facebook, and many of them are actually
educational. Adopt Facebook crosswords, math games, and more as a reward in your
classroom.
Public polling: Students can research and poll friends and family members by simply
asking questions on Facebook.
Applications: Flashcards, Courses, and more offer easy ways to adopt and create learning
tools in your classroom.
Projects & Assignments
Facebook is an interesting platform for learning, and these ideas offer great ways to make the site
a part of projects and assignments in your classroom.
Rise to meet a challenge: As a class, you can participate in challenges posted by
educational outlets, companies, and more.
Book reviews: Ask students to head to Facebook to review and report on books that youve
assigned in class, sharing what theyve learned with the rest of the class.
Get support: If your school is being forced to cut a service due to budget constraints, or
your classroom needs help getting connected with a resource, head to Facebook and ask for
help.
Offer extra credit: Post extra-credit assignments on Facebook that students can quickly
take advantage of.
News gathering: Your classroom can follow journalists and media outlets on social
networks, gathering past and current news clips relevant to your latest classroom
discussions.
Documenting growth: Whether its a potted plant or a caterpillar, students can document
the growth of classroom projects through Facebook.
Teaching 21st century skills: Use Facebook to create a lesson on using social media tools
for collaboration, news, networking, and more.
Build a Facebook application: Computer science students can learn valuable skills for the
future by taking on a project to create an app that can be used on Facebook.
Ask students to create content: Have students try their hand as content creators by sharing
resources, sparking discussions, taking polls, and more.
Take on a classroom cause: Using the Causes application on Facebook, students can take
on projects that benefit the greater good.
Brainstorm: Ask students to collaborate and brainstorm on your classrooms Facebook
page.
Journal entries: Students can post regular journal entries to share with the class via a
classroom Page or Group.
Scavenger hunt: Put together a scavenger hunt kids can participate in, sharing clues and
hints on Face book.
Facebook book club: Host a regular book club gathering with your students on Face book.
A lesson in social media etiquette: Use Face book in the classroom as an opportunity to
teach students how to be safe, polite, and effective when using Facebook and other social
media tools.
Resource curation: Students can gather news links, photos, videos, and more to share on
the classroom Facebook page, creating valuable resources for the class.
Exam practice: Keep students on their toes and prepared for exams by posting exam
practice activities on Face book.
Create fake profiles: Students often love filling out their own profiles, so creating fake
ones offers great appeal. Ask students to create fake profiles for historical figures, fictional
characters, and more.
Reading summaries: After each reading assignment, ask students to post a summary of
what theyve just covered.
Broadcast school news: Ask students to be the source, taking on a classroom journalism
project to report on sports results, campus news, events, and more.
Sharing
Give students, parents, and your community something of value by sharing knowledge and
resources through the power of Facebook.
Import your class blog to Facebook: If your class maintains a blog, be sure to have it
shared on Facebook.
Ask parents to get involved: Parents can follow along as kids post their projects, and even
highlight any insightful resources they may know about.
Pet day can get a little less scary: Students with pets that are not quite appropriate for
school (like huge pythons or newborn kittens) can still participate, sharing photos of their
beloved friend at home.
Archived videos: Important lectures, slides, and more can be shared and saved on Face
book.
Document class trips: Headed to the zoo? Have your class share the tasks of taking
photos, notes, and more to share in a Facebook report on the activity.
Highlighting vocabulary: An easy and quick way to fit vocabulary review into study time
is posting words and definitions on Facebook.
Make graphs out of parent data: Ask parents about household habits, favorite animals,
and more, creating graphs in your classroom that you can share on Facebook.
Explore Questions: Facebook offers a Questions app, which is clearly useful for the
classroom and allows teachers to ask questions about photos, topics, and more with
responses from students.
Archive discussions: Facebook is a great place to link to and archive classroom slides,
discussions, and more that students can reference if they missed class or need to review.
Posting educational content: Teachers can post educational videos and links for concepts
that are currently being discussed in class.
Collaboration & Discussion
Students, educational professionals, and even parents can get together for collaboration and
discussion through Facebook.
Ask for feedback on assignments and activities: If youre not sure of a new assignment
or activity that youd like to introduce in your classroom, ask students what they think on
Facebook.
Writing workshops: Facebooks collaborative nature makes it easy for students to
participate in writing workshops with peer review and instructor oversight.
Set up a Facebook backchannel: For courses that are simply too large to allow every
student to participate in the discussion, encourage students to communicate through a Face
book discussion wall that operates during class time.
Practice foreign language with native speakers: Use Face book to connect your
classroom with speakers around the world, and get a chance to improve their foreign
language skills.
Encourage online participation: Bring quiet students out of their shell by asking them to
participate in Facebook discussions.
Create study groups: Allow study groups and group projects to easily connect with each
other within their own Facebook groups.
Take classroom polls: Need to gather classroom opinions on snack time, movie Friday, or
the next book to read? Take a poll on Face book!
Get connected with guest speakers: Use Face book to track down old students or
professionals that would make for great guest speakers in your classroom.
Students can discuss work through Notes: On Facebook Notes, students can publish their
work, tag classmates, and get feedback on what theyve written.
Connect with classes around the world: Whether its a class in your school, or a class on
another continent, Facebook offers a great way to get connected with other students.
Discuss classroom ideas with other teachers: Face book is great for connecting not just
classes, but teachers with helpful ides.
Homework help: It may be awkward for some students to call up a classmate and ask for
help on a homework problem, but posting on a class Face book wall is less intrusive, and
teachers can get involved as well.
Stay in touch with old students: Keep in touch with old students and find out whats been
valuable to them years down the road.
Classroom Management & Organization
These ideas offer great ways to enrich your classroom with personal connection, reminders, and
tools for organization.
Post events: Get your classroom event on your students calendars by creating a Face book
event. This can be used for everything from exam dates to after-school mixers.
Organize different classes into groups: If you teach any number of different courses,
keep things organized by asking students to join appropriate groups for their class.
Celebrate birthdays: Use Face book as a tool for remembering and pointing out birthdays
within your classroom community.
Familiarize yourself with students: In large classes, it can sometimes be hard to
remember each and every student. Face book makes it a little easier to connect faces and
personalities with names.
Get a record that students read what youre writing: Emails get ignored, but you can
ask students to Like important updates so that youll know they got the message.
Share positive updates: When a certain class or group does particularly well, be sure to
point it out with a Face book status message.
Save paper: Instead of handing out permission slips and flyers, post them to Facebook and
allow parents to download and print them at home.
Continue discussions on Facebook: If youre finding that an interesting discussion is
taking up too much classroom time, ask students to simply continue the discussion on
Facebook and move on.
Share last minute updates: Let students know if school is closed due to snow, if youll be
absent, and more on Facebook.
Investigate dog ate my homework claims: One professor busted a student who had lied
to her about losing Internet access (and was thus unable to work on her paper), pointing out
that she was somehow able to connect because she made several Facebook updates during
that same time.
Maintain a classroom map: Share a geography lesson and increase participation at the
same time by asking students to share their heritage, travels, and favorite countries.
Parents can learn about what kids are doing: Gone are the days when parents have to
pry information out of their kids with power tools. Now, parents can get in on the
classroom through Facebook, and spark conversations about projects theyve actually seen
already.
Ask for feedback on exams: Gauge how students think they did on exams by asking about
them on Facebook, and appropriately plan how much time youll need to grade them.
Get updates on progress: Make sure students are staying on top of their assignments by
using Facebook to ask how things are coming along.
Improve classroom participation: Keep students engaged by giving them something
productive to do on Facebook, rather than allowing them to zone out on the social site
during lectures.
Use Facebook for career guidance: Get students connected with recruiting professionals,
mentors, and more through Facebook.
School fundraising: Use Facebook to promote any fundraising activities you have in your
classroom.
Create a Facebook page for parents: Many teachers have found that parents arent happy
with their existing method of communication, whether its an online parent portal, or just
pinning notes to backpacks. Creating a Facebook page for your class offers an excellent
opportunity for parents to get involved and stay informed.
Find out what students are into: Learn about their hobbies and interests, and you just
might discover a way to bring what they love into the classroom.
Host fun contests: Host contests on Facebook that require students to participate or attend
to win, keeping kids involved in studies.
Remind students to come to class: Facebook is a great tool for reminding frequently tardy
or absent students to make it on time to class.
Finding future lessons: Paying attention to discussions on your Facebook classroom page
can help you discover great ideas for future lessons and assignments.
Stay up to date on assignments: Remind students of assignments they need to be working
on, upcoming due dates, and more with Facebook.
Tag books: Tag books for students to read easily and conveniently right on Facebook, and
even create resources to go along with the readings.
Clarify directions: If its clear some students are having trouble understanding an
assignment, use Face book to post clarified directions.
Celebrate student work: Teachers can highlight some of the best work students have done
in any period of time on Face book walls.
Apps & Groups
These Face book resources can help you when it comes to sharing documents, college resources,
books, and more.
Courses: This app will make managing your courses on Face book and beyond an easier
job to do.
CiteMe: Ask students to use the Cite Me app on Face book so that they can create properly
formatted citations.
Booktag: Share books and ask students to comment on them with the Book tag Face book
app.
Acceptly: Help guide students in getting accepted to college by using the Accept Face book
app in class.
Calendar: Make sure everyone is on the same page by sharing your class calendar through
this app.
Knighthood: Promote reading skills with this game app on Face book.
Mathematical Formulas: Math teachers can take advantage of this app, sharing formulas
and solutions with students on Facebook.
Used Text Books:Students can get connected with a Face book marketplace for books
through the Used Text Books group.
Webinairia: Use Facebook to create and host screen casts for your classroom and beyond.
JSTOR Search: Your classroom can use the JSTOR Search app on Face book to find
useful scholarly articles and research.
Homework Help: If students are stuck on a problem, they can find assistance in the
Homework Help Face book group.
Word of the Day: Use apps like Word of the Day, This Day in History, and more to create
small but fun nuggets of learning on a regular basis.
Zoho Online Office: Make face book a source for documents with Zoho, which allows you
to share and even collaborate on documents within Face book.
Notely: Get all of your classroom documents and notes organized with the help of this Face
book app for education and beyond.
Language Exchange: Help your students get connected with foreign language practice
through the Language Exchange app.
Typing Test: Help students build their typing skills right inside Face book using the
Typing Test app.
Quiz Monster: Host online quizzes through Face book with the Quiz Monster app.
Study Groups: This app was made to create the perfect environment for study groups to
connect and collaborate on Face book.
Notecentric: Encourage students to take and share notes on Face book with the Note
centric app.
Slideshare: Share presentations, photos, and other great resources through the Face book
Slideshare app.
WorldCat: Do research, share sources, and more within Face book with the help of the
World Cat app.
Hey Math! Challenge: Point students to this Face book math app to get help understanding
difficult math concepts.
Flashcardlet: Using Flashcard let, you can create your own flash cards that students can
study on Face book.
Disadvantages of face book
Face book is the most used social networking website in the world. It has many benefits but there
are many disadvantages of Face book too. These include:
Account Intrusion
It is no surprise that Face book is vulnerable to attacks, and several hackers actively alter
peoples profile information, on daily basis. There are hundreds of examples of this. Many
Facebook and ex-Face book users can tell you that they noticed change in their profile
information while they were not logged in.
Also, lots of pictures are uploaded on Face book every day. Yes, Face book does check every
upload for viruses but remember Face book or any other website cant check for all kind of
viruses, particularly those which are recently released. On opening those virus-attached pictures,
you create danger to your data and your computer.
Scams
Many hackers have similar websites to Face book. They continuously send emails to people
asking to log in to their account to check new photos of their friends, or similar message. When
the user opens the website, it looks 100% face book, and then he enters his user id and password,
not knowing that his account details are being stolen by a hacker.
Waste of Life!
One of the biggest Face book disadvantages is that it addictive or can become addictive easily.
Once you get connected with your face book friends you will realize how frequently you open
Face book and also spend so much time in commenting, viewing others pictures, playing games
or doing other stuff. Many people know drawbacks of using Face book but cant stop using it.
Many people use Face book day and night without thinking how much time they have wasted on
it, and that they could have done more important work during that time
Ruining the Professional Life
If you are applying for a new job, you know your chances of getting that job may be so much
reduced because of your social networking website profile page? Often employs search for
applicants social networking websites profile page to know more about you. Maybe you have
put some humorous picture in your profile or maybe you have entered wrong information
(maybe just for fun) in your profile. Your employer will be shocked to see all that and you will
not be given the job offer.
Cant Keep Things Personal
You obviously do not want your personal information exposed to every friend of yours or even
to public. On Facebook your personal life updates come to the notice of all your friends and
others, and so your privacy is compromised.

The gimmick factor.
Unless the use of sites such as Facebook and Twitter are incorporated into a class plan in order to
contribute towards an objective lesson aim, then it could become nothing more than a waste of
time.
Distractions.

Unless teachers properly supervise their students -- and maintain control if the novelty of
YouTube makes them too excited -- it can be difficult to follow through with a lesson based on
Internet research.
The risk of cyberbullying

Cyber bullying is rampant on social networks, and it is something teachers need to be aware of.
Social media projects may not be confined to a classroom -- and if this is the case, teachers (and
potentially parents) need to monitor student activity for any signs of bullying.

Limiting face-to-face communication.

If a balance is not maintained, then too much technological input can have a detrimental effect
on social skills that children need to learn.
The need for schools to research, understand and implement.

Educational establishments are slowly making their presence known on social media for
advertising and information-based purposes. However, it requires a good level of technical
understanding to use and maintain social media effectively.

Continual social media change.

There are constant changes to platforms themselves and their security settings -- of which
schools and teachers must keep up to date with and act accordingly.
The need to manage multiple sites and keep updated.

If schools decide to make use of these platforms, pages and profiles should be updated in order to
prevent them becoming stagnant.
The possibility of malware infections or phishing scams.

Social networks are now a breeding ground for scam artists to lure both children and adults to
exchange personal information or in order to gain access to a computer network. Educational
establishments need to be aware of this risk and monitor their usage accordingly.
The need to filter and plan.

Schools have a duty of care to their students, and as such, the use of social media platforms has
to be planned and executed appropriately in order to protect children from inappropriate
communication, images or video. Several options are available, such as YouTube for Schools.

Inappropriate content sharing or exposure.

It is important for children in school to be protected from inappropriate content; but it is also
necessary for teachers to monitor what they are sharing between themselves. It is not only a
matter of duty to students -- but protecting yourself as the teacher responsible for them.

Controlling device use in class.

Teachers have to grow eyes in the back of their heads -- and when mobile devices are used in
class, the need for continual monitoring and regulation increases.
Exposing the 'haves' and 'have nots'.

Once you introduce social media use in to a classroom, then unless the school has the facilities to
supply each student, it is sometimes the case that students are asked to bring their own device.
This in turn can highlight divides between students who can afford certain devices, and those that
cannot.