Content analysis of the K to 12 Junior High School Geography curriculum in the Philippines

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creativework.keywordsContent analysis; human–environment relations; issues-based approach; political ecology; school geography curriculum; Social Studies
dc.contributor.authorDizon, Arnie G.
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-10T08:13:59Z
dc.date.available2026-09-10T08:13:59Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionFull text
dc.description.abstractThis study is a content analysis of the K to 12 Junior High School Geography curriculum of the Department of Education in the Philippines. The First Quarter competencies of Grade 7–10 were categorized and coded to determine the orientation of the curriculum in terms of curricular approaches. Then, themes from evidence of curricular approaches were used to align approaches with sub-disciplines and allied disciplines of geography. Findings show that Grade 7 and 8 have traditional orientation due to the domination of anthropocentric, factual, and determinist approaches into the curriculum. Grade 9 and 10, on the other hand, have contemporary orientation as these are dominated by the issues-based approach. This means that students have low-level thinking skills and have probably developed negative attitudes toward human, physical, and environmental geography in Grade 7 and 8. Students are then ill-prepared to appreciate complex concepts in political ecology when they proceed to Grade 9 and 10. This implies the need to have a stand-alone geography subject in the Junior High School that employs an issues-based approach, which emphasizes concepts and processes in political ecology. This is to provide students with extensive knowledge and critical understanding on the dynamics of human–environment relations.
dc.identifier.citationDizon A. G. (2022). Content analysis of the K to 12 Junior High School Geography curriculum in the Philippines. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 31(2), 152-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2021.1907057
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2021.1907057
dc.identifier.issn10382046
dc.identifier.urihttps://lakasa.dmmmsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/2491
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.sdgSDG 4
dc.sdgSDG 13
dc.sdgSDG 11
dc.subjectEducation, Secondary
dc.subjectJunior high school students
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subject.ddcGeography--Study and teaching
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Secondary--Curricula
dc.subject.lcshCurriculum planning
dc.subject.lcshEcology--Study and teaching
dc.subject.lcshSocial sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)
dc.titleContent analysis of the K to 12 Junior High School Geography curriculum in the Philippines
dc.typeArticle
oaire.citation.endPage168
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage152
oaire.citation.volume31
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