MAKABAYAN

(P H ILIP P IN ES )

WHAT IS
MAKABAYAN??
?
MAKABAYAN- a new learning
area that integrates several
subjects with the goal of
helping each Filipino to
develop healthy personal and
national identity.

What is said of MAKABAYAN as a

learning area?

BECAUSE,

It is said to be a laboratory of life or

a practice environment.

It is the learning area that provides

the Filipino learner the quality time to
demonstrate practical knowledge and
skills of empathy, vocational efficiency
and problem solving in daily life.

Love of country serves as the

unifying principle for the diverse
values in this learning area, thus it is
called pagkakabayan or makabayan
for short.

provides the balance as it addresses

primarily societal needs. This is where the
learner can apply practical knowledge and
life skills and demonstrate deeper
appreciation of Filipino culture. Thus, it
emphasizes the development of self-reliant
and patriotic citizens as well as the
development of critical and creative
thinking.

shall feature a stronger integration

of competencies and values within
and across its learning area
component and the tool learning
areas. It shall use integrative
teaching approaches where
appropriate and relevant for a more
holistic learning.

THE

GOAL OF

MAKABAYAN
IS
TO;

to

develop the personal, social

and work special skills of learners
especially their interpersonal
skills, empathy with other
cultures, vocational efficiency,
problem-solving, and decisionmaking in daily life, that is, to
develop socio-cultural and
politico-economic literacy.

The

need to empower
Filipino learners for
lifelong learning as this
would allow them to
best confront the
challenges post by the
changing social forces.

The OBJECTIVES
of MAKABAYAN
is
TO;

 develop cerebral competence and

skills that are basic to literacy,

productivity and
entrepreneurship.
nurture desirable values that
help one come up with
appropriate
assessment and judgment.

 provide guidance in the

development of a balanced
personality.
equip learners with
essential training for selfempowerment, leadership,
responsible citizenship and
intelligent fellowship.
introduce
programs/activities that

 provide opportunities from

discovery and development

of talents in arts,
music and literature.
guide students in the
selection of their
profession or vocation.

help train
teachers
College
offuture
Education.
by serving as a cooperating
school for the

 Did

you know? what is the

RATIONALE behind the
revision of the education
curriculum and the
introduction of

MAKABAYAN ???

The rationale
behind,
is
TO;

Connect related subjects from the

different learning areas.

Improved the positive outlook
towards work to increase productivity
and lead to a peaceful country.
Increase each individuals ability to
cope in fast changing world.

Create multi-faceted basic

education teachers.
Reduce the congestion of subject
offered in basic education.
Reduce the hiring of teachers if
one is able to teach different
learning areas.

Increase the importance of the

arts, music, sports, dance and,

other aspects of Philippine
culture.
Develop nationalism among the
Filipinos and increase individual
responsibility as a citizen.

W hat are the SUBJECT components

of MAKABAYAN???
These are;
-Social studies
-Geography, history,
and civics.
-Civics and culture.
-Economics

-Technology and home

economics and
livelihood
-Music, arts, and
physical and health
education
-Values education

S
E
I
D
U
T
S

. This subject covers

L
A
I
C
O
S
Philippine history and
government (first year),
Asian studies, world
history, and economics

G eography,history,
and civics.
it focuses on the geographical features

of the Philippines as part of Southeast

Asia and the world, use of natural
resources, and the relationship of
physical geography to local culture.

Civics and culture.

Children engage in character-

building activities, develop good

behaviour, and are taught values
such as love of country, good
citizenship, respect for one's cultural
heritage, and being pro-Filipino

 also introduced to basic health knowledge,

healthy practices, and simple scientific

skills such as observing, and describing
interaction with, their environment.

Technology and home economics

and livelihood

This component includes home

economics, agriculture and fisheries,

industrial arts, and entrepreneurship.

Music, and arts.

These aim to develop learners'

personal, social, and aesthetic skills

and values. The subject covers the
study of elements and styles of music
learned through listening, singing,
playing, reading, and creating.
Philippine and foreign music and visual
art materials are used to deepen
understanding of musical and artistic
ideas and values. The visual arts
involve drawing, painting, and making
two- and three-dimensional art.

Physical and health education

Physical education. This

aims to physically and

athletically develop
learners through physical
exercise, games, sports,
and dance.
Health. This develops the
learners' ability to attain
and maintain holistic
health (physical, mental,
and interpersonal), and
includes education on
population, drugs, and
safety.

Values education

This subject aims to form self-identity and develop the knowledge

and skills necessary to discern, analyze, discuss, compare, and

select values in real-life situations. The subject is taught through
experiential learning and integrative teaching. The teacher guides
students to discover, analyze, select, and adopt values and
discuss them in an atmosphere of dialogue, freedom, and
openness.

The
MAKABAYAN DECALOGUE
-consist

of ten

(10)

PRINCIPLES.

Makabayan is a work in progress not a completed

work.

it should be a community-based.
-strictly speaking that there is no
makabayan, but there are
MAKABAYANS.

 There should be an

integration of lessons
take place.
-schools designs
makabayan according
to the changing needs
of its students and
the community to
which it belongs.

Conclusion:ifthe
com m unity change,
there should be change.

Makabayan is a work in progress from

below, not from above.

Because no

human being can

possibly
understand all
the aspects of
makabayan from
cooking to car,
repair to website
design to martial
arts to all sort of
other

 No one in the

central office of
the Department
of Education can
dictate what the
individual schools
need to do.
Take note: The content of makabayan
has to come from the school themselves
not from any central office.

Makabayan is our responsibility, not that

of Dep-Ed.
Because the human

beings we are
educating are our own
children or the
children of our
neighbours, we are
responsible for the
content of makabayan.

And we know what

we want our
children to become

Makabayan, like the Basic Education

Curriculum (BEC) is integrative.

The idea of makabayan

is to integrate previously
distinct subjects, not
merely to put together
mechanically.

Makabayan has the psychomotor objective of

engaging the multiple intelligences of students.
Most schools now

realize that
makabayan does
not address merely
the cognitive
aspect of the
human being.
Teachers must
integrate physical
involvement of
students to the
lesson.

M akabayan has the cognitive objective of

acquainting students w ith the w ay the hum an
body w orks in the context ofhum an society.

The object of study in makabayan is

the human body that students have

to study the way the human being
depends for its very existence on
the way society is structured.

Makabayan has the affective objective of

socializing students in the context of their
generation.

All education is meant to train students to live as

adults . They will become adults only in the

future , not today.
Students must learn how to socialize and interact
in their own pace

Makabayan is the content part of the BEC for which

Filipino, English, Math, and Science are tools.

The other four learning areas in the

curriculum are merely tool subjects.

They are means to an end. The end is
makabayan and it pertains to what life
is really all about.

Makabayan prepares student for the long

term goal of lifelong learning and short
term goal of earning a livelihood
Makabayan is a skill

course. That the

content must be
taught with a
practical end in viewto allow students to
find a livelihood a;
entrepreneurs,
managers, or
employees.

M akabayan is theHEARTofthe BEC.

The curriculum

exist for only one

purpose- to
prepare students
to become adults.
The four tool
subject train, but
MAKABAYAN
educates students.

Learning's
Makabayan is a learning area that;
provide essential training for every
individual
to
become
more
competitive being, in dealing with the
different aspects of life.
shapes every Filipino to turn into, an
active citizen in the community.

It is important for us citizen of the

society
to
have
deeper
understanding about the real life
concept.
To
become
more
responsible to our duties. And it
serve as a guide for us to be more
productive as well as equipped
individual.

Refl
ection
As a future educator it is important for me
to know better the significance of
makabayan as a learning area, because the
course content of the subject is more on
values education and deal with life realities,
that a learner should have and learn. It is my
role
and
responsibility
to
integrate
makabayan into the different learning areas
taught in school.

To inculcate to them the essentiality of

the subject because it is a big help for
them to improve their abilitys, skills
and competencies. And part of it, is to
develop nationalism among Filipinos
and to prepare students to become
adult, because MAKABAYAN stand to
educates students.

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