Bachelor of Technology and Livelihood Education major in Home Economics
The Bachelor of Technology and Livelihood Education major in Home Economics (BTLEd – Home Economics) is a four-year degree program designed to prepare future educators to teach Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) subjects, particularly Home Economics, at the secondary level. The program emphasizes the development of competencies in areas such as food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, home management, and entrepreneurship. Graduates are also equipped to become accredited TVET trainers and assessors, aligning with national standards for Technical-Vocational Education. (CMO No. 78, s. 2017)
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TOTAL UNITS OF THE CURRICULUM
General Education Courses
Mandated Courses
Major Courses (BTLED-TEC & BTLED-HE)
Professional Education Courses (ED)
Research (RES)
Other Electives
TOTAL
UNITS
45
14
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180
Program Educational Objectives
PEO 1. Highly-Skilled Classroom Facilitator. Secondary Teacher who manifests the desire to continuously pursue personal and professional development, specializing in the content and pedagogy for secondary education in the context of Inclusive Education, Education for Sustainable Development and Fourth Industrial Revolution. (CMO 75, s. 2017 Program goals, PO 6.3.f, CTU Vision)
PEO 2. Ethically-Imbued Educational Leader. Secondary Teacher-leader who demonstrates in-depth understanding of learner diversity in the realm of 21st Century Education, possessing the core values of Commitment, Transparency, Unity, Professionalism, Integrity, Excellence and Spirituality. (CMO 75, s. 2017, PO6.3.a, CTU Core values)
PEO 3. Service-Oriented Professional. An English language secondary teacher who demonstrates service orientation and use of tools and technology (SMART) to accelerate learning and teaching through generation of new knowledge in the teaching arena. (CMO 75, s. 2017, PO 6.3.d, PO 6.4.a, 6.4.c – CMO 46, s.2012)
PEO 4. Efficient Professional Learning Community (PLC) Advocate. Secondary-Teacher-communicator who manifests skills in communication for partnership and linkages in the local, national and international arena, demonstrating positive attributes of a model teacher, both as an individual and as a professional. (CMO 75, s. 2017, PO 6.3.e, CTU VMG)
PEO 5. Industry Driven Technologist. Technology and Vocational Education Teacher Trainer-Assessors who demonstrates the desired competencies that match the needs and demands of the industries, which provide significant services to the society as trainers, researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs leading to the local and national development. (CTU VMG)
Program Outcomes
Specific to a sub-discipline and a major (Technology and Livelihood Education):
PO 1. Demonstrate the competencies required of the Philippine TVET Trainers-Assessors Qualifications Framework (PTTQF);
PO 2. Demonstrate broad and coherent, meaningful knowledge and skills in technology and livelihood education.
PO 3. Apply with minimal supervision specialized knowledge and skills in technology and livelihood education;
PO 4. Demonstrate higher level literacy, communication, numeracy, critical thinking, and learning skills needed for higher learning;
PO 5. Manifest a deep and principled understanding of the learning processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in their students;
PO 6. Show a deep and principled understanding of how educational processes relate to larger, historical, social, cultural, and political processes;
PO 7. Apply a wide range of teaching process skills (including curriculum development, lesson planning, materials development, educational assessment, and teaching approaches);
PO 8. Reflect on the relationships among the teaching process skills, the learning processing in the students, the nature of the content/subject matter, and other factors affecting educational processes in order to constantly improve their teaching knowledge, skills, and practices; and
PO 9. Contribute to the University’s quest for excellence for sustainable development through the acquisition of technology-driven knowledge, relevant skills, and desirable values and attitudes based on the standard of the ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework (AQRF).