Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak

Michael Bobias Cahapay

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Michael Bobias Cahapay ¹ ^*

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¹ College of Education, Mindanao State University, General Santos City, PHILIPPINES^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an extraordinary crisis that affects educational systems. This editorial letter calls for the development of preparedness competencies as part of the basic education science curriculum. It discusses the background from which the current call is hinged, contemporary place of preparedness competencies in the basic education science curriculum, and possible actions for curriculum development. This call hopes to open windows of opportunity for the consideration of preparedness competencies as part of the basic education science curriculum.

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preparedness competencies
science curriculum
basic education
curriculum development
COVID-19 pandemic

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EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2021, Article No: em0063

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Cahapay MB. Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2021;5(1):em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578

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Cahapay, M. B. (2021). Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(1), em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578

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Cahapay MB. Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2021;5(1), em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578

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Cahapay, Michael Bobias. "Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2021 5 no. 1 (2021): em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578

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Cahapay, M. B. (2021). Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(1), em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578

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Cahapay, Michael Bobias "Development of Preparedness Competencies in Basic Education Science Curriculum: An Insight from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, em0063. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8578