In search for a curricular creativity: what does the teaching of Philippine folk dances look like during the post COVID-19 pandemic?

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably imposed significant limitations on all aspects of education, necessitating educators to adopt more creative approaches to deliver high-quality education to students. This holds particularly true for teaching Philippine folk dances, a topic in physical education that traditionally involves close physical contact, which is currently unfeasible due to social distancing restrictions. Guided by Tanner and Tanner’s (1980) Levels of Curriculum Involvement and de Guzman’s (2014) Principle of Decolonisation, this viewpoint article aims to offer insights on how the potential of creativity can be leveraged and empower educators to teach Philippine folk dances in the post-pandemic context. Additionally, it seeks to provide alternative Philippine folk dances that do not require close physical contact.

KEYWORDS:

• Creativity
• Philippine folk dances
• physical education
• post-pandemic education

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John Christopher B. Mesana

John Christopher B. Mesana was a Philippine folk dancer and a former folk dance group director. He has a Master’s in Cultural Heritage Studies from the Graduate School of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. He specializes in Philippine Festivals in his doctorate by research degree program at the De LaSalle College of Saint Benilde, Philippines.

Jonas Airon Roman

Jonas Airon Roman completed his secondary education degree from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. He is currently completing his associate degree in Tourism at the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts, and Tourism, Thompson Rivers University, Canada.

Allan B. de Guzman

Allan B. de Guzman handles management and research courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. He received the prestigious 2011 Metrobank Foundation Most Outstanding Teacher Award in Higher Education in the Philippines and the 2014 Australian Awards Fellowship on Curriculum Leadership at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.