Do youth practices and values should be integrated in the school curriculum?

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All curricula emerge from ideas about what should be taught and learned, and how such teaching and learning might best be undertaken and then implemented. As a result, the fundamental question lying behind the prescription and development of all curricula is often seen as "What contents are of most worth to the learners?”. In my point of view, the nature and content of the curriculum of a school must reflect and contain things necessary for young people to know or experience. We often hear old people saying “iba na talaga ang mga kabataan ngayon (the youth today are different).” Whether that is said in admiration, awe, confusion or even disdain, there is a perception that there is a growing call to attend to the needs of these youth. In this era, varied youth practices are observed such as their deep interest to gadgets and technology-geared stuffs and activities. The school has a critical obligation on this. In short, the contents of the curriculum must include these recent youth practices. By doing so, the youth will be more likely want to participate more in such activities.