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Week 2-3 The Teaching Profession
Week 2-3 The Teaching Profession
THE TEACHING
PROFESSION
WEEK 2-3
Philosophers and thinkers, from Socrates to John Dewey in West and a host of Indian
philosophers, have attempted to give a more definite meaning for education. However, since
the term has a wide connotation, it is difficult to pinpoint a single definition for it. Redden
states that ―education can be understood as the deliberate and systematic influence exerted
by a mature person upon the immature through instruction, discipline and harmonious
development of physical, social, intellectual, aesthetic and spiritual powers of the human
being. In the historical development of man, education has been the right of a privileged few. It
is only in recent centuries that education has come to be recognized as a human right. All have
equal right to be educated as education has become sine qua non of civilization.
The educational institution is composed of the school, teachers, curriculum, and the
students. Each aspect is working side by side to support the other aspects accurately. School
plays a significant role in the educative process. It is considered as an instrument to reshape
community and build a good society, to produce quality people by means of shaping the
learner’s attitude and behavior influenced by the teacher. It is the school that fulfills the social
responsibility of preparing the individuals for the future by (a) fitting him in the society that he
lives in (adjustive function) and (b) enabling him to use his knowledge and creative powers to
improve this society (constructive function).
The curriculum also defines the specific knowledge, behavior, and attitudes needed
to create a healthy and educational environment for the student, who is considered a
fundamental factor to build the future. Finally, the role of the students in the educative
process is the knowledge he acquires in the classroom, which he can use to influence other
people in the community and transform the society into building a better nation. The quest for
quality education is the basis of all society to achieve
stability, progress and prosperity.
Section 1. The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens
to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to
make such education accessible to all.
(5) Provide adult citizens, the disabled, and out-of-school youth with
training in civics, vocational efficiency, and other skills.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that
shall be given to their children.
On the other hand, the objectives of UNESCO are stated in the four
pillars of education: (1) learning to know, (2) learning to do, (3)
learning to live together, and (4) learning to be.
1. Second Parents.