COURSE OUTLINE IN THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOL CULTURE

& ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

COURSE TITLE : The Teacher and the Community, School

Culture & Organizational Leadership

COURSE CODE : ETCOMSCOL

NUMBER OF UNITS : 3 UNITS

CONTACT HOURS : 3 HOURS

PREREQUISITE : The Teaching Profession (ETEAPROF)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS : Compilation of Required Readings

: Quizzes
Portfolio as Group Output
Reflection Journal
Case Analysis and Presentations
Major Examinations
Service learning through Active participation in
the
Celebration of 2019 International Day of Peace

COURSE DESCRIPTION :

This course focuses on society as a context upon which the schools have been
established. Educational philosophies that are related to the society as a foundation of
schools and schooling shall be emphasized. Further, principles and theories on school
culture, and organizational leadership shall be included to prepare prospective teachers
to become school leaders and managers. The last part of this course focuses on the
essential concepts and principles of peace education. Active engagement in the
planning, implementation and documentation of service-learning project via the
celebration of International Day of Peace shall be this course’s culminating activity.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the connections between the

school and society;
2. Demonstrate critical understanding of the influence of school culture on the roles
of teachers and student learning;
3. Exhibit critical attitude towards effective organizational leadership and
ethos; and
 4. Demonstrate appreciation on the role of schools in creating culture of
peace in the society.

COURSE CONTENT

PRELIM and MIDTERM FINALS

1. Course Overview & Orientation 1. A Holistic Understanding of Peace
2. Sociological Perspectives on and Violence
Education 2. Peace Education as Transformative
a. Functionalism Perspective Education
b. Conflict Perspective 3. Upholding Human Dignity
c. Symbolic Interactionism 4. Challenging Prejudice and Building
3. Education and Society Tolerance
a. Open System Perspective in 5. Promoting Non-Violence
Education 6. Celebration of 2019 International
b. Moral Education by Emile Day of Peace
Durkheim
c. The School Class as a Social
System by Talcott Parsons
4. Education and Culture
a. Schooling in Capitalist Societies
by Samuel Bowles and Herbert
Gintis
b. Conflict Theory of Educational
Stratification by RanDall Collins
c. Deschooling Society by Ivan
Illich
d. Pedagogy of the Oppressed by
Paulo Freire
5. School Culture and School
Improvement
a. The concept of School
Improvement
b. Definition of School Culture
c. Types of School Culture and
teaching cultures
d. Typology of School
e. Four aspects of educational
change
6. School Leadership
a. Leadership theories in school
settings
b. Levels and types of leadership
c. Forms of leadership
d. Leadership and Management
GRADING SYSTEM (Campus ++):

Class Standing: 70%

Major Exams: 30%
Passing Percentage for Professional and major subjects: 60%

REFERENCES:

Peace education: international perspectives. (2016). London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Peace education: past, present and future. (2017). New York: Routledge.

Tomlinson, S. (2017). A sociology of special and inclusive education: exploring the

manufacture of inability. New York: Routledge.

Young, M. (2016). Curriculum and the specialization of knowledge: studies in the

sociology of education. London: Routledge.

Online References:

Philippine Institute for Development Studies https://www.pids.gov.ph/.

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism https://pcij.org/.

Asia Pacific Education Researcher

https://ejournals.ph/search.php?searchStr=education.

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

https://ejournals.ph/search.php?searchStr=education