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The Teaching Profession Activity
Yema
An Exercise to Determine Your Educational Philosophy
Find out to which philosophy you adhere. To what extent does such statement apply to you? Rate
yourself 4 if you agree whit the statement always, 3 if you agree but not always, 2 if you agree sometimes, and 1
if you don’t agree at all.
Statement 1 2 3 4
10. Human beings are shape by their environment. ______ ______ _______ ______
11. Schools should stress on the teaching of basic skills. ______ ______ _______ ______
12. Change of environment can change a person. ______ ______ _______ ______
17. for the learner to acquire the basic skills, s/he must go
Throught the rigor and discipline of serious study. ______ ______ _______ ______
19. The truth shines in an atmosphere genuine dialogue. ______ ______ _______ ______
21. The learner is not a blank slate but brings past experiences
and cultural factors to the learning situation. ______ ______ _______ ______
I. Answer each with a Yes or No. If your answer is NO, explain your answer in a sentence.
ESSENTIALISM
PERENNIALISM
1. Are the perennialist teachers concerned with the student’s mastery of the fundamental skills?
2. Do the perennialist teachers see the wisdom of ancient, medieval and modern times?
3. Is the perennialist curriculum geared towards specialization?
4. Do the perennialist teachers sacrifice subject matter for the sake of the student’s interest?
*EXISTENTIALISM
1.Is the existentialist teacher after student becoming specialist in order to contribute to the society?
1. Is the existentialist concerned with the education of the whole person?
2. Is the course of study imposed on the students in the existentialist classroom?
3. Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of the individual approach?
*BEHAVIORISM
LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHY
CONSTRUCTIVISM
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1. Does the constructivist agree to the teaching methodology of “telling”?
2. Do constructivists believe that students construct knowledge?
3. Do constructivists approve of teaching learners the skill to learn?
4. Do constructive believe that meaning can be imposed?
A person:
For the essentialist group. Students are not interested in the lesson
For the perennialist group. Students want to become skilled in certain fields of specialization
For the progressivist group. Parentsnquestion students’ community immersion for it poses certain risks.
For the behaviorist group. Teacher tells students from the slum areas this: “If there’s a will, there’s a way.
Poverty is not a hindrance to success.
For the existentialist group. A colleague asks you to decide for her fear that she may make the wrong decision.
For the linguistics philosophy group. A teacher insists on his reasoning and does not give a chance to an erring
student to explain his/her side.
For the constructivist. Teacher claims, he will be able to teach more if he goes straights to his lecture.
They will pretend to be John Dewey, John Watson, etc. in class and the class will interview them in their
philosophies. The key informants (John Dewey, etc.) will answer questions using the first person “I”.
H. Research work – Research on the following philosophies. Those marked with asterisk (*) are a must.
Give the gist of each philosophy. Cite those thoughts with which you agree and also those with which you
disagree.
1. Christian Philosophy
2. Rationalism
3. Empiricism
4. Pragmatism
5. Reconstructionism
6. Confucianism
7. Hindu Philosophy
8. Buddhist Philosophy
9. Paolo Freire’s Philosophy
10. Socrates’s Philosophy
11. Platos’s Philosophy
12. Rousseau’s Philosophy
13. Stoic Philosophy
14. Epicureanism
15. Philosophical Analysis
16. Phenomenology
17. Logical Positivism
18. Any other philosophy of your interest or assigned by your teacher
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
I. One of you will volunteer / be assigned to obtain the vision and mission statement of the Department of
Education and present the same in class. Which philosophies of education are reflected in the DepEd
vision-mission statement?
Activity 1
Analyze the given example in your small groups, the answer the following questions:
3. Who, according to the Grade school teacher’s philosophy, is the good and educated person?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Do his/hr concepts of the learner and the educated person match with how he/she will go about his/her task of
facilitating every child’s full development?_______________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. You notice that teacher’s thought on the learner, values and method of teaching begin with the phrase “I
believe”. Will it make a difference if the Grade school teacher writes his/her philosophy of education in
paragraph form using the third person pronoun?_________________
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8. Why is one’s philosophy of education said to be one’s “window” to the world or “compass” in life?
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Activity 2
1. Formulate your personal philosophy of education. Do it well for this will form part of your teaching portfolio
which you will bring along with you when you apply for a teaching job. Write it down here.
Activity 3
2. From which philosophies that you have studied and researched did you draw inspiration as
you formulated your own philosophy of education?
5. Is your educational philosophy more of an abstract theory than a blueprint to daily living?
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6. Do you think your philosophy will change as you grow in knowledge?
A. Directions: Answer the following with YES or NO. If your answer is NO, explain your answer in a sentence.
1. To be moral is to be human. What does this mean? This means that one’s moral behavior conforms to a
human’s rightful act. Morality happens when you choose to do righteous things whether it results to good or bad
consequence.
2. What do we mean when we say transcendent values are independent of time, space, and
people?
4. What are the three dimensions of value and value formation? Explain each.
5. Value formation training of the intellect and the will. What does this training consist of?
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
6. What is the effect of good habit (virtue) and bad habit (vice) on the will?
9. According to advocates of value clarification, how can you test if a value is really your value?
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Present Scheler’s hierarchy of values by means of an appropriate graphic organizer. Each level
of values must be explained and must be given an example.
2. Interview a former alcoholic who was rehabilitated. Ask how his alcoholism affected himself,
his job, and his relationship with his family and community. Ask him to give his advice to the
class.
3. In the modern parable “The Little Prince” written by Antoine Exupery, the Little Prince in his
visit to one planet, met an alcoholic. The following was their conversation:
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
Little Prince: “What are you doing?”
The alcoholic: “I am drinking”
Little Prince: “Why are you drinking?”
Alcoholic: “To forget!”
Little Prince: “To forget what?”
Alcoholic: “ That I am a drunkard!”
Based on the above conversation, is the alcoholic (or any alcoholic for that matter) happy for being one? What
lessons can you learn from the life of an alcoholic or of a gambler?
4. In his book “ Morality and You”, James finley wrote:…”look at modern advertisement.
commercials for deodorants, mouthwashes, skin blemish removers and other cosmetics have a
basic assumption that man is a creature who must be physically attractive to have much worth
in the eyes of his fellowman. They try to sell …the following concept of a person: to have a
good breath and white teeth is to be a good person; to have bad breath is to be socially
undesirable.” Reflect if this thought on man as sold by the media in a very subtle manner has in
a way influenced your value orientation.
For Research
Which Filipino values pose obstacles to your value formation? How do they block your value
formation?
Are there times when the will refuses to act on what the intellect presents as good? How does a
person feel?
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
The atheist denies God’s existence. Will he lack the values of the Holy, the highest level of value
according to scheler? How will this affect his/her way of life?
For Exhibit
Make an exhibit on the lives of men and women whose lives where oriented towards the values of the
spirit and/ or the values of the Holy. The objectives of the exhibit is for you to prove to every viewer
that those who live beyond pleasure values and vital values are those who great in the eyes of their
fellow men and of god ( for those who believe).
Journal Entry
1. Read the following and in the context of value formation write down your response/action plan to each as a
proof that you accept continuing personal value formation.
Take care of your thoughts, they become your actions; take care of your actions, they become your
habit; take care of your habits, they become your character; take care of your character, it becomes
your destiny!
“What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul”?
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
…store up treasures in heaven neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For
where your treasure is, there also will your heart be”. (Mattew 7:20)
“ Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.” –Albert Einstein
“ It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – The Little
Prince by Antoine Exupery
2. It is observed that beginning teachers somewhat lack emotional stability. What are some of its causes? What
should you do to counteract it? Write your answers here.
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
Synapse Strengtheners
2. Within the 5 qualities of a professional in mind, cite other Filipino traits that work
against the making of a true Filipino professional. Propose some remedial measures.
4. Once more, read the letter to the teacher given above, then state the mission of the
profession teacher.
C. Research on:
The other elements of a profession. Does the teaching profession fulfill all the elements?
The meaning of Eichmann as used in the Letter to Teacher found in this lesson
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The logos of professional teachers, the Philippine Association for Teacher Education, the Department
of Education, Commission on Higher Education. Display them in class. Give their symbolism. Is there
anything common among the logos?
D. Panel discussion:
Invite the Administrative Officer of the nearest Division office, the head of the Legal
Department of Civil Service Commission, a member of the Board for professional
Teachers /Hearing Officer of PRC regional office to talk on cases against teachers filed at
their offices. Draw your conclusions from their talks.
E. Video Presentation
F. Journal Entry
Conrado de Quiros of the Philippine Daily Inquirer once wrote: “ Being world-class does not mean going
internationally and showing our best out there. Being world-class is passion and commitment to our profession;
being world-class is giving our best to teaching. Being world-class starts right inside the classroom.” Write what
you resolve to START doing and STOP doing NOW as you embrace teaching as your vocation, mission and
profession.
START DOING
1.
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2.
3.
STOP DOING
1.
2.
3.
G. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time,
says Desiderata. How can you keep your interest in your own career? Write your reflections here!
4. Tell something about the teacher in the classroom and in the community by completing this acronym.
T-
E-
A-
C-
H-
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E-
R-
5. Reflect on the teacher as she goes about her task in the classroom and in the community. In what way is
she/he……
a piece of iron?
a well?
a planter?
a gardener?
a door?
a wake up call?
a potter
a mirror
an assessor
a nurse
8. Read this poem “You Are Teacher” then answer the following questions on page 84:
What mental portrait of the teacher in the classroom and the teacher in the community is painted by
the poem, “ You are aTeacher”?
9. Read your name through the poem like this: Brenda, You are a teacher.
Call on other students to read their names through the other lines of the poem.
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Reflection question:
How did you feel when you read your name through the lines of the poem? Describe and explain why.
10. Give the poem “ You Are a Teacher” a tune then sing it. Choreograph it.
11. Conduct a meta-analysis of researches on the qualities of a good teacher. Between the professional
qualities and personal qualities of a teacher, which ones are perceived to be more important?
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Name some problems originating from the community experienced by teachers in the school,
regarding:
2. Describe how school and community officials work together in each of the following events:
socio-cultural activities
peace and order situation
-in peace
-outside the school
projects
3. What are some learning resources existing in the community that school children and
personnel can visit for mutual assistance and enjoyment.
Please check.
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
parks________________ factories _____________
museums_____________ industries____________
library_______________ shopping mall_________
concert halls__________ conference mall________
movie house sport and recreational hall__________
art gallery
others, specify____________
Others, specify______
One World, One Classroom, One Global Teacher?
__________2.To become a global teacher, on should be fluent in English and other languages.
__________3.A Filipino teacher cannot qualify to teach in other countries because in differences
in curriculum.
__________5.Global education provides the same standards for quality education worldwide.
__________6.Teachers who embrace global education, must have a good understanding of the
different cultures of the learners.
__________7.For Filipino teachers, the NCBTS is a national standard that meets global
competencies.
__________10. A global teacher has wider view of what education is all about.
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
Lesson 1-take Action
1. As a group, go to school and ask the principal or school head for the Outstanding School Teacher.
Request for an interview with the teacher. Among others, your interview protocol should include the
characteristics or qualities mentioned in your text. Write a report and share this with your classmates.
1. Can an outstanding teacher in the neighborhood school whom you have interviewed be classified as a
global teacher? Why? Why not?
2. Can one be a global teacher, without teaching abroad? Write your insights.
3. Reflect on the statement: “ As a global teacher, act locally but think globally.” Add this reflection in your
portfolio.
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So you have traveled to some places of the world. You surveyed examples of educational systems that
have educated millions of citizens in one big classroom: the world. As future GLOBAL teacher, it is best that you
become familiar with some of these educational systems. Let us now find out how much have you learned:
1. Australia
2. China
3. Japan
4. South Africa
5. England
6. United States
of America
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7. New Zealand
8. Philippines
2. Enrichment activity. Through the internet, search at least two other countries and take note their educational
system both in basic education and higher education. Compare with the list included in this lesson.
2. If given an opportunity to experience teaching in another country listed above, where would you like to
teach? Why?
All the items refer to Lesson 2. Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
1. For the majority of sample countries given in this lesson, at what level is free-compulsory education
provided?
a. Primary level
b. Primary up to certain level in secondary level.
c. Both primary and secondary levels.
d. Post secondary level only
3. Based on the curriculum requirement provided by the selected countries, the language which is seemingly
universal is____________.
a. Spanish
b. English
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c. Chinese
d. French
4. Higher education in all countries presented can be described as___________.
a. selective and not compulsory
b. compulsory but selective
c. voluntary and very affordable
d. accessible and democratic for all
6. The unique feature of the current K to 12 is that the Filipino learner will become__________.
a. monolingual
b. multilingual
c. English speaking only
d. Tagalog speaking only
2. What are some guidelines for a teacher who handles children with diverse background?
3. Interview a member of your faculty or other teacher who has participated in any faculty exchange
programs or scholarship programs abroad. Make a brief report of your interview.
Using that data that you gathered from item number 3 above, make a reflection. Focus your reflection on the
following items.
1. Personal gains or benefits derived from the exchange or scholarship program abroad
2. As a prospective Filipino teacher, what benefits will you derive from these programs?
3. How will the teacher exchange programs develop you as a global teacher?
Lesson 5- Take Action!
This activity focuses on what a school is doing with technology. Try not to focus too much on the
technology itself (how many computers) but on what is happening with the computers. Write a short narrative
of your visit that includes your views on what is happening in the school and some ideas that you would want
to implement if you were teaching in that environment. To help you write your narrative, use the observation
sheet for your visit.
NAME: Maela Pollen E. Yema
OBSERVATION WORKSHEET
Technology Use in the Classroom
Directions: Do not use actual names of schools, teacher, administrators or students when using
this worksheet.
Observer’s Name:__________________________________________
Date:____________________________________________________
Grade level:_______________________________________________
Subject:__________________________________________________
Class size:________________________________________________
Technology in the classroom:_________________________________
Location and Placement in the room___________________________
Background Information: Give a brief general description of the school. ( Social, economic, school population:
teachers and students) Include the school’s goal for use of technology.
Observation:
During your observation, notice how many students use technology and how technology is being
used. Observation can be recorded in narrative form. You may include the information gathered from
the questions raised below?
1. How familiar are the students with the technology?
4. How does the teacher interact with the students with the use of technology?
5. What are the other materials used by the students along with computers?
Teacher Question:
Try to arrange for an interview with the teacher for a few minutes about her/his use of technology. Ask
questions such as the following:
4. How good is the support that you get at a school, district or division level for working with
technology?
Students Questions
Ask permission from the teacher to interview one students from the class.
Ask questions such as the following:
3. What kinds of technology would you like to have in the class that you do not have
now?
Make a record of the answer to the questions in your notebook as a basis of you narrative report.
Identify the following concept that you have learned in this lesson.
1. Outputs of discoveries and inventions which are utilized to improve teaching and learning such as
computers and all its software are referred to as___________________.
2. Simulations or exploratory environments which allow actions and investigates right inside the
classroom through computer software are called________________________.
5. Which term is used when students participants are brought to a field trip without
physically bringing them to the site?___________________________.
Read and make a decision based on your experiences and information. Write Agree or Disagree
3.___________Only those who have access to the internet can use technology.
Synapse Strengheners
For Research
1. Research on the operational definitions of:
Profession
Professional
professionalism
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Compare PD 1006 and RA 7836 along the following items then give your own observations.
1. Definition of
Teacher
2. Teachers’
Examination
2.1 Scope of
Examination
2.2 Qualification
Requirements for
Examinees
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2.3 Rating
2.4 Report of
Results
3. National Board
for
Teachers
5. Causes of
revocation of
certificate/ license
Synapse Strengtheners
3. What is required of teachers covered by Sec. 26 of RA 9293 who have not practiced their profession for the
past five years?
Journal Entry
Do PD 1006, RA 7836 and RA 9293 help you become a professional teacher? Write your reflections
here.
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Read carefully the provisions in section 3(2) of Article XIV on education. Explain the mandate that the state
shall “ establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate and integrated system of education.”
2. Based on your observation as a would – be teacher, what are the educational institutions doing to prepare
teachers who will help attain the goals stated in section 3?
4. Is the use of the Mother Tongue as a medium of instruction from K to Grade 3 in the K to 12 Curriculum in
accordance with Section 7?
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5. What educational practices and programs are aligned to sec.10 ,Sec.14, Sec. 17, Sec.18 and Sec.19
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Who are referred to as “teacher” in R.A 4670? Who are not included although they are school
personnel/employees?
3. Explain the meaning of “exigencies of the service” referred to in section 6 of the Magna Carta as regards
transfer of a teacher from one station to another.
4. Are the provisions in Section 22 and 23 teachers’ rights or privileges? Brainstorm with your group.
6. Actual classroom teaching a day should not exceed six hours. What can be some reasons behind this limit on
teaching hours?
Research on:
1. The latest DepEd policy on the recruitment and deployment of public school teachers.
What provisions in the Magna Carta are bases of the DepEd poloicy?
2. The policy/provisions for the recruitment and deployment of private school teachers?
C. Symposium
Invite speakers to talk on:
Career path of teacher
Other social and economic benefits like cost of living allowance, special hardship allowance, medical
examination and treatment.
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For Journal Entry
What are your realizations about the teaching profession after a study of the MagnaCarta?
Do these realizations help you decide to pursue the teaching career?
Synapse Strengeners
1.List your rights and the corresponding duties and obligations as teacher.
Rights Obligations
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
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2. Reflect in your rights vis-à-vis your obligations.,
Synapse Strengtheners
1. Read carefully Section 5 on the principles of Shared Governance. Comment on:
responsibility inherent in the office
accountability and transparency in the performance of functions and responsibility.
2.Based on the “authority, accountability and responsibility” of the school head/ principal, list down your
experience as a future teacher.
Synapse Strengtheners
The governance of Basic Education ( RA 9155) declared the policy of the state to protect and promote the
right of all citizen to quality basic education and to make such education accessible to all.
1. Write your reflection on the policy that “the school shall be the heart of the formal education system.”
3. Study the organizational structures of the division and school levels. Locate yourself in the organizational
chart. What thoughts cross your mind as you see yourself in the future in the relation to others in the educational
system beginning with the school, the division, and the region. How do you feel? Refer to the 2000 DECS
Service Manual for further readings. Share your thoughts with your small group.
4. What the significant relations do you see between the teachers education institution and the Department of
Education as far as pre-service education is concerned?
Synapse strengtheners:
1. Explain the meaning of “ special parental authority and responsibility” over the minor child in Article 218.
4. Research on decided cases of teachers violating the provision on “special parental authority”. Share your
findings with the class.
Synapse strengtheners:
4. Write your reflections on the duties and responsibilities of teachers in the DECS Service Manual as they relate
to “parental authority.”
Synapse Strengtheners
1. You have read many cases of sexual harassment field against teachers, and other employees. Explain the
provision that sexual harassment is committed when the act is “ against one who is under the care, custody or
supervision of the offender…”
2. Cite other circumstances of sexual harassment in the education and training environment.
4. Research on two decided cases of sexual harassment against teachers and one case committed by teachers.
Who is the disciplining authority if he/she is a public school teacher? A private school teacher?
Synapse Strengtheners
2. Visit a day-care center and pre-school class for three days. Write a journal of your day to day observation on
the social and physical interaction and participation of the children in the activities. Comment on the learning
environment and the instructional materials used.
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3. What further education and training do you need to become a pre-school teacher?
Synapse Strengtheners
1. What is meant by the institutionalization of kindergarten?
2. What is the policy of CHED on the pre-service education and training of pre-school/kindergarten teachers?
Synapse Strengtheners
As a group:
Synapse Strengtheners
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Group Discussion
3. Read articles 1, 2, and 13. What Filipino traits run counter to the child’s right to
expression of his/her views?
For Research
Synapse Strengtheners:
1. Research on the Thomasites. What qualities did they possess as teachers?
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2. Present the development of the Philippines educational system from pre Spanish era to the Japanese
era by means of a time line. The first era was done for you.
Informal,
unstructured, focus
on vocational
training parents and
tribal tutor served as
teachers
Synapse Strengtheners
1957-1972
1973-1988
1989-2001
2002-2011