REVISED Module in Prof Educ 103 2020
REVISED Module in Prof Educ 103 2020
REVISED Module in Prof Educ 103 2020
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UNIVERSITY VISION
To become an ASEAN premier state university in 2020.
UNIVERSITY MISSION
The Pangasinan State University, through instruction, research, extension and
production commits to develop highly principled morally upright, innovative and globally
competent individuals capable of meeting the needs of industry, public service and civil
society.
INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES
The Pangasinan State University Institutional Outcomes (PSU IO) are the qualities
that PSUnians must possess. These outcomes are anchored on the following core values:
Accountability and Transparency, Credibility and Integrity, Competence and Commitment to
Achieve, Excellence in Service Delivery, Social and Environmental Responsiveness, and
Spirituality – (ACCESS). Anchored on these core values, the PSU graduates are able to:
Course Description
This course deals with the teacher as an individual, a classroom teacher, a
community teacher and a global teacher in a global village. This emphasizes
professionalization to cover the teacher’s status and levels of professional rewards and
professionalism to improve competencies.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students must have:
1. Identified some philosophies that give a teacher bases in the performance of
his/her work
2. Defined the roles of a teacher as a person and as a classroom manager
3. Discussed the various aspects of teaching as a profession
4. Internalized the values of a professional teacher
5. Reflected on one’s total involvement in the teaching profession
LEARNING PLAN
Teaching and
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Code Outcomes (DLOs) Subject Matter References Activities Tasks (ATs) Material/s Table
(TLAs)
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Course
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chapter, the the Classroom and Bilbao, Ed. assigned recitation
students must Community D, Brenda topics DLP
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competencies as Standards for Salandanan Scoring
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global Countries of the Cubao, Small group Library websites
education World. Quezon discussion research
C. Multicultural City:
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projects
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role in the
national
program for
the expansion
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Basic
Education
Cycle.
Course Requirements:
Pass Quizzes, Midterm and Final Exams
Deliver Oral reports and submit projects: (e.g. term paper, portfolio, etc.)
Perform Laboratory activities
Participate actively in class discussions and other activities
Class Policies:
1. Regular attendance is a must.
2. Late submission of assignments shall be given a demerit.
3. Special examinations/quizzes shall only be given to students with valid reasons
Grading System:
Midterm & Final Exam 40%
Quizzes 30%
Studentship (Projects, Attendance, Character) 30%
Total 100
Prepared by:
RICHARD RAYMUND L. DOREZA
SHIRLEY L. MILANES, Ph. D.
PERLA G. DELOS SANTOS, M.A. Ed.
CECILIA G. JUNIO, Ed. D.
Instructors/Professors
Adapted by:
ANNIE M.CALICDAN, Ed. D.
Subject Professor
Noted:
ROSARIO DL. VALENCERINA, Ed. D
College Dean, College of Teacher Education and Technology
Approved:
PRISCILLA L. AGSALUD, Ed. D.
Campus Executive Director
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CHAPTER I
Introduction
Someone once wrote about teachers that even on your worst day on the job, you
are still some children’s best hope. Society expects much from the teacher.
Henry Brooks Adams: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
influence stops.”
We live in a society and we are part of a society. Our thoughts, values, and actions
are somehow shaped by events and by people with whom we come in contact with. In
turn, we help shape society – its events, its people, and its destiny.
Learning Outcomes:
Philosophy came from the Greek words, philo and sophia, which means love and
wisdom/knowledge. It is a search for meaning; man searches for the meaning of himself
and his world. The famous philosopher Socrates, said that “The unexamined life is not
worth living”.
Taking into school context: why do I teach, how and what should I teach, etc.
ESSENTIALISM
Why teach?
- Contends that teachers teach for learners to acquire basic knowledge, skills and
values. Teachers teach “not to radically reshape society” but rather “to transmit the
traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to become
model citizens.”
What to teach?
- Academically rigorous
- Emphasis is on academic content for students to learn the basic skills or the
fundamental r’s
- Curriculum includes the “traditional disciplines such as math, natural science,
history, foreign language and literature.
- Frown upon vocational courses….. or other course with “watered down” academic
content
- Teachers and administrators decide what is to learn and place little emphasis on
student interest, particularly when they divert time and attention from the academic
curriculum.
How to teach?
- Emphasize mastery of subject matter
- Teachers are expected to be intellectual and moral models
- Teachers are seen as fountain of information and as paragon of virtue.
- Teachers have to observe “core requirements, longer school day, longer academic
year….”
- Teachers rely heavily on the use of prescribed textbooks, drill method ,
lecture method and others that will enable them to cover as much academic
content as possible
- Heavy stress on memorization and discipline
PROGRESSIVISM
Why teach?
- To develop learners into becoming enlightened and intelligent citizens of a
democratic society
- So that learners may live life fully now not to prepare them for adult life
What to teach?
- Need based and relevant curriculum, a curriculum that “responds to students’ needs and
that relates to students’ personal lives and experiences”
- Progressivists accept the impermanence of life and the inevitability of change, hence
teachers are more concerned with teaching learners the skills to cope with
change.
- Focus on teaching skills or processes in gathering and evaluating information and in
problem solving, than teaching facts or bits of information which may be obsolete
tomorrow.
- Natural and social sciences are given emphasis
- Progress and change are fundamental, thus teachers expose students to many new
scientific, technological and social developments
- Students are exposed to problems similar to what they will encounter outside
school.
How to teach
- Experiential methods; one learns by doing
- Book learning is no substitute for actual experience (Dewey)
- Problem solving
- Hands-on-minds-on-hearts-on methodologies like field trip, games, puzzles
PERENNIALISM
Why teach?
- To develop students’ rational and moral powers, because we are rational animals.
- If we neglect the students’ reasoning skills, we deprive them of the ability to use
their higher faculties to control their passions and appetites (Aristotle)
What to teach?
- Universal curriculum since all human beings possess the same essential nature
- Heavy on the humanities, on general education; not a specialist curriculum
- Less emphasis on vocational and technical education
- What are taught are lifted from Great Books. “Great Books of ancient and medieval
as well as modern times are a repository of knowledge and wisdom, a tradition of
culture which must initiate each generation”, - Mortimer Adler, a philosopher
How to teach?
- Classrooms are “centered around teachers”
- Teachers do not allow students’ interest or experiences to substantially dictate what
they teach
- Apply creative techniques and other tried and true methods
- Socratic dialogue, or mutual inquiry sessions to develop an understanding of
history’s most timeless concepts”
EXISTENTIALISM
Why teach?
- Main concern is “to help students understand and appreciate themselves as unique
individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and
actions
- “existence precedes essence”, hence teacher’s role is to help students define their
own essence by exposing them to various paths they take in life and by creating an
environment in which they freely choose their own preferred way.
- Education of the whole person, not just the mind
What to teach?
- Students are given a wide variety of options from which to choose
- Humanities are given tremendous emphasis to “provide students with vicarious
experiences that will help unleash their own creativity and self-expression. For e.g.
instead of emphasizing historical events, existentialists focus upon the actions of
historical individuals, each of whom provides possible models for the student’s own
behavior.
How to teach?
- Methods focus on the individual; learning is self-paced, self-directed
Involves a great deal of individual contact with the teacher, who relates to each
student openly and honestly.
- Employs values clarification strategy to help students know themselves and their
place in society
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- Teachers are non-judgmental and take care not to impose their values on their
students since values are personal.
BEHAVIORISM
Why teach?
- Concerned with the modification and shaping of students’ behavior by providing for
a favorable environment, because they are the product of the environment
- Exhibit desirable behavior in society
What to teach?
- Teachers teach students to respond favorably to various stimuli in the environment
(“people and other animals… are complex combination of matter that act only in
response to internally or externally generated physical stimuli in the environment”
How to teach?
- “arrange environmental conditions so that students can make the responses to
stimuli; physical variables like light, temperature, arrangement of furniture, size and
quantity of visual aids have to be controlled to get the desired responses from the
learners.
- Make the stimuli clear and interesting to capture and hold the learners’ attention
- Provide appropriate incentives to reinforce positive responses and weaken or
eliminate negative ones”
LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHY
Why teach?
- To develop the communication skills of learners because the ability to articulate, to
voice out the meaning and values of things that one obtains from his/her experience
of life and the world is the very essence of man.
- Teach to develop in the learner the skill to send messages clearly and receive
messages correctly.
What to teach?
- To communicate clearly – how to send clear, concise messages and how to receive
and correctly understand messages sent.
- Three ways communication takes place: verbal, non-verbal, paraverbal
Verbal – refers to the content of our message, choice and arrangement of our words; oral
or written
Nonverbal – refers to the message we send through our body language
Paraverbal – refers to how we say what we say – the tone, pacing and volume of our voices.
- Teach to use language correctly, precisely, coherently, etc.
- Expand their vocabularies
- Speak as many languages as possible
How to teach?
- Experiential way is the most effective
- Classrooms must be a place for interplay of minds and hearts; teachers facilitate
dialogue among learners and between him/her and students.
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Why teach?
- To develop intrinsically motivated and independent learners adequately equipped
with learning skills for them to be able to construct knowledge and make meaning
of them.
What to teach?
- Taught how to learn; learning processes and skills like searching, critiquing
and evaluating information, reflecting on the same, making meaning out of
them, drawing insights, posing questions, researching and constructing new
knowledge out of these bits of information learned.
How to teach?
- Teachers provide students with data or experiences that allow them to hypothesize,
predict, manipulate objects, pose questions, research, investigate, imagine and
invent
- Constructivist classroom is interactive
- Teacher’s role is to facilitate the process of dialogical exchange of ideas among
learners and between teacher and learners
- Knowledge is constructed by the learners through an active mental process of
development; they are builders and creators of meaning and knowledge
- Students’ minds are full of ideas waiting to be “midwifed” by the teacher with
his/her skillful facilitating skills.
Exercises
A. To which philosophy does each theory of man belong?
1. Is a product of his environment
2. Has rational and moral powers
3. Can choose what he can become
4. Is a complex combination of matter that responds to physical stimuli
5. Has no freewill
6. Has the same essential nature with others
7. First exists then defines him/herself
8. Is a social animal who learns well through an active interplay with others
9. Is a communicating being
10. Is a maker of meaning
D. Look for the mission statement of the following agencies. Analyze and identify
what is the philosophy of education behind each mission. Defend you answer.
1. CHED
2. DepEd
3. TESDA
4. PSU
5. PAFTE
Lesson 2
Formulating Your Philosophy of Education
Introduction
In the previous chapter, you were acquainted with the various philosophies. To
what philosophy do you associate yourself? In this lesson, you are going to formulate
your own philosophy of education, depicting your beliefs and views on teaching.
Philosophy of Education
It is said that one’s philosophy is the “window” to the world and “compass” in life.
Do you agree with this? Why?
Exercises
at least
five.
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Lesson 3
The Foundational Principles of Morality and
You
What is Morality ?
Morality refers to the quality of human acts by which we call them right or wrong, good or
evil (Panizo, 1964).
The human action is right when it conforms to the norm, rule, or law of morality.
Otherwise it is said to be wrong.
A man’s action, habit or character is good when it is not lacking of what is natural to man,
i.e. when it is in accordance with man’s nature. For instance, it is not natural for man to
behave like a beast because he is not an animal. He is a man and unlike the beast, he has
an intellect and free will. That intellect makes him capable of thinking, judging and
reasoning. His freewill gives him the ability to choose. He is not bound by instincts
Thus, a foundational moral principle is the universal norm upon which all other principles
on the rightness or wrongness of an action are based. It is the source of morality.
The foundational moral principle is contained in the natural law. It is the law “written in the
hearts of men” (Romans 2:15). For theists, it is “man’s share in the Eternal Law of
God….”(Panizo, 1964). St. Thomas defines it as “the light of natural reason, whereby we
discern what is good and what is evil….. an imprint on us of the divine light….” It is the law
that says: “Do good and avoid evil.”
The natural law which says “Do good and avoid evil” comes in different
versions:
Philosophy/philosopher Belief/tenet
Kung-fu-tsu “Do not do to others what you do not like others to do to
you”
Christians Golden Rule - Do to others what you like others to do to you.
Ten Commandments
Eight Beatitudes
“Love God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your
strength” and “Love you neighbor as you love yourself”
Immanuel Kant “Act in such a way that your maxim can be the maxim for all”
In other words, you strive to develop your potential, you love and care for yourself and
make this love flow to others, you lead a virtuous life, and as you advance in age you also
advance in your emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual life.
Our act is moral when it is in accordance with our human nature. Our act is immoral when
it is contrary to our human nature. Our intellect and free will make us different from and
above the beast.
As a teacher, you are expected to be a person of good moral character. You are a person of
good moral character when you are human, loving, virtuous, and mature.
Exercises
A. Answer the following with YES or NO. If your answer is NO, write the correct answer in
a complete sentence.
We have noted in the previous lesson that to be moral is to be human. Living by the
right values humanizes.
But the question is, “Is there such a thing as right, unchanging and universal value?
Two groups have been asserting their views whether values are absolute or not.
Our discussion on values formation is based on the premise that there are
transcendent values. Most are believers of a transcendental being called called Bathala,
Apo Dios, Kaburian, Allah, etc.
Vital values
- Values pertaining to well-being either of the individual or of the community
(health, vitality)
- Values of vital feeling
capability
excellence
Spiritual values
O Values independent of the whole sphere of the body and of the environment
O Grasped in spiritual acts of preferring, loving and hating
- Aesthetic values; beauty against ugliness
- Values of right and wrong
- Values of pure knowledge
But while we take care of our health, Christians will say, we do not “live by bread alone”
but also by “the word that comes from the mouth of God” (Luke 4:4).
….life is more than food and the body more than clothing (Luke 12:23). Our concern
must go beyond the caring of our bodily health.
Man is an embodied spirit and so we also need to be concerned with matters of the
spirit like appreciation of what is right and beautiful.
The saints have been raised to the pedestal and are worthy of the veneration of the
faithful because they gave up their life for their faith in the Holy One.
Values clarification
In a pluralistic society, we cannot help but face value confusion and value
contradictions of our times. We experience this when we do not know what we really value
or when we are not clear on what we really value. So we end up lukewarm or uncommitted
to a value.
The term value is reserved for those “individual beliefs, attitudes and
activities…..that satisfy the following criteria:
1. freely chosen
2. chosen from among alternatives
3. chosen after due reflection
4. prized and cherished
5. publicly affirmed
6. incorporated into actual behavior
7. acted upon repeatedly in one’s life
Exercises
A. Answer the following. Support your answer with research.
1. Are values really unchanging despite these changing times? Defend your answer.
2. Should we teach values? How and why?
3. What is the effect of good habit (virtue) and bad habit (vice) on the will?
4. How can you test if a value is really your value?
5. Why are the pleasure values considered the lowest value in the hierarchy of
Scheler?
Do you agree with him?
B. Create a poem or a song pertaining to values development, values formation, or values
clarification.
Write down in each box the things you consider very valuable in your life. Arrange
them according to hierarchy – from most important to least important.
Top priority
Second priority
Third priority
Last priority
Lesson 5
Teaching as Your Vocation, Mission and Profession
Vocation
The word vocation came from Latin word “vocare” which means to call. If there is a
call, there must be a caller and someone who is called. There must also be a response. For
the Christians, the caller is God and for the Muslims, it is Allah. Believers in this Supreme
Being will look at this voiceless call to have a vertical dimension. For non-believers, the call
is also experienced but this may be viewed solely along a horizontal dimension. It is like
man calling another man, never a Superior being calling man.
For the believers, it was God who called you here for you to teach, just as God called
his disciples. Like you, they did not understand the events surrounding the call but in great
faith, they responded.
And now that you are in the College of Teacher Education and Technology (CTET), it
means that you accept the call. May this positive attitude continues and even more
persistent and strong as you pursue this endeavor.
Mission
The word mission comes from the Latin word “misio” which means “to send”. You
are called to be a teacher and you are sent into the word to accomplish a mission which is
to teach. Teaching is a mission; you have an assigned task to do or accomplish.
As a teacher, you are expected to contribute to the betterment of this world in your
own unique way. Your unique and most significant contribution to the humanization of life
on earth is in the field where you are prepared for, and that is teaching.
There are teachers who regard teaching as just a job. Others see it as their
mission. How about you? Read and reflect on the following:
If you are doing it only because you are paid for it, it’s a job;
If you are doing it not only for the pay but also for service, it’s a mission.
If you teach because it does not interfere with your other activities, it’s a job;
If you are committed to teaching even if it means letting go of other
activities, it’s a mission.
If you quit because no one praises or thanks you for what you do, it’s a
job; If you remain teaching even though nobody recognizes your efforts,
it’s a mission.
According to the former Chairperson of PRC, Hon. Hermogenes P. Pobre, “The term
professional is one of the most exalted in the English language, denoting as it does, long
and arduous’ years of preparation, striving for excellence, a dedication to the public
interest, and commitment to moral and ethical values.”
Our service to the public as a professional turns out to be dedicated and committed
only when our moral, ethical and religious values serve as our bedrock foundation. The
same moral, ethical and religious convictions inspire us to embrace continuing professional
education.
Hence, if you take teaching as your profession, you must be willing to go through a
long period of preparation and a continuing professional development. You must strive for
excellence, commit yourself to moral, ethical and religious values and dedicate yourself to
public service.
Dr. Josette T. Biyo, the first Asian teacher to win the Intel Excellence in
Teaching Award in an international competition, said in a speech delivered before a
group of educators, to wit:
Exercises
A. An Exercise on Metaphor/Simile
B. Interview three teachers, one each in the three levels of education. Ask their
views on teaching as a vocation, mission and profession.
C. Research on ten quotations about teaching. Analyze each quote and identify the
views of the writer regarding teaching whether it is seen as a vocation, mission
or profession. Explain your answer.
CHAPTER II
THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITY
The teacher is primarily meant for the classroom to teach. This is his/her first
community, a community of pupils/students. But he/she has other communities to relate
with – the teaching community and the community outside the school.
To function well in the classroom and in the community, the teacher must be equipped
with competencies.
Competencies refer to knowledge, skills and attitudes that a teacher ought to possess
for him/her to perform his/her tasks satisfactorily. These are captured and presented in the
NCBTS framework.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the chapter, the students must have:
1. explained the competencies as contained in the PPST, that each teacher must possess in
order to function effectively in the classroom and in the community.
2. related the PPST and the code of ethics for professional teachers
3. examined the responsiveness of the present teacher education curriculum to the needs
of the teacher as she/he performs her/his role in the classroom and in the community
4. deepened one’s understanding of the various roles of the teacher in the classroom and
in the community.
Lesson 1
The Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST)
The PPST was developed by the DepEd in relation to the Teacher Education and
Development Program that conceptualizes the teacher’s career path.
The PPST is a set of competencies (behaviors, attitudes, and skills) that each teacher
must possess to function effectively and satisfactorily. These are based upon “the
core values of Filipino teachers and on the principles of effective teaching and
learning.
The framework is divided into 7 domains that represent the desired features of the
teaching and learning process.
These domains incorporate a series of twenty-one strands of desired teaching
performance statements which can be identified s 80 performance indicators that
are observable indicators of the quality of a teachers’ performance.
Domain 1 Social Regard for Learning
Domain 2 The Learning Environment
Domain 3 Diversity of Learners
Domain 4 Curriculum
Domain 5 Planning, Assessing, and Reporting
Domain 6 Community Linkages
Domain 7 Personal Growth and Professional Development
The ideal teacher functions well in the classroom as well as in the community
Serves as a positive and powerful model of learning and living;
Provides a social, psychological, and physical environment that is conducive for
learning because students from varied backgrounds are treated with respect,
engaged in different learning activities and are motivated to work towards high
standards of learning;
Facilitates the learning process by considering diversity of learners;
Implements curriculum effectively by making students understand curriculum goals
and standards, by his/her mastery of subject matter and skillful use of teaching-
learning strategies and activities and learning resources;
Aligns assessment to curricular goals, objectives and standards, uses assessment
results to improve teaching-learning, and report assessment results to those
concerned;
Links with communities to help attain curricular goals;
Demonstrates a high regard for the teaching profession and embarks in a continuing
professional development.
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Exercises
A. Relate the PPST with the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers. Use the matrix
below.
A teacher must be equipped with knowledge, skills, and right attitudes toward the
profession. This is necessary in the exercise of his duties and noble functions as molder of
behavior and as catalyst of change.
To remain relevant and interesting in this ever-changing world, the teacher must
possess the 21st century skills.
Information literacy
- The ability to identify what information is needed, identify the best sources of
information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically,
and share that information.
- Most essential in conduct of research
Media literacy
- The ability to critically analyze the messages that inform, entertain and sell to us
every day.
- The ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all forms of media asking
pertinent questions about what is there and noticing what is not there.
- The ability to question what lies behind media productions – the motives, the
money, the values and the ownership – and to be aware of how these factors
influence content of media productions.
Scientific Literacy
- Encompasses written, numerical, and digital literacy as they pertain to
understanding science, its methodology, observations and theories.
- The knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for
personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic
productivity.
Economic literacy
- The ability to apply basic economic concepts in situations relevant to one’s life.
- Cultivating a working knowledge of the economic way of thinking – understanding
tradeoffs, recognizing the importance of incentives.
- Encompasses a familiarity with fundamental economic concepts
- such as market forces or how the monetary system works.
Technological literacy
- Computer skills and the ability to use computers and other technology to improve
learning, productivity, and performance.
- The ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to
a. Communicate
b. solve problems
c. access, manage, integrate, evaluate, design and create information to improve
learning in all subject areas
d. acquire life-long knowledge and skills in the 21st century.
Another way of grouping the 21st century skills
Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making
and learning.
Ways of working. Communication and collaboration
Tools for working. Information and communications technology (ICT) and
information literacy
Skills for living in the World. Citizenship, life and career, and personal and
social responsibility.
To sum it up:
* The 21st century teacher is one who is adequately equipped with
1. Communication skills
2. Learning and innovative skills
3. Information, media and technology skills, and
4. Life and career skills
• He collaborates and interrelates with others from all walks of life.
• He is innovative and embarks on lifelong learning.
* He uses technology to the maximum and to the optimum to improve his learning
and productivity.
• He critically analyzes and evaluates information derived from various sources and is
able to read message from media whether directly given or given in a subtle
manner.
• The 21st century teacher is highly collaborative a lifelong learner is accountable for
results and is information, media and technology literate.
Exercises
A. What 21st century skill is referred in the following?
1. Expressing feelings and ideas clearly
2. Respecting diversity of individuals
3. Creating lantern out of waste materials or used things
4. Creating conceptual visual representations
5. Use of power point presentation in teaching
6. Actively participating in civic and cultural affairs
7. Being able to use resources properly
8. Being flexible and adaptable
9. Working together to achieve a common end
10. Willingness to take risk
B. Prepare a 5-point rating scale to determine the 21st century skills of future teachers.
Lesson 3
School and Community Relations
TEACHERS
- Continue to enrich the students’ experiences at home, thus strengthening the
valuable, personal traits and characteristics initially developed.
- In the end, the contrived attention and efforts of both “custodians” are accorded
acknowledgment and recognition by members of the community.
- The members of the community are the parents, local government units, the
non- government agencies, civic organizations and all the residents.
- They are highly motivated to participate in the school activities and projects that will
likewise redound to the uplifting of the moral and quality of life in their own locality.
Difficulties
Teachers are endowed with a caring and compassionate attitude that is expressed in their
love and unending sacrifice in guiding the young. Despite conscious effort, children
experience difficulties and problems regarding:
Solutions
The best way to thresh out causes and come up with solutions is to conduct a
dialogue wherein parents may be invited to drop by the school or the teacher may
pay a visit to their home.
A calm and friendly face-to-face exchange of observations could straighten some
disturbing interactions ending with a promise of undertaking remediation in both
quarters.
Positive attitudes of kindheartedness and patience are developed through modeling.
Regularity in attendance and doing daily assignments need strong motivation and
encouragement from both sides.
Letters and praises to parents for outstanding performances build confidence and
strengthen determination to continue the good work.
Interesting lessons never fail to motivate students to be present every day for an
enjoyable participation in them.
Extremes of behavior need detailed consideration of past experiences in school and
at home.
Values developed
Values and strong inclinations are instilled starting from the home and are developed
further in the school. Some of the most desirable are:
• Respect for elders and fro the rights of others
• Cooperation
• Willingness to share
• Deep sense of responsibility
• Persistence
Students exhibiting exemplary traits must be given due recognition.
Interests
• Special interest and innate talents noticed at a young age, e.g. heightened
propensity for music and drama, athletics and the arts, must be attended to by
sensitive mentors and guardians.
• This is to provide them with continued opportunities to attain full realization of their
natural gifts.
1. Collaborative relationship
• The school officials actively participate in community projects such as literacy
assistance project for out-of-school children and house campaign for healthful
practice.
• The municipal/city officials are likewise ready to provide help in improving
the physical facilities of the school.
• During historic celebrations in both places, participation by each is easily
elicited with such positive and civic consciousness activities enjoyed by the school
and the community, and a strong feeling of togetherness becomes evident.
2. Organized Associations
• Schools have organized PTCA with the officers coming from both their members.
They undertake projects and activities aimed at promoting a harmonious and
enjoyable relationship among themselves. They conduct regular meetings, manifest
strong spirit of cooperation, sharing of expertise and material resources and also
serve as representations during forum or school affairs.
Exercises
A. Describe how the school and the community work together in each of the
following events:
- Socio-cultural activities
- Peace and order situation inside and outside of the school
- Projects
B. In your own community, name some problems originating from within that are
experienced by teachers in the school? How can the community address these
problems?
Lesson 4
Linkages and Networking with
organizations
The school and its community, in collaboration with public and private institutions and
organizations are indeed inseparable if they are to create an impact on the lives of the
students and members of the community they are committed to serve.
The school can enjoy linkages and networking activities with international, national
and local organizations in the community for mutual benefits and assistance needed.
A network system can be designed incorporating the strength and availability of
services and expertise from both or among the group.
Linkages, also termed interconnections, with institutions functioning along the same
mission are intended to serve members of both sides according to their respective
needs, interests, and objectives. They create bonds together to solicit support and
assistance for purposeful activities the doublings which could be facilitated faster
and better considering the doubling of energy and resources
Linkages
International Linkages
a. Pi Lambda Theta is an international honor society and professional association of women
educators. Established in the country more than 3 decades ago, its main project is ETP
(excellence in Teaching Project) started in 1997 in coordination with Metrobank
Foundation.
b. INNOTECH is the center for training educational leaders from Southeast region under the
SEAMEO organization. It conducts training program to upgrade the competencies of
teachers from the region in all the competencies of teachers from the region in all
disciplines.
c. World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) has a local chapter which recently
hosted a three-day international congress with the international President, officials and
members from the main office together with the members from different countries in
attendance.
Networking
A network is a grid/web whose members actively demonstrate how they can work together
to attain common objectives, undertake innovative practices and update members
regarding breakthrough in different disciplines. Such network composed of several
institutions are also termed consortium wherein several colleges of different universities
bind themselves for a common goal.
Networking can be
With professional organizations
With foundations
With government offices
With media
Networking with PO
a. Consortium among Colleges and Universities
1. Taft consortium
2. The mendiola consortium
b. With subject specialists
1. BIOTA
2. MATHED
3. Physics Teachers Association
4. Chemistry Teachers Association
c. Teacher Education Institutions
1. PAFTE
2. SUCTEA
d. National organization
1. FAAP
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Exercises
1. What are the importance of having linkages and networking? List down your
answers. You may give real-life examples to support your answer.
2. Identify one organization that exists in your community and discuss how this
had assisted the school.
Introduction
Our world has been called a “global village”. Communication and information is
made possible through electronic mails and worldwide web.
As teacher, think globally, but act locally! You can be a global teacher by being the
best teacher in your school.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the chapter, the students must have:
Global Education
UNESCO defines global education as a goal to become aware of educational
conditions or lack of it, in developing countries worldwide and aim to educate all people to
a certain world standards.
To achieve global education, the United Nations sets the following goals:
1. expand early childhood care education;
2. provide free and compulsory primary education for all;
3. promote learning and life skills for young and adult;
4. increase adult literacy by 50%;
5. achieve gender parity and gender equality by 2015; and
6. improve quality of education
In order to meet the various global challenges of the future, the 21 st Century
Learning Goals was established as bases of various curricula worldwide. The learning goals
include:
Global Teacher
Who is a global teacher?
1. A competent teacher who is armed with enough skills, appropriate attitude and
universal values to teach students with both time-tested and modern technologies
in education in any place of the world.
2. One who thinks and acts both locally and globally with worldwide perspectives, right
in the communities where he or she is situated.
More specifically, a global Filipino teacher should have the following qualities and
characteristics:
Understands how this world is interconnected
Recognizes that the world has rich variety of ways of life
Has a vision of the future, sees what the future would be for him/herself and the
students
Must be creative and innovative
Must understand, respect and be tolerant of the diversity of cultures
Must believe and take action for education that will sustain the future
Must be able to facilitate digitally-mediated learning
Must have depth of knowledge
Must possess good communication skills (must be multi-lingual)
Must possess the competencies of a professional embodied in NCBTS
Exercises
A. Research on the teaching posts in some countries which are needed in the next
three years. Present this in a table.
B. Reflect on the statement: “As a global teacher, act locally but think globally.” Share
your insights on this.
C. Answer the following with Yes or No. If you answered No, provide explanation.
1. A teacher has to earn a prestigious award to be called a global teacher.
2. A global teacher has wider view of what education is all about.
3. A teacher in far-flung areas cannot be considered a global teacher.
4. A global teacher should be fluent in English and in other languages
5. A Filipino teacher is not possible to teach in other countries because of the
differences in curriculum.
6. Global education provides the same standards for quality education worldwide.
7. To be globally competitive, teachers should develop competencies in the use of
technology.
8. To be a global teacher, one must have a good understanding of the different
cultures of the learners.
9. The teacher education curriculum in the country prepares the prospective teacher
globally.
10. Global education disregards learners with special needs.
Lesson 2
A Closer Look at the Educational Systems of Selected Countries of the
World.
A. Education in Australia
- Australia is called by many as the last paradise on earth. Why? It has a high quality
education system and many students all over the world go to Australia to study. Its
educational system is similar with that of Canada and England.
Basic Education
- Primary school is six years; high school is six years; for college or university, three
to six years.
- High school is divided into junior HS (year 7 – year 10) and senior HS (year 11-year
12) and these vary from state to state.
- During junior HS studies, the student has to decide what to do after high school;
continue year 11 and 12 to prepare for college, or get a job after year 10, or go to a
Technical and Further Education (TAFE) college to learn technical skills.
- Entry age of compulsory education is 6 years old and exit age is 15 years old.
- Primary education, for 6 years old to 12 years old children, is provided by
government and non-government primary schools.
- Junior secondary level is for 12 to 16 years old students, provided by government,
non-government Co-Educational Comprehensive/Multi-Purpose High School. A
Junior Secondary Certificate of Education (Year 10 Certificate) is awarded at the end
of the Junior secondary level.
- Senior secondary level is provided for two years, students 16 to 18 years old; no
longer compulsory education; offered by government and non-government
providers. A Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (Year 12 Certificate) is
awarded at the end of this level.
- Government schools are under the direct responsibility of the State or Territory
Education Minister; federal government provides supplementary financial
support.
Higher Education
Main purposes of Australian Higher Education
1. To enable individuals to develop their capabilities for effective participation in the
workforce, for constructive contribution to society and for personal growth and
fulfillment;
2. To advance knowledge and understanding;
3. To aid the application of knowledge and understanding for the benefit of the
economy and the society;
4. To enable individuals to adapt and learn, consistent with the needs of an adaptable
knowledge-based economy at the local, regional, and national levels;
5. To contribute to democratic civilized society
C. Education in Japan
- Japanese educational system is highly centralized and is administered by the
Mombusho or Ministry of Education; sometimes seen as a model on how to operate
schools.
- From kindergarten to university serving about 24 million students with 10% going to
University.
Basic Education
Five basic levels of Japanese education system
1. Kindergarten
2. Elementary school (six years)
3. Lower Secondary school (three years)
4. Upper secondary school (three years)
5. University (around four years)
Preschools or yochien
- With mainly female teachers
- Not official part of the educational system
Education is free and compulsory for children from 6 to 15 years old.
Classes are large and teaching methods are usually lecture.
Japanese students spend 243 days a year in school.
Standard curriculum includes Japanese language, social studies, math and science
along with art, music, home economics, physical education, and greatest emphasis
on Japanese language.
Lower secondary schools from grade 7 – 9; two-thirds of teachers are male; class
size average is 38 and the periods are fifty minutes long.
Upper secondary schools offer academic, technical and vocational programs.
Higher Education
Junior colleges stress home economics, nursing, teaching, humanities, and social
science for women who want to pursue a course.
Private institutions make up 80% of university enrolment.
To get into the university, the student must take two exams: a) national
achievement test, and b) highly competitive test given by the university
60% of the universities have graduate schools, but only 7% of university graduate
obtains master’s degree.
Japanese education relies heavily on examinations to determine which schools the
student will go next. It is built on the principle that if you do well in exams, you will
get into good schools/universities and into a good life-time job.
Basic Education
Formal education is categorized into sectors or levels:
1. Public ordinary school education (pre-primary, primary, secondary and
higher education)
2. Independent school education
3. Special school education
4. Technical college education
5. Teacher training
6. Technikon
7. University training
Compulsory General Education Training (GET) cover reception year, Grade R to
IX, divided into three phases:
1. Foundation (Grades R –III)
2. Intermediate (Grades Iv – VI)
3. Senior (Grades VII – IX). Last stage of compulsory education.
Children start primary education when they turn 7 years old.
Senior secondary education, or Further Education and Training (FET), from grades
X- XII is not compulsory.
The eight learning areas which form the basis of all basic education up to Further
Education Training (FET) certificate include:
1. Language, literacy, and communication
2. Mathematical literacy, mathematics and mathematical science
3. Natural science
4. Technology
5. Human and social science
6. Economics and management science
7. Arts and culture
8. Life orientation
Higher Education
Level 5-8 of the National Qualification Framework (NQF)
Most colleges of education offer a three-year programme leading to the Diploma in
Education
Nursing colleges and hospital schools of nursing offer four year course leading to a
diploma
Agricultural colleges offer one or two year certificate and three year diploma course
Technikons offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in technology
One school year consists of 41 weeks or 196 school days divided into four terms.
Basic Education
Core subjects are English, mathematics and science.
Each key level has definite emphasis that gradually becomes more advanced as the
level progresses.
1. Foundation Stage – covers children aged 3 – 5 years old, not yet mandatory
2. Key Stage One – includes children aged 5 – 7 years; mandates core subjects like
English, Mathematics and Science and non-core foundation subjects are
design/technology, history, art/design, music and physical education.
3. Key Stage Two – includes children aged 7 to 11; mandates the same core and
non-core foundation subjects, and sex education
4. Key Stage Three – includes children aged 11 – 14; mandates the same above but
adds Foreign Language and Information/Communication Technology.
5. Key Stage Four – includes those aged 14 – 16; core curriculum courses lead to
five subject areas which are English, Math, Science, Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) and Physical Education
6. Post 16 Education – not mandatory in England ; students can either continue
education or enter the working world
Higher Education
Universities are not only concerned with the undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching.
HE system in UK needs to include reference to the Open University as a major
provider of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Students studying at a university for their first degree are called “undergraduates”.
Ordinary degree programs in the UK universities are usually 3-year courses;
undergraduates completing these programs successfully are awarded either a
Bachelor of Arts (AB) or Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Honours degree programs are usually four-year courses.
Masters degree is usually achieved after two more years study following an Ordinary
or an Honours degree. The students are awarded MA or MSc.
A doctorate is normally awarded after several years (three years full time) of
research and the presentation of a doctoral dissertation.
Basic Education
1. Pre-primary education
- type of school providing this education are kindergarten, nursery
schools, preschool programs, child/day care centers
- age level is 4 – 6 years old and the duration is 2 years
2. Primary education
- elementary school
- Grades 1 to 4, children aged 6 to 10, transition to middle school
- Grades 1 to 5, children aged 6 to 11, transition to middle school
- Grades 1 to 6, children aged 6 to 12, transition to junior high school
- Grades 1 to 7, children aged 6 to 14, transition to junior high school
4. Secondary education
- high school; Grades 7-12 or 8-12, aged 12-18 years of age; HS diploma is awarded
Two levels
a. Junior high school – Grades 7 to 8, 7 to 9, or 8 to 9; ages 12-14 years
old b. Senior High School – Grades 9 to 12 or 10 to 12; ages 14-18 years
old
Basic Education
Compulsory education from age 6 to 16
Free education for residents or citizens
18:1 student-teacher ratio in primary school; 15:1 in secondary school
Three types of school are state-funded, state integrated and private
National curriculum for all state schools, which include core subjects as English,
health & physical education, language, mathematics and statistics, science, social
science, technology, arts. Secondary schools may add accounting, art history,
media
studies and specialized science and language studies.
Five competencies include
1. Thinking
2. Using language, symbols, and texts-different ways to communicate
3. Managing self
4. Relating to others
5. Participating and contributing
Higher Education
Universities
- there are 8 government-funded universities which have internationally respected
academic and research standards (NZQA)
- higher entry criteria for medicine and dentistry
- academic year is from March to November
Institutes of Technology and Polytechniques
- state owned
- offer courses equivalent in merit to degree offering universities
- offer short term courses that may begin anytime of the year
- close relationship between Colleges of Education and the Ministry of Education
in the professional development of teachers
2. Research on the Education in the Philippines. Present this by recalling the history of
Philippine education and up to the present, which is focused on the K to 12 Program.
This differences among students placed greater demands to teachers. Because in the midst
of this diversity, every students must be given equal opportunities to education. Thus,
there is a need for:
a. curricular and instructional modifications
b. teaching styles
c. re-examination of teachers’ attitudes, beliefs and perceptions
Multicultural education enables teachers and educators to give value to the differences in
prior knowledge, experiences of learners from diverse background and familiarity
with students’ histories of diverse cultures (Haertel, 1998). This has also lead to the
inclusion of learners with special needs in schools. Responses to multicultural education
includes:
a. environmental adaptation of classrooms
b. behavior support plans
c. cooperative learning
d. peer tutoring
e. team teaching
Accommodating Cultural Differences and Commonalities
The classroom is composed of diverse students. Some common issues of
cultural majority-minority that pose challenges to teachers include:
a. girls are more than boys
b. natives are more than immigrants
c. the rich are less than the poor
Moreover, teachers maybe are unaware of the cultural norms of each student, which
may interfere with teaching and learning. It is then necessary that a teacher must be
knowledgeable about differences in culture, religion, ethnicity, and language of students.
Exercises
1. List down characteristics of a multicultural teacher.
2. Using the worldwide web, identify three learners from other parts of the world, e.g.
3. One each from Asia, America, Europe. Identify their characteristics as an individual
and as a learner. What are the similarities? differences
4. Reflect on the following:
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Situation:
Marcela is going to teach in an international school in Indonesia. She graduated
from one of the teacher education institutions in the Philippines. The school curriculum is
American-based, and the students come from different countries but majority are
Indonesian nationals.
Analysis:
1. What challenges are seen in her classroom?
2. How would she prepare to meet these challenges?
Lesson 4
Broadening Teacher’s Perspectives: Teacher Exchange Programs
As a global teacher, you need to broaden your perspectives and expand experiences beyond
the walls of your classroom. Opportunities for this endeavour can be achieved through
teacher exchange programs. You can some of these programs below and you will look for
others later.
It is interesting to note that these programs give teachers the opportunity to live their
personal and professional lives in another context, in another setting, in another
country, thus strengthening their skills in understanding diversity and multiculturalism.
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Exercises
C. Conduct interview to a teacher from any school in your vicinity or locality who
has participated in a teacher exchange program. Document your interview
through pictures and write a brief report on this.
Lesson 5
Bridging the World Into the Classroom Through Educational
Technology
Introduction
Technologies as link to new knowledge, resources and high order thinking skills have
entered classrooms and schools worldwide. The use of computers and various programs
coupled with the internet has spread widely and has been helpful in the teaching and
learning process.
Technology for
Teaching
The use of technology in the classroom has never been underscored than now.
However, survey data suggest that technology remains poorly integrated in the schools,
despite massive acquisition of hardware.
Below is a list of various technology programs that can be used to assist teachers to be
innovative in teaching.
Performance Indicators that will serve as guide in meeting and coping with the rapid
demand for use of technology in the global classrooms.
With substantial knowledge, skills and appropriate attitude in the use of technolog y,
you can now apply innovative teaching strategies in your classroom.
Exercises
Read and make decision based on your readings, experiences and observation. Write True
or False before the number.
4. Only those who have access to the internet can use technology.
5. Even with use of technology, the diversity of learners should be
considered.
9. CD-ROMS allow students to search easily for parts that interest them.
1. Worldwide Web
2. Hypermedia
3. Microworld
4. CD-ROM
5. Electronic field trip
6. Software
7. Hardware
8. Social media
9. E-lib
10. Email
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CHAPTER IV
THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHING
Teaching is a profession, a great profession! But how and why do we say so? This
chapter will provide us information and data on the professionalization of the job of
teaching. We will have a review of the basic laws and other laws specific of the profession.
1. compared PD 1006 and RA 7836 and other laws pertinent to the professionalization
of teaching;
2. explained how the amendments in RA 9293 support the teaching profession;
3. developed a deeper appreciation for the professionalization of teaching and for the
teaching profession itself;
4. felt the impact of the professionalization of teaching on your future life as a full-
pledged professional teacher.
Starting from this chapter, you are tasked to do more and further research on the
different laws that support teaching. The lesson will not provide any more discussion
on each presented topic.
Lesson 1
Basic Laws on the Professionalization of
Teaching
On January 1, 1977, Presidential Decree 1006, entitled Providing for the Professionalization
of Teachers, Regulating their Practice in the Philippines, otherwise known as Decree
Professionalizing Teaching was proclaimed.
PD 1006 declared a policy that teacher education be of the highest quality, and strongly oriented to
Philippine conditions and to the needs and aspirations of the Filipino
people.
Despite the professionalization of teaching in 1977, the quality of education in the country appeared
not to have improved. The findings of the 1991 Congressional Commission affirmed the
continuously deteriorating quality of education in the country. The Congressional Commission to
Review and Assess Philippine Education (EDCOM) found among others, that:
As your research, look for the following laws. Read and understand the provisions of each law.
Have a copy of said laws and come up with your summary and reaction about each law.
1. PD1006
2. RA 7836
3. RA 9293
Exercises
A. Compare PD 1006 and RA 7836 along the following items then give your remarks or
observations.
B. What amendments to RA 7836 were made by RA 9293, along number of units required for
non-education graduates and registration of those engaged in teaching without
examination?
C. Reflect on how can the previously learned laws help you become a professional teacher?
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CHAPTER V
BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
“There is no more noble profession than teaching. A great teacher is a great artist,
but his medium is not canvass, but the human soul.
--- Anonymous
Every profession has its code of ethical standards upheld by every professional. As of 2012,
the Professional Regulation Commission regulates 43 professions except bar examinations
conducted by the Supreme Court.
After studying this, it is hoped that every teacher will learn what it means to be a
professional teacher, to act and live as one.
Lesson 1
The Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers
The term professional has become a global nomenclature for people who excel in
their respective careers and professions. There were IT professionals, we salute
professional soldier, we commend the professional artist, etc.
By semantics, profession is a type of job that requires special training and gives
status and prestige to the individual. A professional is one who has competent skills,
observes high standards of the job, and abides by the code of ethics.
What you find above are just the heading for each article; there are still sections
under them. Look for the full and complete Code and study them very well. As a
prospective teacher, you must be knowledgeable about this and integrate every detain
in your career and life as a professional teacher.
Exercises:
A. Research on the full text of the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers. Have
this be printed and come up with your reflection.
B. Make a listing of the do’s and don’ts of a teacher. Specify the article where this is
provided. Use the matrix below.
Article Do Don’t
CHAPTER VI
OTHER EDUCATION AND TEACHER-RELATED LAWS
When you become part of the educational system, you will be guided by the Magna
Carta for Public School Teachers (RA 4670). Moreover, for both public and private school
teachers, you may refer to the Manual of Regulations for Private Schools and some
provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines. The Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers (1997) applies to all teachers – public and private.
At this point you are required to look for the particular laws on teaching and
education specified in each lesson. Afterwards, you can proceed to the exercises. You also
need to provide a print-out of said laws as part of your compliances. However, you have to
choose only the part which pertains or refers to the profession of teaching.
Lesson 1 The 1987 Constitution (with focus on Article XIV – Education, Science and
Technology, Arts, Culture, and Sports)
Lesson 2 RA 4670 – The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers
Lesson 3 Batas Pambansa 232 – An Act Providing for the Establishment and
Maintenance of an Integrated System of Education
Lesson 4 RA 9155 – An Act Instituting a Framework of Governance for Basic Education,
Establishing Authority and Accountability Renaming the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports as the Department of Education and for Other
Purposes
Lesson 5 Organizational Structure of the Department of Education Field Offices
Lesson 6 Excerpts from The Family Code of the Philippines
Lesson 7 Excerpts from RA 7610 – Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act
Lesson 8 RA 7877 – An Act Declaring Sexual Harassment Unlawful in the Employment,
Education or Training Environment, and for Other Purposes
Lesson 9 Excerpts from RA 8980 – An Act Promulgating a Comprehensive Policy and a
National System for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), Providing
Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Lesson 10 Republic Act No. 10157 – An Act Institutionalizing the Kindergarten Education
into the Basic Education System and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Lesson 11 UNESCO
Lesson 12 First Call for Children
Exercises
Lesson 1
Are the goals of education stated in the Constitution met and achieved or not? Defend your
answer.
Lesson 2
Research on the:
a. latest DepEd policy on recruitment and deployment of public school teachers.
Are this in accordance with the policies provided in RA 4670?
b. Academic freedom cited in Sec 12.
Lesson 3
List your rights and the corresponding duties and obligations as a teacher.
Rights Obligations
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Lesson 4
Based on the “authority, accountability, and responsibility” of the school head/principal, lit
down your expectations as a future teacher.
Lesson 5
What significant relations do you see between the teacher education institutions and the
Department of Education as far as pre-service education is concerned?
Lesson 6
What is meant by “special parental authority and responsibility” over the minor child
in Article 218?
What provision/s strike you? Why?
Lesson 7
What are acts and conditions prejudicial to the child’s development?
What are some of your observations in the community that are violations of the RA
7610?
Lesson 8
What are manifestations of sexual harassment that happen in an educational
setting. Give examples.
Look for a sexual harassment case of a teacher from the newspaper, paste this and
give your reaction.
Lesson 9
State clearly the importance of early childhood education the Philippine education. Support
your answer with researches.
Lesson 10
What do you think are the lacking provisions in the law on institutionalizing
kindergarten education?
Lesson 11
By means of a graphic organizer, present the characteristics of a Child-friendly School.
Lesson 12
Which provision/s are most important to you? Discuss.
What can teachers do to promote children’s health?
CHAPTER VII
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history
is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
-Aldous Huxley
Being a future teacher, it is but proper that you get acquainted with the historical
development of the educational system to develop appreciation of the efforts made in the
education reforms and to contribute to the improvement in your own little ways.
1. traced the development of the Philippine Educational System from pre-Spanish era
to the present along national development goals and objectives of education.
2. internalized the basic education curricular reforms from 1946 to the present
3. underscore the teacher’s role in the national program for the expansion to a 12-year
Basic Education Cycle.
Lesson 1
Historical Development of the Philippine Educational System
Lesson 2
Journey in Basic Education Curricular Reforms: 1946 – 2011