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Medina Foundation College

Poblacion, Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental
Email Address: mfc_1984@yahooo.com

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
COURSE CODE: PROF. ED 8 – Teaching Profession
1st Semester of A.Y. 2020-2021

Introduction

“Teachers are the most responsible and important member of society because their professional efforts
affect the fate of the earth”. – Helen Caldicott. Teachers are one of the most significant members of a
society. They are also one of the most influential professionals in the community. Before a teacher
becomes a professional facilitator, motivator, initiator, and motivator, teachers are essential learners of
their own nature. Professionals will not be professionals without professional teachers in the society.
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Socially speaking, teachers are active contributor in the progression and development in a social
institution. As what an Adage that says “Teachers are made and born.” This self-ideology becomes the
guide in able to meet the things needed to produce multiple desired learning outcomes inside and
outside the classroom situation. The fusion of nature and nurture aspects in the life of a teacher has a
great role playing in the cyclic teaching and learning process. Nature means that the teacher has innate
or inborn qualities wherein a particular person has been foresight of employing potential characteristics
of a teacher while nurture means that the surrounding environment or institutions like schools also
contribute to the holistic development of a teacher and serve as their training ground. Therefore, they
are an extremely important facet of any society for a number of reasons and their role in society is both
significant and valuable. Teachers play an extraordinary part in the lives of children for the formative
years of their development and the importance of teachers is something that cannot be understated.
They involve themselves in molding their students into responsible citizens of their country because all
of us live in a society, we need each other more than anything else, we can never stand alone by our
own self. For example, a teacher can never be a teacher or a professional without the help of others that
surrounds them because the success of the person is depending on how they work for it and to those
people who believe in them. Likewise, students are factors to become a good teacher.
Rationale

This course Professional Education 8 [Teaching Profession] provides a meaningful insights on how to
engage a personality, communication skills and passion to what they do as a way to become a good and
successful teacher which promotes positive and constructive behavior in order that Parents and Teacher will
enjoin in working together to provide for a child’s specific needs ; thus, to let these future teachers know
the different philosophies of education will teach them on how to cope with the needs of their students. This
further tackles the role and the teachers’ significance in the society and the duty of teachers in creating
society answering the question “Why Teachers Matter?” since that teachers are in a critical point that makes
a child ready for their future.

Intended Learning Outcomes

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A. Let the Future Teachers to have a depth sense of understanding on the different philosophies,
principles, values, that are considered to be important in teaching enable them to be professionally
developed.
B. Reflect and Realize the vital importance of a well-educated, quality teachers play in shaping the
world around us.
C. Appreciate on how teachers contemplate to improve his or her Teaching Profession
D. Make them fully informed in achieving intelligent decisions on the teacher’s Roles towards the lives
of the students and society in general that need to be practiced always

Activity

Directions: Brainstorm ideas about “You, The Teacher, as a Person in Society”

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“You, The Teacher, as a Person in

Society”

Discussion

John Donne said in his song "No man is an island"..."No man stands alone... we need one another..."
In the context of our life as a teacher, we would say "No teacher is an island. No teacher stands
alone." Indeed, you can't become a teacher alone. Think of the many people who are helping you
now become a teacher in the near future. In fact, you soon will be called a "teacher" in relation to a
student,
Howin the same your
it captures manner that your student will be called "student" in relation to you as a teacher.
interest?

As a_________________________________________________________________________________
teacher, you have a significant role to play in society. Your influence on your students and on

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other people with whom you work and live depends a great deal on your philosophy as a person and
as a teacher. our philosophy of life and your philosophy of education serve as your "window" to the
world and "compass" in the sea of life.

I. PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE

Determining one’s educational philosophy may be quite confusing, but there are categories of
philosophy that one can fall into. Philosophy is defined as mother of all sciences for it is a quest to
know the truth based on logical reasoning aside from the observation of one’s nature. Philosophies
vary in different period or era with that fact that there is ancient, medieval, renaissance period,
modern and oriental philosophies.

In the ancient philosophies that are mostly pagan beliefs, it is founded that philosophy may be
classified with wrong judgements, happy life, doubt, and combination of positive philosophies. It
was founded by different ancient philosophers, with different beliefs. Medieval philosophies are
more on the divine beliefs that is composed of different disciplines and moral learnings. The
beginning of the modern science starts in the period of renaissance wherein the philosophy includes
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the realism of sense and social. The modern philosophy of education stresses on the value and beauty
of knowledge and experiences. It focuses on mental ideas for absolute good, and composed of
different philosophies that can help a modern teacher to provide an ideal environment for learning.
Other philosophical beliefs that have something to do with religion are included in the oriental
philosophies.
II. FORMULATING YOUR OWN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

The way that a teacher teaches their students, socialize and interact with them has an underlying
philosophy. It starts with what we believe and includes the things that we want to happen with our
students. It is composed of our goals and aims for EDUCATION. No other person can make your
own philosophy. There are guides in making our own philosophy of education, and it is to enumerate
our purposes, skills that we want to impart, roles of teachers and students, and the way that we
should assess learners. Sometimes, answering the questions “what to teach?” and “how to teach?”
can reflect the kind of philosophy that is dominant to us. Formulating our own philosophy of
education does not require us to use solely our minds, but is not limiting us to use our hearts in
teaching.

A teacher can have many philosophies but there is always a dominant philosophy for them. Even if
the philosophies are different from each other, it still has similarities.

III. THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY AND YOU

Teacher should always be a person with a good moral character. I just had this realization that
teachers should have a self-assessment, in a way that they will try to know the things that they have
to improve morally. Morality is not just to know what is right from wrong but it is also trying to
make things right if it is wrong. A person should have a good moral character, especially teachers
even they are from the past, present, and in the near future. The profession of being a teacher should
provide us with our own principles of moral. The identity of a teacher includes the moral character
and the way that they behave with their principles. It is not enough that one has the professional
license, because a true educator is educated … and a true learner is a learned.

IV. VALUES FORMATION AND YOU

Values are CAUGHT and TAUGHT. Values formation starts in early childhood and the

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way we practice the value becomes our attitude. Influences are one of the factors that provide us the
value that we have. There are known three dimensions of values and these are the cognitive,
affective and behavioral. In cognitive dimension, it is a taught value that needs further understanding
why do we have to value and acquire that VALUE. Affective domain is not enough to know the
value because it includes the conscience of the person if he/she didn’t have the right values. The
evidence of valuing a value is living with it, and that is a behavioral dimension.

V. TEACHING AS YOUR VOCATION, MISSION, AND PROFESSION

Teaching is a VOCATION that is a calling from God.

Teachers are professionals that make it PROFESSION.

Teaching is a MISSION and not just a job.

Teachers are called for a duty, and that is to teach the students and impart the sense of responsibility,
good attitudes, and personality. Like other courses or degree, yes, it is a profession. Being
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professional takes a lot of effort, dedication, sacrifice, and a long preparation. Teaching is something
that needs accomplishment, it is a mission. Whether a teacher considers teaching as vocation,
profession, or mission, the most important thing is the goal in teaching. Initially, we can all combine
these things together, as tool in teaching and learning process. Teachers should know the importance
and essence of their existence inside and outside the classroom.

——-as a member of society, teachers should be a responsible individual to impart his/her

philosophies, morality, and values with the students and even with the members of the community.
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WORK EXERCISES
Directions: Formulate your own philosophy of education. To help you in this task,
write all your answers to the following questions:

1. "Why do I teach?"
2. "What should I teach?"
3. "How should I teach?"
4. "What is the nature of the learner?"
5. "How do we learn?

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DIRECTIONS: Make and Write a Portfolio on YOU TEACHER AS A PERSON IN A SOCIETY

Here’s how?
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TEACHER’S
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ALL ABOUT
ME AS A
FUTURE
TEACHER

REFLECTION
DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHIES,
PRINCIPLES OF
MORALITY,
VALUES
FORMATION
&TEACHING
MISSION & VISION

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REFLECTION

DIRECTIONS: Write your reflection based on the given statement below as your Realization of
What a true teacher is? Have it in MS Word and Submit it to this Email Account:
dionsonhazel04@gmail.com
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