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COLEGIO SAN JOSE DE ALAMINOS, INC.

COLLEGE DEPARTNMENT
Alaminos City, Pangasinan
CY 2020-2021 FIRST SEMESTER

NAME: YEAR&COURSE:

I. Subject: Prof. Ed. 2/ Teaching Profession

II. Instructor: ROLDAN M. CALAG
III. Duration: 2 weeks (6 hrs)
IV. Topic: You, The Teacher, as a Person in Society
V. Learning Outcomes:
 Summarize at least five philosophies of education and draw their implications
to teaching-learning.
 Formulate your own philosophy of education.
 Identify and clarify your role as teacher in relation to social institutions such
as family, the school, the church, and the state.
 Discuss and internalize the foundational principles of morality.
 Accept continuing values formation as an integral part of your personal and
professional life.
 Clarify if you truly value teaching.
 Explain teaching as a vocation, mission, and profession.
VI. REFERENCE: The Teaching Profession. Purita P. Bilbao, Ed.D et., al. Lorimar
Publishing Co., Inc. Metro Manila. 2006
VII. Instructions
 Before you open the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that you are
doing. Find a quiet, well-lighted and well-ventilated area to read and study to
help you concentrate.
 Follow all the contents and directions indicated in every page of this module.
 While reading your references, take down notes about the topic. Writing can
help you grasps and organize ideas.
 Use non-blotting pen when using the back page of the module in answering
activities.
 Analyze and perform all the provided activities in the module.
 Enjoy and hoping to see you soon!

VIII. Introduction: Welcome to Teaching Profession! It is a three-unit course of the new

teacher education curriculum. It attempts to give the prospective professional teacher
a comprehensive view of his/her multifarious task to enable him/her make an
informed decision on whether or not he/she pursues teaching as a profession or give it
up for a more lucrative way. The first chapter of this course dwells on the teacher as
an individual member of society. For him/her to be able to play his/her roles as
society expects him/her, he/she must be grounded on a personal unifying philosophy,
must be deep in his/her moral convictions and strong in his ethical principles and
must embark on a lifetime project of values formation. To heighten the nobility of
teaching, it is discussed not only as a profession but also as a vocation and a mission.
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YOUR PHILOSOPHICAL
HERITAGE

“To philosophize is so essentially human – and in a sense to philosophize means living a truly
human life”
- J. Pieper

We are heirs to a rich philosophical heritage. Passed on to us are a number of

philosophies of various thinkers who lived before us. These thinkers reflected on life in this
planet. They occupied themselves searching for answers to questions about existence.

FIVE PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION

1. Essentialism. Essentialism 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.”
2. Progressivism. Progressivists accept the impermanence of life and the inevitability of
change. For the progressivists, everything else changes. Change is the only thing that
does not change.
3. Perennialism. The perennialist curriculum is a universal one on the view that all human
beings possess the same essential nature. It is heavy on the humanities, on general
education. It is not a specialist curriculum but rather a general one. There is less emphasis
on vocational and technical education
4. Existentialism. The main concern of the existentialists is “to help students understand
and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for
their thoughts, feelings and actions.” Since existence precedes essence, the existentialist
teacher’s roles 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.
5. Behaviorism. Behaviorist schools are concerned with the modification and shaping of
students’ behavior by providing for a favorable environment, since they believe that they
are a product of their environment. They are after students who exhibit desirable behavior
in the society.

Test your Understanding of the Philosophies

I. Answer each item with YES or NO. If your answer is NO, explain your answer in
a sentence. Use a bond paper or pad paper for your answer.
 ESSENTIALISM

_________1. Do essentialists aim to teach students to reconstruct society?

_________2. Is the model citizen of the essentialist the citizen who contributes to the re-building
of society?
_________3. Do the essentialist teachers give up teaching the basics if the students are not
interested?
_________4. Do the essentialist teachers frown on long academic calendar and core
requirements?
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 PROGRESSIVISM

_______1. Do the progressivist teachers look at education as a preparation for adult life?
_______2. Are the students’ interests and needs considered in a progressivist curriculum?
_______3. Do the progressivist teachers strive to simulate in the classroom life in the outside
world?
_______4. Does the progressivist curriculum focus mainly on facts and concepts?

 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 the 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 students’
interests?

 EXISTENTIALIST

_______1. Is the existentialist teacher after students becoming specialists in order to contribute
to society?
_______2. Is the existentialist concerned with the education of the whole person?
_______3. Is the course of study imposed on students in the existentialist classroom?
_______4. Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of the individualized approach?

 BEHAVIORISM

_______1. Are the behaviorists concerned with the modification of students’ behavior?
_______2. Do behaviorist teachers spend their time teaching their students on how to respond
favorably to various environmental stimuli?
_______3. Do behaviorist teachers believe they have control over some variables that affect
learning?
_______4. Do behaviorist teachers believe that students are a product of their environment?

TEST YOUR MASTERY

Read carefully the items below and tell which philosophy/ies do/es each theory of man belongs
to?

A person:

_________1. is a product of his environment.

_________2. has no universal nature.
_________3. has rational and moral powers.
_________4. has no choice; he is determined by is environment.
_________5. can choose what he can become.
_________6. is a complex combination of matter that responds to physical stimuli.
_________7. has no free will.
_________8. has the same essential nature with others.
_________9. is rational animal.
_________10.first exists then defines himself/herself.
_________11.is a social animal who learns well through an active interplay with others.
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FORMULATING YOUR
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

“Philosophy is vital only when the questions are mine and so is the struggle towards
answers.”
-W. Luijpen

Your philosophy of education is your “window to the world and “compass” in life.
Hence, it may be good to put that philosophy of education in writing. You surely have one just as
everybody has only sometimes it is not well articulated. Your philosophy of education is
reflected in your dealings with students, colleagues, parents and administrators. Your attitude
towards problems and life as a whole has an underlying philosophy.

In this lesson, you will articulate your thoughts on how you must therefore teach. If you
articulate your philosophy of education, you may find yourself more consistent in your dealings
with other people, in your actions and decisions.

What does philosophy of education contain or include? It includes your concept about:

 The human person, the learner in particular and the educated person
 What is true and good and therefore must be taught.
 How a learner must be taught in order to come close to the truth.

Here is an example:

My Philosophy of Education as a Grade School Teacher

I believe that every child

 Has a natural interest in learning and is capable of learning

 Is an embodied spirit.
 Can be influenced but not totally by his/her environment.
 Is unique and so comparing a child to other children has no basis.

I believe that there are unchanging values in changing times and these must be passed to every
child by my modeling, value inculcation and value integration in my lessons.

I believe that my task as a teacher is to facilitate the development of every child to the optimum
and to the maximum by:

 Reaching out all children without bias and prejudice towards the “least” of the children
 Making every child feel good and confident about him/herself through his/her
experiences of success in the classroom.
 Helping every child master the basic skills of reading, communicating in oral and written
form, arithmetic and computer skills.
 Teaching my subject matter with mastery so that every child will use his/her basic skills
to continue acquiring knowledge, skills and values for him/her to go beyond basic
literacy and basic numeracy.
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 Inculcating or integrating the unchanging values of respect, honesty, love and care for
others regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, appearance and economic status in my
lessons.
 Consistently practicing these values to serve as a model for every child
 Strengthening the value formation of every child through “hands-on-minds-on”
experiences inside and outside the classroom.
 Providing every child activities meant to develop the body, the mind and the spirit

MY PHILOSOPHY

Formulate your personal philosophy of education. Then reflect on your own

philosophy using the following questions as guide:

1. With that educational philosophy:

 How will you treat your student?
 What will you teach?
 How will you teach?
2. From which philosophies that you have studied and researched did you draw inspiration
as you formulated your own philosophy of education?
3. Does this education philosophy of yours make a difference in your life? What if you do
not have formulated philosophy of education at all?
4. Is your educational philosophy more of an abstract theory than a blueprint to daily living?
Why do you say so?
5. Do you think your philosophy will change as you grow in knowledge?

Deadline of Submission: October 5, 2020.