Week 1 The Teaching Profession

THE TEACHING
PROFESSION
(week 1)
• DR. EDWIN R. FERRER, O.P.
• Professor
The Teaching Profession
‘’Teachers...are the most responsible

and important member of society
because their professional efforts
affect the fate of the future ’’.
Helen Caldicott
Seven Philosophies of Education
Essentialism
Contends that teachers teach for
learners to acquire basic
knowledge,skills and values.
Progressivism
Progressivists accept the
impermanence of life and the
inevitability of change. ‘’
Change is the only thing that
does not change’’.
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.
Existensialism
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’’. ‘Existence precedes
essence’.
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 environment.
Linguistic Philosophy
It develops communication skills of the
learner, 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.
Constructivism
To develop intrinsically motivated and

independent learners adequately
equipped with learning and skills for
them to be able to construct knowledge
and make meaning of them.
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 Philosophy of education includes our concept

‘’window’’ about:
to the world and ‘’compass’’
• The human person, the learner in particular and
in life. the educated person.
• Your philosophy of education is reflected in

your dealings with students, colleagues, • What is true and good and therefore must be
parents and administrators. Your attitude taught.
towards problems in life as a whole has an
underlying philosophy.
• How a learner must be taught in order to come
close to the truth.
The Foundational Principles of Morality and You
When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something
inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. - Unknown
What is morality?
Morality refers to ‘the quality of human acts by which we call them right or wrong,
good or evil’’.
Your human action is right when it conforms with the norm, rule or law of
morality.(Panizo, 1964)
What is meant of foundational moral principle:

Came from a Latin word princeps which means a beginning a
source. A principle is that on which something is based,
founded, originated initiated.
What is 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’’
According to St. Thomas it is ‘’the light of the
natural reason, whereby we discern what is
good and what is evil……
It is the law that says. ‘’ Do good and avoid evil .’’
THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL OF MORAL
PRINCIPLE .
Teacher as a person of good moral character
The preamble of our Code of Ethics of a Professional Teachers, ‘’ teachers are duly licensed professionals who possess dignity and reputation with high
moral values as well as technical and professional competence’’.
Four ways of describing good moral

character according to one Christian
author:
1.Being fully human

2.Being a loving person
3.Being a virtuous person
4. Being a morally mature person
Value Formation and You
Education in values means the cultivation of affectivity, leading the educand through exposure to an experience of
value and of the valuable –R Aquino
Values
Formation
Values have Includes formation

Virtuous versus
Values are cognitive In the cognitive, Training
vicious life and
Thought and affective Affective and of intellect
their effect on
Caught and behavioral Behavioral and will
the will.
dimensions aspects

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THE TEACHING

‘’Teachers...are the most responsible

To develop intrinsically motivated and

• Your philosophy of education is your Philosophy of education includes our concept

• Your philosophy of education is reflected in

What is meant of foundational moral principle:

It is the law “written in the hearts of men’’

Four ways of describing good moral

1.Being fully human

Values have Includes formation

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