1. 1. Interview your model teacher on how he/she lives teaching as a vocation,
mission, and profession.
For my four years of staying in college I
really admire and considered Mr. Renato Valdez
as my role model teacher. His dedication in
teaching inspires me a lot. He didn’t consider
his students as an ordinary students but an
extraordinary one for he believes that every
students has great personality that need to be
showed up and develop. Furthermore, as I ask
him how he lives his teaching career as a
vocation, he said, “my deepest desire in
teaching is to genuinely serve my learners
under my sincerest way of teaching them and I
want to impart them the things I’ve learned not
only about the subject but also about reality
because a history teacher I want to show them
how history brought them to me, and also I want
to show them trough my action how dedicated I
am in serving and teaching them that’s why
even if I’m already the teacher I still studied the
lessons that I need to teach them and I want also to a good example for them”.
In addition, he told me that his mission in teaching is not about money and
position it is about how you as a teacher brought contentment and happiness to your
students and for yourself also because the student are not the one who is learning
alone, teachers is also learning from his/her students. He said, “I have to go to school to
make my learners be functionally literate, equipped with life skills and imbued with
desirable values as a person”. Lastly, Mr. Valdez profession as a teacher is to be
dedicated in teaching and imparting knowledge to his learner. He said that studying
hard and dedicates his work consistently and conscientiously for the success of his
teaching that his heart will be forever in his students to make them a better, equipped,
and a good citizen not only today but also for the future.
2. 2. Name and identify the aim curriculum, methodology, and teacher – learner
relationship of educational philosophies. Name atleast 2
Perennialism
Perennialists believe that one should teach the things that one deems to be of
everlasting importance to all people everywhere. They believe that the most important
topics develop a person. Since details of fact change constantly, these cannot be the
most important. Therefore, one should teach principles, not facts. Since people are
human, one should teach first about humans, not machines or techniques. Since people
are people first, and workers second if at all, one should teach liberal topics first, not
vocational topics. The focus is primarily on teaching reasoning and wisdom rather than
facts, the liberal arts rather than vocational training
(http://www.answers.com/topic/philosophy-of-education#ixzz35nMJoC9F).
In addition, Perennialism aimed to teach the students’ way of thinking that will
secure individual freedoms, human rights and relationship through nature. Furthermore,
it is a teacher – centered because it emphasizes on the importance of transferring
knowledge, information and skills from the older generation to the younger ones. Also
teacher is not concern at the students’ interest and it focuses more on the curriculum
and nature needed. Teachers set everything based on the syllabus.
Progressivism
Educational progressivism is the belief that education must be based on the principle
that humans are social animals who learn best in real-life activities with other
people. Progressivists, like proponents of most educational theories, claim to rely on the
best available scientific theories of learning. Most progressive educators believe that
children learn as if they were scientists, following a process similar to John Dewey's
model of learning: 1) Become aware of the problem. 2) Define the problem. 3) Propose
hypotheses to solve it. 4) Evaluate the consequences of the hypotheses from one's past
experience. 5) Test the likeliest solution
(http://www.answers.com/topic/philosophy-of-education#ixzz35nMJoC9F).
3. 3. Formulate your own educational philosophy.
My own educational philosophy is that this kind of philosophy believes that
children, like all individuals, reach their greatest strides when they have a sense of inner
sanctuary, security, and comfort and this will generally happened when they feel a
sense of love and acceptance without the threat of physical and emotional pain or
injury. The aim of this philosophy is to develop the self – awareness and self –
realization of an individual that will help them to be more focused, and relaxed. This
type of curriculum is a strong balanced curriculum because teachers are helping
students to be equipped and balance. In addition, the child is not using his/her left and
right brain that’s why I considered it as a balanced curriculum. Furthermore this
philosophy facilitates learning through the integration of right/left hemispheres of the
brain, that relieves stress and allow the individual to experience deeper levels of
thinking and being and that will lead to the unfolding of greater potential.
