Educ 55 | The Teaching Profession

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• Educational Philosophies

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1.Recent educational development relates with perennialism

— Exercising the students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

2.The teacher believes that it is better to use the old and traditional methods than to experiment
with new techniques in classroom teaching. The teacher is a/an

— Essentialist

3. When the teacher is convinced that it is best to teach students the skills to adapt to change
since change is the only thing permanent in this world he/she subscribes to which philosophy?

— Pragmatism

4. An educational philosophy which asserts that the only reality in the physical world that we
recognize through careful, scientific observation is the philosophy of?

— Existentialism

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Morality & Values Formation

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Objectives

~ differentiate morality from values;

~ explain the different principles of morality, and the foundational moral principle;

~ explain the Max Scheler’s Hierarchy of Values;

~ explain the components of value formation;

~ reflect on the morality and values that teacher should uphold.

~ Society and You

~ Foundational Principles of Morality

~ Values Information and You

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Society and You

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• Teacher as an Individual Person

— As society becomes more complex and its values become more pluralistic, the areas of
responsibility for teachers become wider. (Pelletier, 2004)

— Teaching is more than just a simple job. (Cohen, Manion, Morisson 1996)

• Teachers Have Different Talent & Skills

— It is always desirable for teachers to possess various skills and talents that they can use and
share as they perform in their teaching tasks.

• The Body Parts of a Teacher

BRAIN EYES EARS HANDS

MOUTH NOSE FEET HEART

1. Teachers have economic needs.

2. Teachers need security and justice.

3. Teachers need to be recognized and appreciated to boost their moral and self-esteem.

4. Teachers need spiritual support.

5. Teachers need role clarity.

6. Teachers have social needs.

7. Teachers need to cope with various challenges and changes.

8. Teachers have individual rights

• Community perception on the ROLE of teacher in the community Teachers are perceived
to be:

~ Very important

~ Respected in a community

~ Help in the community to some extent

• Community perception on BELIEFS and ATTITUDES about

teachers and teaching

The community strongly agreed that teachers:

~ help develop the moral character of children

~ are second parents

~ are assets to the community

2. Teacher sets moral standard of the community

3. Teachers make good parents

4. Men should be encouraged to enter the teaching profession

5. The teaching profession is one of the lowest paid.

6. Teachers should be paragon of virtue

7. Children obey and respect their teacher

8. Teachers play an active role in disciplining children

9. Praising boosts a child’s self-confidence

10. A teacher is a child’s model

11. Child’s interest in studies depends upon his/her behavior

12. Parents entrust their children ‘s welfare to teachers

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Foundational Principles of Morality

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What is Morality?

the quality of human acts by which we call them right or wrong, good or evil (Panizo, 1964)

What is Foundational Moral Principle?

from the Latin word “princeps” which means a beginning, a source on which something is based,
founded, originated or initiated foundation of a building upon which all other parts stand
• Foundational Moral Principle is contained in NATURAL LAW

~ written in the hearts of men (Romans 2:15)

~ For thesists, man’s share in the Eternal Law of God

(Panizo, 1964)

~ the light of natural reason, whereby we discern what

is good and what is evil an imprint on us of the

divine light. (St.Thomas)

• Foundational Moral Principle

All men have a mind which cannot bear (to see the suffering of) others. If now men suddenly see
a child about to fall into a well, they will without exception a feeling of alarm and distress. From
this case we may perceive that he who lacks a feeling of commiseration is not a man; that he who
lacks a feeling shame and dislike is not a man; he who lacks a feeling of modesty and yielding is
not a man; and that he who lacks a sense of right and wrong is not a man. Man has these four
beginnings. (Mencius, cited by Fung Yulan, 1948)

• Natural Law In All Lenses

~ Do not do to others what you do not like others to do to you. ( Confucius )

~ Do to others what you like others do to you. ( Golden rule of Christian )

~ Act in such a way that your maxim can be the maxim for all. ( Immanuel Kant )

~ Love God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your strengths.

~Love your neighbor as you love your self.

• Buddhists Eightfold Path:

1. Strive to know the truth. 5. Engage in a job that does not injure others.

2. Resolve to resist evil. 6. Strive to free their mind of evil.

3. Say nothing to hurt others. 7. Control their feelings and thoughts.

4. Respect life, morality, and property. 8. Practice proper forms of concentration

“Hatred does not cease by hatred; hatred

ceases only by love.” – Buddha