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The Teaching Profession
The Teaching Profession
Do not cheat.
MAKE A WISH
BEFORE BEGIN!
A warning!
Answer the questions as you go along.
There are only 4 questions.
This is an honest questionnaire
which will tell you a lot about
your true self.
Give an answer for each item.
The first thing that comes to mind is
usually your best answer.
RIGHT?
(1) Put the following 5 animals in the
order of your preference:
Cow, Tiger, Sheep, Horse, Pig
(2) Write one word that describes each
one of the following:
Dog, Cat, Rat, Coffee, Sea.
(3) Think of someone, who also knows
you and is important to you, which you
can relate them to the following
colors. Do not repeat your answer twic
e. Name just one person for each color:
REALLY WANT.
Look at the interpretations below:
But first!
The idea that people are not isolated from one another, but that
mankind is interconnected.
You, the Teacher, as a Person
Nature of Man?
No Man Is an Island
Artist(Band): Joan Baez I saw the people gather,
I heard the music start,
No man is an island, The song that they were sing
No man stands alone, ing,
Each mans joy is joy to me, Is ringing in my heart.
Each mans grief is my own
. No man is an island,
Way out in the blue,
We need one another, We all look to the one above,
So I will defend, For our strength to renew.
Each man as my brother,
Each man as my friend. When I help my brother,
Then I know that I,
Plant the seed of friendship,
That will never die.
Lesson learned
We dont live in a vacuum. We live in a society. We are
part of society. Our thoughts, values, and actions are so
mehow shaped by events and people we come in
contact with. We, in turn, help shape
society-its events, its people, and its destiny.
The explainer
Knows the SM
Is familiar with teaching methodologies
Uses appropriate teaching and organizational
procedures and techniques to help students learn
Involves students actively and puts a great deal of
efforts into finding appropriate and interesting
activities
The involver
Knows the SM
Knows about methodologies
Has the awareness of how individual students
and groups are thinking and feeling within
the class
Builds effective working relationships and a good
classroom atmosphere
With an active personality and attitudes to
encourage student learning
Develops the conditions that enable and thus
students to learn how to learn and thus
become life-long learners
The enabler
It is therefore, no joke to become one!
Why? Many a time the teacher is blamed for the many ills
in society. There are lot of demands and much is expected
from you.
Your influences on your students and on other people
with whom you work and live are greater. But these
influences depend greatly on your Philosophy as a Person
and as a Teacher. Thus, Your Philosophy of Life and your
Philosophy of Education serve as your window to the
world and compass in the sea of Life. Within your
personal Philosophy are your Principles and Values that
will determine how you regard people, how you look at life
as a whole. They govern and direct your lifestyle, your
thoughts, decisions, actions and your relationships with
people and things.
Teachers are expected to . . .
CARE
Not to sCARE
CARE
acknowledgement
sCARE
name calling
belittling students
Buzz session
Group activity: For 20 minutes
1. Why do you want to become a Teacher?
2. For you, what is meant by No teacher is
an island. No Teacher can stand alone.
3. Think and share what are your different
Responsibilities as a PERSON? (example:
To God, family, friends, community,
nature, parents, brothers, sisters,
classmates, enemies, etc.)
Journal Entries
Activity #1: All About My Self (describe in detail all about you)
Activity #2: What is your understanding of the saying No man
is an island, no man can stand alone. Would it be different
if it will be written this way :No Teacher is an island, no
Teacher can stand alone? Explain.
Activity #3: My Responsibilities as a Person Think of the
many people who are helping you and influencing you
to become a teacher in the future? In what way do they
affect your life? With creativity, construct anything that
will show your different responsibilities as a person.
To each responsibility, code it with a specific color and
explain why you choose that particular color and what
it represents to.
Lesson 2: My Philosophical Heritage
To philosophize is so essentially human-and in a sense to
philosophize means living a truly human life --J.Pieper