Learning Experiences · The students are passive participants in the study of things. 1 The students are passive recipients of learning. 2 The teachers’ questions assist students

OPEDA, SHENA MAE D. BSED 4-A Academic Year: 2018- 2019

0utcome Based

Learning Experiences

The Teachers’ Philosophy of Education

As a prospective teacher, every moment in your life is decision-making.

To a large extent, your educational decisions, choices and directions will be influenced

by your philosophy. It is a personal statement of your beliefs, thoughts, views, and

values of education, schools, teachings, and learning. Your philosophy is the best guide

to explore the teaching field.

In this learning experience, you will be guided through the experiential organizer as

follows:

Your Intended Learning Outcome: Develop philosophy statements of a future K-

to-12 teacher

Your Experiential Tasks Your Reflection Triggers

2.1 Exposure

An invitation to experience: Identifying belief statements

2.2 Participation

Generating data through answering belief survey form

2.3 Identification

Categorizing belief statements according to school of

thoughts

2.4 Internalization

Contextualizing internalized knowledge

As future K to 12

teacher, what will

be my personal

philosophy in

teaching?

How are my

statements of

philosophy

compared with

others?

2


2.5 Dissemination

Intrinsic transfer: Formulating belief statements of a K to 12

teacher

2.1 EXPOSURE

An invitation to experience: Identifying belief statements

My Belief Statements

The following are statements of thoughts, views, and values as they relate to teaching.

For each item below, respond accordingly to the strength of your belief.

5-Strongly Agree 4-Moderately Agree 3-Slightly Agree 2-Disagree 1-Strongly Disagree

Education is constant. 3

The schools’ function is to teach the world. 5

The school sharpens the mind. 5

The school continually seeks to discover ways to improve society. 5

The school exists to aid students in knowing themselves and their

place in society.

4

Change is necessary at all times. 3

Education is a preparation for life. 4

The curriculum focuses on values development. 3

The teacher is a model of behavior. 5

The teacher must impart knowledge of reality. 5


Curriculum consists of subjects and doctrines. 4

The curriculum puts heavy emphasis on social subjects and

emphasis.

4

The school presents exemplary models of behavior. 4

The school is dominated by subjects such as Math and Science. 2

The teacher interprets and tells. 3

The students determine what should be taught. 5

The students are actively involved in discovering the world in

which they live.

5

The students are passive participants in the study of things. 1

The students are passive recipients of learning. 2

The teachers’ questions assist students in personal journey. 5

Methods of teaching are receiving, memorizing and reporting. 2

The methods of teaching are observation and study. 3

The methods of learning are problem solving and inquiry. 3

Subject matter is a matter of interpretation. 3

Subject matters are literary, philosophical and religious. 3

2.2 Participation

Generating data through answering belief survey form


Request one new teacher (1-3 years in teaching) and one seasoned teacher (4 or more

years of teaching experience) to answer the given belief statements survey forms.

A. Mark your beliefs as a new teacher using the following numerical indicators.

5-Strongly Agree 4-Moderately Agree 3-Slightly Agree 2-Disagree 1-Strongly

Disagree




The school continually seeks to discover ways to improve

society.

5

The school exists to aid students in knowing themselves and

their place in society.

4








emphasis.

5



The school is dominated by subjects such as Math and

Science.

3




which they live.

5




Methods of teaching are receiving, memorizing and reporting. 3





B. Mark your beliefs as a seasoned teacher using the following numerical indicators.

5-Strongly Agree 4-Moderately Agree 3-Slightly Agree 2-Disagree 1-Strongly Disagree





The school continually seeks to discover ways to improve

society.

5

The school exists to aid students in knowing themselves and

their place in society.

5








emphasis.

2


The school is dominated by subjects such as Math and

Science.

3




which they live.

5





Methods of teaching are receiving, memorizing and

reporting.

2





2.3 IDENTIFICATION

Categorizing belief statements according to school of thoughts.

There are several kinds of philosophical beliefs which represent broad spectrum of

thoughts of what school should do, what curriculum should offer, how teacher will teach

and how students will learn. Our belief score will focus on five distinct school of

thoughts: perrenialism, idealism, realism, experimentalism, and existentialism.

A. Compare the philosophical views of the new and seasoned teacher with

your own by checking the appropriate box/es.

OUR SCOREBOARD A

Strength of Belief

Item Do I believe in this

statement?

My

Own

New Teacher Seasoned

Teacher

1 Education is constant. 3 3 1

7 Education is a preparation for 4 5 5


life.

11 Curriculum consists of subjects

and doctrines.

4 4 5

15 The teacher interprets and tells. 3 4 2

19 The students are passive

recipients of learning.

2 4 2

PERRENIALISM

Compare the results. Who among you strongly adhere (rating of 5) to perrenialism as a

school of thought?

As a matter of fact, almost all have balanced answers but the person who rated 5 in

some of the items was the seasoned teacher. I think, she is a perennial teacher in some

ways in which she considers education as a preparation for life and that curriculum

consists of subjects and doctrines. However, the teacher who really got the most points

for this is the new teacher who is more perennial among us.

OUR SCOREBOARD B

Strength of Belief

Item Do I believe in this statement? My

Own

New

Teacher

Seasoned

Teacher

3 The school sharpens the mind. 5 5 5

9 The teacher is a model of behavior. 5 5 5

13 The school presents exemplary

models of behavior.

4 4 5

21 Methods of teaching are receiving,

memorizing and reporting.

2 3 2


25 Subject matters are literary,

philosophical and religious.

3 4 5

IDEALISM

Compare the results. Who among you have strong tendencies to be believers of

idealism

Based on the result, the person who adheres to idealism is the new teacher since she

got the higher points. The seasoned teacher and I as an education student are nearly

idealists.

OUR SCOREBOARD C

Strength of Belief


Own

New

Teacher

Seasoned

Teacher

2 The schools’ function is to teach the

world.

5 4 5

10 The teacher must impart knowledge

of reality.

5 5 5

14 The school is dominated by subjects

such as Math and Science.

3 3 3

18 The students are passive

participants in the study of things.

1 4 2

22 The methods of teaching are

observation and study.

3 3 5

REALISM

Compare the results. Who among you have strong tendencies to be a realist teacher/s?

In terms of philosophies, the seasoned teacher has a strong tendency to be a realist


teacher among us. The new teacher seems to be similar with some of my beliefs in

dealing with realistic world.

OUR SCOREBOARD D

Strength of Belief


Own

New

Teacher

Seasoned

Teacher

4 The school continually seeks to

discover ways to improve society.

5 5 5

8 The curriculum focuses on values

development.

3 4 5

12 The curriculum puts heavy emphasis

on social subjects and emphasis.

4 5 2

17 The students are actively involved in

discovering the world in which they

live.

5 5 5

23 The methods of learning are problem

solving and inquiry.

3 4 5

EXPERIMENTALISM

Compare the results. Are you all experimentalist teachers? Who among you have the

strong tendencies to be experimentalists?

The most points go to the seasoned teacher who clearly believes that experimentation

in classroom is really important. My own result and the result of the new teacher are

seemingly near with each other.


OUR SCOREBOARD E

Strength of Belief


Own

New

Teacher

Seasoned

Teacher

5 The school exists to aid students in

knowing themselves and their place in

society.

5 4 4

6 Change is necessary at all times. 4 4 3

16 The students determine what should be

taught.

2 4 5

20 The teachers’ questions assist students

in personal journey.

3 4 5

24 Subject matter is a matter of

interpretation.

2 4 3

EXISTENTIALISM

Compare the results. Who among you are strong believers of existentialism as a school

of thought?

The new teacher and the seasoned teacher have similar results which means that they

have the same perspective on the belief of existentialists. My own result is seemingly

low meaning to say, I am not into existentialism.


2.4 INTERNALIZATION

Contextualizing initialized knowledge.

With the present Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum (K to 12), what do you think will

be the most appropriate philosophical beliefs about:

A. Education?

B. School?

C. Curriculum?

D. Teachers?

E. Students?

F. Methods of Teaching?

As for me, dealing with education, school, curriculum, teachers, students, methods

of teaching, the most appropriate philosophical beliefs for the enhanced K12

curriculum are realism and experimentalism. Given the fact that educational system

of K-12 primarily aims to provide the students greater opportunity to explore the

world through various pedagogies to be provided by the teacher, these educational

philosophies are applicable.

Self-reflection

B. What philosophical agreements develop among the new, seasoned teachers, and in you? In terms of the different educational philosophies, we had developed a sense of agreement in almost all of them. We have the commonality in believing with some of the aspects that concern every philosophy. In this regard, this helps me to establish a sense of being a teacher as I also believe in the philosophies followed by the new and seasoned teacher. C. What significant differences appear among these groups? (New teacher,

seasoned teacher, and you)

We just vary on the level of the belief in every educational philosophy. This simply implies that every person can actually create and establish own philosophy which can be essential in the teaching field in a long- run.


2.5 DISSEMINATION

Intrinsic transfer: Formulating belief statements of a K to 12 teacher.

See the big picture in your career path. Think seriously about the K to 12

program as your source of Belief Statements of a K to 12 teacher. Develop your

belief statements of a K to 12 teacher.

Use the following questions to guide you in stating your belief:

A. What are schools for?

Schools for me are the place where accessible hands on experiences take place.

These provide an opportunity for the students and teacher to socialize with each

other while sharing experiences and gaining knowledge and skill.

B. What subjects are of value?

For me, all of the subjects have values that need to be given focus. However, I

would like to focus on the greater attainment of success in dealing with sciences

and communication arts.

C. What is an ideal K to 12 teacher?

An ideal K-12 teacher knows how to think in a wide spectrum of information. A

teacher must be globally competitive who can provide the new generation of

learners an opportunity to be aware with the happenings not only in the local and

national but also international contexts.

D. What should be the primary goal of a K to 12 teacher?

The primary goal of K12 teachers must give focus on providing opportunity for

the students to explore the world theough creative and innovative pedagogies of

the teacher.

E. What is the best way for students to learn?


The best way for the students to learn is to let them experience the things that

they need to learn. Give them resources that can be beneficial in their studies

and let them find ways on how they could understand the contexts of what they

are learning.


My companion in doing the FS interviewed Ma’am Nica Nicole Palma,

a teacher in San Vicente Parochial School.

Ma’am Emerose M. Palma, a teacher in Daguit High School as she

shared her ratings about the different educational philosophies.

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Learning Experiences · The students are passive participants in the study of things. 1 The students are passive recipients of learning. 2 The teachers’ questions assist students