Field Study 6 Lesson 1

My Concrete Experience
1. Who am I as a person? Do I have personal qualities that would make me a better
teacher someday?
2. With the use of the checklist find out your personal characteristics which would help
you make become a good teacher. The qualities listed are few of the many attributes
needed buy the list given you would suffice
Look into yourself very well and answer each item very honestly. All you answers are
correct, so you do need to worry.
Name: ___________________________ School: __________________________ Sem: _______

AM I THIS PERSON?
Bilbao, 2010
Below are indicators of personal qualities which may describe you. Place a check mark
on the blank before each item if the indicator fits you most of the time or an X mark if the
description does not fit you most of the time.
_________1. I am mentally alert.
_________2. I make correct decisions.
_________3. I give attention to details.
_________4. I analyze every situation.
_________5. I am quick to make solutions.
_________6. I maintain poise.
_________7. I remain undisturbed under
pressure.
_________8. I hold my anger.
_________9. I am calm in the midst of chaos.
________10. I maintain dignity in all
circumstances
________11. I am very imaginative.
________12. I create new things.
________13. I like to try out new things.
________14. I accept responsibility and do it
well.
________15. I utilize to the maximum every
material.
________16. I have happy disposition.

________17. I appreciate other people.

________18. I am tolerant of other persons
________19. I am kind and sympathetic.
________20. I help voluntarily.
________21. I adjust to different situations.
________22. I look at the brighter side of life.
________23. I enjoy the company of others.
________24. Io laugh at my own mistakes.
________25. I can adjust to any group as a
member.
________26. I think that my suggestions are
not always right.
________27. I do not consider self as better
than others.
________28. I treat everybody fairly.
________29. I see others opinion as
different from mine.
________30. I give equal chance for
everybody to be heard.

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________31. I work beyond the objectives

set.
________32. I do things without being told.
________33. I do not give up easily on the
task.
________34. I set high goals for oneself.
________35. I work with a sense of urgency.
________36. I feel sure of what I do.
________37. I work for others.
________38. I initiate to do the job for all.
________39. I assume responsibility with
confidence.
________40. I work to succeed.
________41. I am pleasant in action, words
and appearance.
________42. I am clean and neat as a person.
________43. I dress up appropriately.
________44.
I
am
simple,
beautiful/handsome.
________45. I am appealing to others.
________46. I treat everybody with courtesy.

________47. I behave appropriately in

occasions.
________48. I select social functions to
attend.
________49. I use appropriate language.
________50. I adjust comfortably in a crowd.
________51. I have deep concern for others.
________52. I am always willing to share.
________53. I volunteer to do task for
others.
________54. I give up personal time for the
group.
________55. I work for the group even
without assurance in return.
________56. I am fair in giving judgment.
________57. I am consistent in words and
actions.
________58. I am punctual in attendance.
________59. I am sincere in giving
suggestions.
________60. I extend help to many others.

Number of checks in each cluster (Min- 1 to Max 5)

Personal Attributes
1. Intelligence
2. Emotional Stability
3. Resourcefulness
4. Compassion
5. Buoyancy
6. Objectiveness
7. Self-motivation
8. Self-confidence
9. Pleasantness
10. Refinement
11. Cooperativeness
12. Reliability

Cluster of Items

Number
Marks

of

Check Interpretation

1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
51-55
56-60

Legend for Interpretation: 5 Very High; 4 High; 3 Average; 2 Low; 1 Very Low

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My Observations
Your concrete experience, enabled you to describe, what you are as a person. The
qualities reflect who you are. Make a similar observation of ten active teachers in a school. You
observation will be done through a survey and will produce empirical evidences. This
observation method will enhance your skills to collect data, like when you doing research.
You will be provided with a Survey Checklist for you to reproduce 10 copies for your 10
respondent teachers. (They are on the last page of this Workbook). Make proper request from
these teacher who will become your respondents.
Tabulate the results in the matrix found below:
Personal Attributes

Scores of Checkmarks for each cluster

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
T6
T7

Ave
T8

T9

Desc

T10

1. Intelligence
2. Emotional
Stability
3. Resourcefulness
4. Compassion
5. Buoyancy
6.Objectiveness
7. Self-motivation
8. Self-confidence
9. Pleasantness
10. Refinement
11. Cooperativeness
12. Reliability
The Observed Information
Procedure:
1. To get the average, add the scores of the ten teachers and divide 10.
2. Look at the legend in your own checklist, and determine the description of the average.
3. Study the results.
Questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Which of the twelve attributes Is the highest among the teachers?

Which of the twelve attributes is the lowest among the teachers?
How many teachers are low in emotional stability?
How many teachers are high in compassion?
What six attributes are found to be strong among the teachers?

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6. What six attributes are found to be weak among the teachers?

7. What interesting observations can you spot from the other data not asked?
Use the information from your personal results and those of the ten teachers in making
your reflections that follow.

My Reflections
After studying the results of your teacher survey, write down your reflections on the following
situations reported to have happened in the school setting.
1. Why are some teachers reported to have bumped a learners head on the wall or made a
child swallow scratch paper or pencil filings? What attribute do you think is low for this
teacher?
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2. Why do you think some teachers are better loved by students than others?
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3. If you were to choose, which personal attributes should all teachers possess? Why?
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My Affirmed Concepts
After reflecting on this episode and recalling my previous subjects, I have realized that
there are several concepts in the teaching profession about personal attributes I learned that
has been affirmed and confirmed, examples of which are given below:
1.

2.

My Future Application
Using what I have learned in this episode, when I become a teacher, I should _________
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