THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Name : _______________________________________________ Course and Year : ____________________

PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE
Direction: Read each statement carefully and identify what philosophical heritage is being described by each statement.
Write PN for Perennialism, B for Behaviorism, EX for Existentialism, PG for Progressivism, and ES for Essentialism.
(20 points)

1. Change is the only thing that does not change.

2. Focus on the individual. Learning is self-paced, self directed.
3. Great Books (repository of knowledge and wisdom, tradition of culture which must initiate each
generation)
4. It contends that teachers teach for learners to acquire basic knowledge, skills, and values
5. It is centered on teachers. The teachers do not allow the students’ interest or experiences to
substantially dictate what they teach.
6. Need-based and relevant curriculum
7. Rely heavily on problem-solving
8. Schools are concerned with the modification and shaping of students’ behavior by providing a
favorable environment, since they believe that they are product of their environment.
9. Schools should develop the students’ rational and moral powers.
10. Students are given a wide variety of options from which to choose. Students are afforded great
latitude in their choice of subject matter.
11. Students are not seen as objects to be measured, tracked, or evaluated
12. Teachers are seen as “fountain” of information and paragon of virtue.
13. Teachers ought to arrange environmental conditions so that students can make the response to
stimuli.
14. Teachers teach, “not to radically reshape society” but rather “to transmit the traditional moral values
and intellectual knowledge that students need to become moral citizens.
15. Teachers’ role is to help students define their own essence by exposing them to various paths they
take in life and by creating an environment in which they freely choose their own preferred way.
16. The curriculum is a universal one on the view that all human beings possess the same essential
nature.
17. The main concern is “to help students understand and appreciate themselves as unique individuals
who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.
18. They teach learners so they may live life fully NOW not to prepare them for adult life.
19. This curriculum includes the traditional disciplines such as math, natural science, history, foreign
language, and literature.
20. To help students know more about themselves, teachers employ clarification strategy.
 QUALITIES OF A TEACHER
Direction: Complete the graphic organizer below by choosing from the options in the Concept Bank. Then provide one
or two sentence/s explanation on your understanding about the concept. (20 points)

Qualities of
a Teacher

Professional Moral Personal Innate Mental Ability Psychological

ESSAY
Direction: Choose two topics and explain your understanding regarding your chosen item. Limit your explanation into
five sentences only. The holistic rubric will serve as your reference in developing your essay.

1. Are values caught or taught?

2. How are values developed in the cognitive, affective, and behavioral
dimensions?
3. What is your personal point of view of Teaching as a Vocation and Mission?

FAILS TO MEET EXCEEDS

EXPECTATIONS
4 10
Fails to meet this criteria
by obvious disregard for
Clearly organized
the expectations stated in
arguments, and
the criteria; Disorganized
explanation
and the reader can not
follow the essay
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT MEETS EXPECTATIONS
EXPECTATIONS
6 8
Essay has all the essential Easy to read, topic
Disorganized, leaves
parts and arguments but introduced, organization
reader wondering what is
may take a re-reading to clearly evident with proper
being said; abrupt ending
understand development of arguments