MIDTERM IN PROF ED 2

Jessel Marian P. Abraham Time/Schedule: Sat. 8-11:00 am

Professor: Rommel Alcantara
1. What is your position/opinion about it? (Republic Act No. 9344 “Juvenile Justice and
Welfare Act of 2006”
- The bill would only discriminate against less fortunate kids- a deeper symptom of a
disturbing societal condition in the country. Children’s mind are not yet fully developed
and are not able to fully discern consequences of their actions. Citing studies
“adolescent‘s brain function reach maturity only at 16 years old, affecting their
reasoning abilities and impulse control”. If the bill is passed into law, social workers
have another issue to deal with- the possibility of mixing younger children with
teenagers who have committed more serious crimes. For me, I am really against it
especially when they there’s many to turn over the children. I also pity those 9 years
old and above who will be mixed in detention with those 15 to 17 years old with
criminal cases. The older children tend to physically and sexually abuse the younger
one I think.
What is the best age that the child can be held criminally liable? For my own opinion
it is 16 years old and above because that’s the time when adolescent brain function reach
mature. In fact lowering the age of criminal liability would be disadvantages to the poor.
Given the current state of the justice system in the country, the bill risks victimizing the
poor, among whom most offending minors come from primarily because of need. These
families’ means barely cover their needs, let alone hiring a lawyer. While poverty is not an
excuse to commit crime, there ought to be a clear distinction between making the children
responsible for their acts and criminalizing them. There is a bigger picture surrounding
juvenile crime which is usually left out of the discourse. The problem of children in conflict
with the law is deeply rooted in the social ills of the country-increasing inequality paired
with decreasing support for social services such as healthcare and education. These
problems will require more holistic and nuanced solutions rather than simply lowering the
age of criminal liability.
What are the possible effect of this law to the development of the child?
- For me, it will only scar children and adversely affect their future
2. “Electricity is not only present in a magnificent thunderstorm….
- Electricity is not only present in a magnificent thunderstorm and dazzling lightning,
but also in a lamp; so also, creativity exists not only where it creates great historical
works, but also everywhere human imagination combines, changes, and creates
anything new.
“The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider”
- A facilitator is the person who assists a group of people in grasping at their common
targets and in achieving them without any intervention on his or her behalf. Therefore,
when we say the teacher has to play the role of a facilitator in the classroom, this means
that the teacher should not be the king who controls the activities of the learners. He/she
should grant the learners some space to let the spirits of creativity and innovation. In
other words, the learners must get involved into an active participation that would be
involved into an active participation that would be represented in argumentative
discussions and teamwork activities, so that the process of learning become
comprehensive, Not a content provider who supplies information or answers to the
questions in an activities that the student itself must answer it in their own.
3. If you will become a teacher, how will you apply the theory of Lev Vygotsky during
the teaching learning process? Make a particular example about it.
- Vygotsky’s concept of the zone of proximal development is based on the idea that
development is defined both by what a child can do independently and by what the
child can do when assisted by an adult or more competent peer. Knowing both levels
of Vygotsky’s zone is useful for teachers, for these levels indicate where the child is at
a given moment as well as where the child is going. The zone of proximal development
has several implications for teaching in the classroom. According to Vygotsky, for the
curriculum to be developmentally appropriate, As a future teacher, I will plan activities
that encompasses not only what child are capable of doing on their own but what they
can learn with the help of others. Vygotsky’s theory does not mean that anything can
be taught to any child. Only instruction and activities that fall within the zone promote
development. For example, if a child cannot identify the sounds in a word even after
many prompts, the child may not benefit immediately from instruction in this skill.
Practice of previously known skills and instruction of concepts that are too difficult and
complex have little positive impact. I will use information about both levels of
Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development in organizing classroom activities.