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Field Study 6
Field Study 6
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FS 6 THE TEACHER
FIELD STUDY
AS A PERSON
Learning Episode
IN SOCIETY
FIELD STUDY 6 – On Becoming The 21st Century Teacher| 1
My FS Learning Task Overview
“ You are born a teacher “ somebody would tell you. Is this TRUE?
What attributes or qualities should you have that you would be a
teacher in the future? Like learners teachers are molded by nature
and nurture. Nature means your inborn qualities, Your natural
tendencies. Nurture means, how you wre trained or taught to become
a teacher. You are born with quqlities and attributes that would
fitted you become teachers. Let us find out in this episode.
My Learning Essentials
1.
I am mentally
√ A, I, H, B
alert. A.BUOYANCY/
2.I am imaginative Buoyant
√ A, I, H, B
for new ideas.
3.I like to try
√ A, I, H, B
out new ideas.
B.INTELLIGENCE/
4.I appreciate
√ D, F, I Intelligent
other people.
5.I am tolerant of
√ D, F, I
other person.
C.SELF-CONFIDENCE/
6.I adjust to
Self-confident
different √ A, B, H
situations.
7.I look at the
brighter side of √ B, I, G
D.COMPASSION/
life.
Compassionate
8.I don’t consider
myself as better √ D, I, G,F
than others.
9. I share
privileges with √ E, F E.COOPRATIVENESS/
others Cooperate
10. I give personal √ E
Check those
Personal
observed Put labels of Qualities
Qualities
The experienced teacher:
BOUYANT, INNOVATIVE, EMOTIONALLY
1. Is mentally alert √
STABLE, INTELLEGENT
2. Is very BOUYANT, INNOVATIVE, EMOTIONALLY
√
imaginative STABLE, INTELLEGENT
3. Tries out new BOUYANT, INNOVATIVE, EMOTIONALLY
√
things STABLE, INTELLEGENT
4. Appreciates oter
√ COMPASSION, FAIR, RELIABLE
people
5. Tolerates other
√ COMPASSION, FAIR, RELIABLE
people
6. Adjust to
different √ BOUYANT, INNOVATIVE, INTELLEGENT
situations
7. Looks at the
COMPASSION, RELIABLE,
brighter side of √
EMOTIONALLY STABLE
life
8. Does not consider
COMPASSION, RELIABLE,
self as better √
EMOTIONALLY STABLE,FAIR
than others
9. Shares privileges
√ COOPERATIVE, FAIR
with others
10. Gives up personal
time for the √ COOPERATIVE
group
11. Sees to it that
he/she does job √ SELF-CONFIDENT, INNOVATIVE
well
12. Makes quick
INNOVATIVE, EMOTIONALLY STABLE,
solutions to √
INTELLEGENT
problems
13. Volunteers to do COOPERRATIVE, SELF-CONFIDENT,
√
task for others COMPASSION
14. Works for the
group even COOPERATIVE, COMPASSION,
√
without being RELIABLE
affirmed return
My Reflections/ Insights
My Learning Portfolio
Teacher portrays a lot — to the mind of flint, the teacher must be iron,
and strikes sparks; to the empty pitcher, the teacher becomes a well; to
the fallow mind, a planter of seeds; to the cluttered mind, a gardener
to weed, shape and a space for growing; to the lens, teacher is light,
and to the mind of light, a lens; to the sleeper the teacher is a wake-
For me, she is the best teacher that retains a strong memory of what it she
like to be a learner has to know,
My Learning Essentials
Use the Survey Instrument found below for yourself and for two
teachers in the school.
Read each statement and answer honestly. Select among the choices
from Agree, Strongly to Disagree Strongly.
Least dominant?
Essentialism and Perennialism
Legend:
4 Agree strongly 2 Disagre
3 Agree 1 Disagree strongly
Teacher 2
4 1. The student learning should be centered around 3Rs only.
2. The school subjects should focus on the great thinkers of the
2
past.
3. Many students learn best by engaging in real-world activities
3
than reading.
4. The students should be permitted to determine their own
2
curriculum.
5. Subjects matter is taught effectively when it is broken down
4
into small parts.
6. The school subjects should include only essential for all
4
students to know.
7. Schools above all, should develop students’ abilities to
2 think deeply, analytical and creatively than social skill or
acquire body of knowledge.
8. Teaching should prepare students for analyzing and solving
4 the types of problems they will face outside the classroom.
9. Reality is determined by each individual’s perceptions. There
2 is no objective universal reality.
PROGRESSIVI EXISTENTIALI
ESSENTIALISM PERENNIALISM BEHAVIORISM
SM SM
TR. 1
TR. 2
ITEMS
TR. 1
TR. 2
ITEMS
TR. 1
TR. 2
ITEMS
TR. 1
TR. 2
ITEMS
TR. 1
TR. 2
SELF
SELF
SELF
SELF
SELF
1 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 4
1
6 2 4 4 7 4 4 2 8 4 4 4 9 3 4 2 3 3 3
0
1 1 1 1
11 2 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2 3 4 5
1 1 1 2
16 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4
7 8 9 0
2
2 2 2
21 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4
2 3 5
2 2 2 3
26 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 4
7 8 9 0
3 3 3 3
31 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2 3 4 5
3 3 3 4
36 3 3 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
7 8 9 0
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 5 8 3 5 2 1 7 5 4 5 5 5 6 8
OBSERVATIONS:
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FS 6 THE TEACHER
FIELD STUDY
IN A SCHOOL
Learning Episode
SETTING
FIELD STUDY 6 – On Becoming The 21st Century Teacher| 32
My FS Learning Task Overview
CLASS PROGRAM
Grade IV – Mapagmahal
2. RECORD OBSERVATIONS
At the time you are in school, what significant observations have
you made?
AREAS OF FOCUS FOR
OBSERVATION IN THE MY OBSERVATIONS
SCHOOL SETTING
Physical Setting
Socio-Psychological Setting
1. Would you consider teaching as a full time job? Why? Why not?
4. How can I improve the school setting that I have observed when
I become a teacher?
To improve the school setting that I have when I become a
future teacher I must be also observe the following;
In a Classroom Setting:
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FS 6 THE TEACHER
FIELD STUDY
IN THE
Learning Episode
COMMUNITY
SETTING
My FS Learning Task Overview
Where else can one find resoyrces that are authentic and are in
the context of the school setting? The COMMUNITY. Who is one
significant community person who earns great resect of the
community? THE TEACHER.
My Learning Essentials
I.Barangay Location
1. Distance from the City (in Km): 0.5km
2. Distance from the College/ University where enrolled:300m
II. Demography
1. Population: 487
2. Number of households: 110
3. Number of school-going children: 46
1.Sari-sari stores
2.Trading center
3.Rural banks
4.Cooperative stores
5.Product sales
6.Others
1.Brigada eskwela
2.Clean and green
3.Gulayan ng Bayan
4.Peace and Order
5.Others (please list)
1.Barangay Fiesta
2.Community Festival
3.Sport Festival
4.Search for Miss Barangay
5.Christmas celebration
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FS 6 THE GLOBAL
FIELD STUDY TEACHER OF
THEThe
Learning EpisodeFIELD STUDY 6 – On Becoming 2121ST Century Teacher| 59
st
CENTURY
Teaching is a respectable profession the world over. The status of
teachers has been comparable in all parts of the globe, hence each
year, a celebration of the WORLD TEACHER’S DAY:
This alone would tell us, the reconition and honor given to the
best profession of all: TEACHING. A teacher is an extraordinary
person in whose hands lie the future of the world. A teacher
regardless of what country he/she comes from should be a GLOBAL
TEACHER or the TEACHER of the WORLD.
A GLOBAL TEACHER
teacher’s competencies.
herself/himself HIGH?
NCBTS DOMAINS
NCBTS-TSNA If HIGH, Give brief explanation why you are
DOMAINS check rated HIGH
Act as a positive role model
Domain 1 √
for students
Creates an environment that
promotes fairness
Makes physical environment
safe and conducive
Domain 2 √ Commmunicates higher learning
expectations to each learner
Establishes and maintains
consistent standards of
learner’s behavior
Domain 3 √ Is familiar with learner’s
NCBTS DOMAINS
Do I… - + 0 1 2 3
Name ofStates
United Country of America
Name of Country
AustraliaThere
Personal Qualities
of
are many personal qualities and skills
that make someone a good teacher.These include:
Teachers being good at explaining things;
being a people person and enjoy working with a
wide range of people;
enthusiasm;
having a strong knowledge in particular subject
areas;
being a good time manager;
ability to work in a team as well as using your
own initiative;
keeping your cool under pressure;
having patience and a good sense of humor;
being fair-minded;
t was in November 2004 when the agency contacted me and said that I was
one of the teacher applicants who was scheduled to be interviewed by the
human resources representatives from the Baltimore City Public Schools.
They told me the time of the interview and that it was going to be held
at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City. I had mixed emotions when
I learned about this great news. I was ecstatic because I knew that I
was getting close to achieving my “American Dream.” At the same time, I
was also nervous because I knew that it was going to be a tough
competition among the teacher applicants.
I was interviewed for at least 30 minutes and I was able to pass the
interview with flying colors. The district’s representative told me that
I was already hired even if she was not supposed to disclose the result
yet until all of the more than 200 applicants have already been
interviewed. It was such an unforgettable day! When I got out of the
room, it felt like I was in heaven! I kept jumping up and down while the
rest of the applicants were looking at me crazily and maybe enviously.
After this memorable day, most of my days were spent submitting and
processing all my documents. I thought passing the interview was the
ticket to the US, but no! It was just the beginning of a very tedious
and agonizing process. It was in May 2005 when I was scheduled for an
interview before the US embassy. I would not forget that day, when my
visa was granted. It was a dream-come-true. All of my sleepless nights,
effort, perseverance and patience were paid off. I immediately thought
about the financial gains that it was going to bring me and my family.
My family and I started building castles in the air, like with my whole
family migrating to the US, experiencing the snow, etc. I was also after
the wonderful experience of being able to teach English to a country
whose mother tongue is English.
Goodbye Philippines
The remainder of my days after getting the visa was dreadful. I needed
to resign from my school where I was an English teacher for eight years.
I needed to face my students, colleagues and administrators confidently
to let them know that I was fine but in reality, I was not! Besides
saying goodbye to my institution, I also came to the realization that I
was leaving my two children and husband in less than a month. My
daughter was just in third grade during that time while my son was just
in first grade. That thought started to pierce my heart. I would cry
every night just thinking about it! It was too painful to think about
that I felt like I was going to die. But then again, the dream of me
giving my children a brighter future defeated my loneliness. That time,
as a parent, it was more important than for me to cater the loneliness
that was ahead of me.
When the day of my departure came, reality started to sink in! This was
the reality of being away from my children and my husband. At the
airport, I could see on the faces of my innocent children how lonely
they were that their beloved “Mama” was going to leave them. I could see
how they wished they could stop me from leaving! It was the loneliest
moment in my life. Even lonelier and more painful than the feeling that
I had when my father died. It was like a nightmare. I wish it was! That
way, I could have just waken up and found out that it was nothing but a
dream… but it was reality! My family was sitting in the bench outside
the airport as they bade goodbye. I needed to show them that I was brave
but the truth was, my heart was bleeding inside.
Adjusting to the American culture
I, together with 50 other teachers, came to Baltimore City, Maryland in
June 2005. We shared the same experiences and heartaches. We had
It was an adjustment to the culture as well. There were some things that
I would miss that our students do in the Philippines that our students
here do not do. Back home, our students and parents regard us as their
second parents. They put such high regard to teachers. Filipino students
stand to greet their teachers and whenever they respond to our
questions. It took me about a month to adjust in this regard. Then, I
realized that both I and my students were actually adjusting to each
other’s ways and cultures. I also realized that children are children
wherever you go all over the world. They will always need affection,
love, care, and most of all, will always be hungry for knowledge.
“Bayanihan spirit” lives on
I started to build and develop a rapport with my students, parents and
colleagues. Then, my students started inquiring about the Philippines
and its people. They wanted to know all the things about my country.
They were so curious about our country because they were not even
familiar that our country exists until I came to the school. One thing
that amazed them was when I told them that when the American children
are in school, the Filipino children are sleeping. They did not have any
idea that it was happening on the other side of the world! My
I had colleagues who were already deciding to go back home during our
first year. However, with continued support and faith in God, we were
able to survive our first tough year. One thing that I can say about us
Filipino teachers is that, we’re resilient and as pliant as the bamboos.
Trials seemed to make us fall down but we just dusted ourselves off
instead and continued to stand from where we left off.
I have a lot of things to thank God for. My family has been here with me
for three years now. My daughter is now in ninth grade and my son is now
in seventh grade. Both of them are consistent honor students. Besides
enjoying some financial gains that coming to America had brought me and
my family, I am so thankful that I was able to know the real God. My God
who continues to love me unconditionally despite of my inequities? My
God who promises in Jeremiah 29:11 that, “For I know the plans that I
have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give
you hope and a future!”
If you ask me if I feel bad about leaving the Filipino students behind
despite them being in need of good teachers like us, my answer is
When did you pass the licensure examination for teacher? What
was your passing rating?
Answer:
What are your plans for the future asa professional teacher?
Answer:
He has so many plan as a teacher, first to be promoted to a
higher position. To travel abroad or even within the
philippines are some of his plans as a techer. Being a
government employee is a great honor and previleged one because
in terms of security its immesurable .
Have you been promoted in your job? Why wre you promoted? What
benefits did you get from your promotion?
Answer:
Yes, from Teacher I to Teacher II and finally Teacher III. Well
I deserve to be promoted because I am qualified to the
position. The benefit is an additional amount as part of the
salary received by a teacher.
How long have you taught asa aprofessional teacher? Do you have
any regrets of having been a professional teacher?
Answer:
Have you been promoted in your job?Why were you promoted? What
benefits did you get from your promotion?
Answer:
Yes I was promoted as a Master Teacher I because I deserve it
and of my educational qualification I was so deligient in my
work and take up masteral degree, I was benifited for my
salary was increased compare to a Principal I.
What food for thought would you like to give us, and the young
professional teachers?
Answer:
Food for thought:
A good teacher has been defined as an individual who can
understand those who are very good in explaining, and explain
to those who are no very good in understanding. (Dwight D.
Eisenhower)
MY REFLECTIONS
rights of every learners. That they must be feel that they
really taking good care by his/her teachers. Most importantly,
I must avvoided those any violent actions that my students may
My Overall Reflection
I shall acquire those 21st century skills for teachers to make the client
satisfy of what they should throughout their lives.
CONFORME:
EMANUELA R. TAN
FS Student