Narrative Report

A Narrative Report on the Seminar-Workshop on 21

st

Century Teaching-Learningand Pillars of Education

I. Introduction:

A seminar is a group meeting led by an expert that focuses on a specifictopic or discipline, such as
business, job searches or a university field such asliterature. Seminars typically take place over the
course of a few days andinvolve cooperative discussion, multiple speakers and opportunities to
shareperspectives and issues related to the topic. Attending a seminar has numerousbenefits, including
improving communication skills, gaining expert knowledge,and renewing motivation and confidence

Last September 1

st

2016 we, the CTEstudents from 2

nd

year to 3

rd

year had a Seminar-Workshop on 21

st

CenturyTeaching-Learning and Pillars of Education with the theme: Innovative MillennialStudents as a

future Pillars of Education. The seminar was led by two speakersfrom an exclusive university. And they
are: Professor Alfonso S. Dangat from DeLa Salle University, and Professor Joselito C. Gutierrez from
Saint LouisUniversity.

II. Narration of Events:

Part I (Morning Session)I arrived in Benigno Aldana Gymnasium at

exactly 8:00 o’clock in the

morning before I entered the gym I registered my name first in registration for theattendance. The
seminar started at exactly 9:00 A.M. with prayer followed bysinging the National Anthem (Lupang
Hinirang), Pangasinan Hymn, andPangasinan Stae University Hymn. After that we had the roll call first
then, Mrs. Angelita D.V. Muños introduced the speaker for the first part of the seminar. Heis Professor
Alfonso S. Dangat, he gave us a warm greetings then he proceed tothe discussion. He talked about the
power of word; he even shared hisexperiences in life and for me it is an inspiring story; he introduced
also thePatron Saint of the teachers which is St. John Baptist De La Salle; he also
discussed the two options in life (accept and change) leaving a quotation “Try toaccept what you can’t
change. Try to change what you can’t accept.’’

Then, hegave and expanded the meaning of the Four Pillars of Education (Learning toKnow, Learning to
Be, Learning to live together) and he also added the 5

th

Pillarof Education which is learning to transform oneself and society and to change the

world. After that he gave an activity which will enhance our creativity, according

to him as a future teacher we must “Think out of the box’’. After our activity he

discussed and widened our knowledge about the four Pillars of Innovation(People, Culture and Climate,
Structures and Processes, and Leadership), hesaid that the people is the most important in achieving
innovation because we

can’t spell the word s ccess w

ithout U. But my most favourite part in morningsession is when we watched the kindness boomerang
and the life experiences ofNick Vujicic which made me realized that no matter how life is hard we
shouldnever give up and just trust in our Lord. Professor Dangat discussed for almost

three hours and he left us one message which is “Great Teacher Inspires”.

Before lunch break the BSE 3

rd

year students gave an activity and luckily I’m one

of the participants. I really enjoyed it.Part II (Afternoon Session)We had lunch break for almost thirty
minutes after that I registered againfor the attendance. The afternoon session started with a roll call
then Mrs. MitzyMacaraeg introduced to us the speaker for the afternoon session and he isProfessor
Joselito C. Gutierrez from Saint Louis University. Before he starts todiscuss, we watched first a short film
connected to his topic. Then heenumerated and explained the development of a teacher (Fantasy,
Survival,Mastery, and Impact); after that he gave an activity the 4 pics one word game theanswers in
every picture is the characteristics of the 21

st

century teacher theseare the: Adaptor, Learner, Leader, Collaborative, Communicator, Visionary,Model,
and Risk taker) then he explained this to us; he gave us an activity again

he taught to us the Give me Oil song and he even let us sing a song, the “tong

ton
g tong pakitongkitong song’’ with twist which will enhance our pronunciation;

he also brought different instructional materials and he demonstrated it to us; and

he’s final talk is my favourite when he said that as a future teacher we should

follow the path of the greatest teacher which is Jesus Christ. Professor Gutierreztalked for almost three
hours also then he left us the quotation said by Lao Tzu.

“The Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.’’ After the session we

had a picture taking with Professor Joselito C. Gutierrez, Mrs. Mitzy M. Macaraegand Mrs. Angelita D.V.
Muñoz.

III. Reflections/Insights:

This seminar really has a significance for me because of this learned a lotof things that I can apply on my
life and on my chosen career someday. In the

first place I hesitated when I paid fifty pesos because for a student like me it’s tooexpensive for a one
day seminar but I’m wrong

. Those realizations, learning,hope, and motivation that I earned from the seminar is really worth it.
These are

my realizations that I can apply on my own life: I must accept the things I can’tchange but I can also
change what I can’t accept; although life is hard we should

not give up and trust the Lord; and promote love and kindness. And these are onmy chosen career: I
must have the characteristics of the 21

st

century teacher

maybe I don’t have yet those all, I think I can find a ways to have those; I should

do my responsibility as a student first before I can be a great teacher this isreferring to the quotation by
Lao Tzu; and I must follow the will of our Lord forme, he will be always my inspiration, for me to become
a great teacher that willnot just teach but also inspire students someday.