Module1

Nature of Teaching and

Teacher Roles
it consumes itself to
“A good teacher is like a candle
–
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
light the way for others”

In this Module

A. The Roles of a Teacher

1. As a Person
2. As a Professional
3. As a Community Leader and Social Advocate
4. As a Model of Character
5. As an Expert

B. Challenges in Teaching
1. Multicultural classrooms
2. Learner-centered teaching
3. Multi-grade classes
4. ICT Integration
5. Multiple Intelligences
6. Children with Special Needs

C. UNESCO’s Four Pillars of Education

It is widely recognized that teachers are the backbone of any educational

system. Teachers play a significant role in the lives of the learners, thereby enhancing
the quality of what happens in schools and preparing them to be active members of
society need the highest teaching level. This module will allow you to explore
teachers' different roles and the challenges they face in their respective classrooms as
facilitators of learning.

At the completion of this module, you are expected to:

• Explain what teaching is and describe the roles of the teachers in the teaching
learning process

Are you ready? Then start the lesson now!

 Lesson
The Roles of a Teacher
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At the end of the lesson the students can:

1. Explain the meaning of the “teaching profession” and what it
means to be a teacher.
2. Describe the roles of a teacher in the teaching-learning process of
the learners
3. Cite qualities that a professional teacher should possess

Introduction

Teaching is a timeless profession. It is the premise of all other professions. Great

teachers plant seeds that produce competent physicians, good accountants, excellent
engineers, and other professions that eventually expected to be good citizens. The
importance of teachers as an architect of our future generation’s demands not only the
best, and the most competent individuals of society are allowed to qualify for this
noble profession.
In this lesson, you will explore the different roles of a teacher in the teaching learning
process.

Minute Talk

Ask the students around you about the question given below. Record the key term/s of
their answer.

Respectful attitude, patient, friendly, listening skills, discipline skills, caring

enthusiastic, intelligent
knowledge, creation, confidence, empathy, sense of humor and passion.

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 HAVING A
GOOD SENSE
OF HUMOR PROMOTES
SMART GOOD
TALKER RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THEIR
STUDENTS

What are the

qualities of
GOOD
your favorite APPROACH
LISTENER teacher/s? ABLE

HAS THE
FULL OF
PASSION TO
WISDOM
ENCOURAGE
/TEACHES
MOTIVATOR STUDENTS TO
VALUES
BE AT THEIR
BEST

Let us Analyze

Guide Questions:

1. What makes you think that those qualities mentioned above define a
good teacher?

What defines a good teacher is the product of their masterpieces in educating

new seeds that would sprout out of their comfort zones and spread the wisdom
throughout the real world where knowledge is expensive and if you have it your on
top.

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 The above mentioned skills are basic things that a teacher personally
developing even before they become educators. This skills would describe them as
whole being a teacher. As a teacher it’s not just about the knowledge that you share to
the students but most important is the values you show to them which serves as a
motivation. It’s an accomplishment for a teacher to hear this phrase “someday I want
to be like you Ma’am”. Once a teacher having good relationship with students
respect is automatically given without being ask because of the mindset of students
where they can say that “this teacher is a treasure that we should value”.

It is a rewarding part for teacher to see the progress of their students to watch
students excel through their motivations. A teacher pushes the student to bring out the
very best they have inside. To show the world that they have something to offer to
make this world a better place to live. It’s not just pure academic knowledge a teacher
should taught but also the most important thing which is the values. Values is
something worth bragging through humility through that values all good qualities a
teacher have would be a motivation for students to look up to.

A teacher would not just focus on the mistakes a student made but in making
they excel from the person they was before. Show love and everything would fall in
to place with your students and the most victorious part is paid back by “respect”
without asking it automatically given when students appreciate you as a teacher.

2. Assessing yourself now, do you think you already have those

qualities? Why?

Where I am today, what am I doing, what am I thinking, and this mindset? I

confidently say most of those qualities I still don’t have it. It not an easy thing to
acquire all those positive qualities there are things in life which is hard to have and
good qualities are one of them. You cannot say that you have those qualities if only
when you are in front of everyone and in back you would complain that things aren’t
done correctly the way you like it to be.

Teaching takes a lot of hard work specially in building skills to attract students
to give you respect and to make them trust you. But behind everything I choose to be
a teacher and I will stand for it ,I will fight for it and make the effort to possess those
good qualities to become the best of best of me as a future educator who is in charge
in educating ,sharing , and giving knowledge to my students .

As of today I am still not so ready and confident enough in everything I will

be doing with regards to this profession I am pursuing but one thing I can promise I
would do everything to be an educator whom students would look up to like a person
they would want to be in the future too.

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 3. As a future teacher, what are you going to do to acquire and possess
qualities of a good teacher?

Teacher is on the top list of important profession, why? Obviously without

teachers there is not doctors, engineers, nurse, architect and etc. Every knowledge
started from teacher that is why there is a saying that states “ teacher is the second
mother we have “, which is basically true since school is considered as home since
we stay there for like 8 hours each day and we only have the teacher which guides us.
The type of knowledge one student have originates from the kind of teacher he/she
have during schooldays.

Self-finding and finding my purpose and the right motivation to be dedicated

in this kind of work is what I need to have in order to possess those skills mentioned.
It is also an accomplishment for me someday to see my students succeed and living
their purpose just like me. Since I am the role model to them I need to show them the
right things to do in order to follow the right path towards success.

I need to show them that in life there is one thing that is certain and that is
change but one things never change is the values they have inside which formed from
the day they were born molded as they grow up and gather experiences. What is more
important is that you do well in everything with love and care for other people.

Abstraction: Let Us Build on!

What is teaching?

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 Various definitions have been given to teaching. Check below how scholars
defined teaching.

Nilsen and Albertalli (2002), teaching

in its broadest sense are the process
whereby a teacher guides a learner or a
group of learners to a
higher level of knowledge or skills.
Desforges (1995) defines teaching as
Schlechty (2004) defines teaching as
an art of inducing students to behave
in ways that are assumed to lead to
learning, including an attempt to
induce students to so behave.

the management of pupils’ experience,

largely in classrooms with the
deliberate intention of
promoting their learning.
Frimpong (1990) defined teaching as
the process whereby a teacher imparts
knowledge, skills, attitudes and values
to a learner or group of
learners in a way that respects the
intellectual integrity and capacity of the
learners with the aim of changing
the behavior of the learner(s)’.
Melby (1994) states that teaching is
not merely dispensing subject or
lesson-having, but an art which
involves the student in the teaching
learning process where the student is
given the chance to participate fully
in the process – that the teacher
accepts each pupil and has a
favorable attitude towards individual
differences.
Farrant (1980) simply defined
teaching as a process that facilitates
learning.

Thring, (2001) says pouring out knowledge is not teaching. Hearing lessons is not
teaching …… teaching is getting at the heart and mind so that the learner values
learning and to believe that learning is possible in his/her own case.

Smith (2004) sees teaching as the process of carrying out activities that experience
has shown to be effective in getting students to learn. He goes on to say that
teaching is that which results in learning – learning is the responsibility of the
teacher and that if students do not learn, it is the fault of the teacher. He capped his
statements on teaching by stating that teaching is undertaking certain ethical tasks
or activities, the intention of which is to induce learning.

Source: International Educative Research Foundation and Publisher © 2013 Page | 37 International Journal for
Innovation Education and Research www.ijier.net Vol. 1-03, 2013

From the above definitions of teaching, it can be inferred that there are two
essential forms of institutionalized teaching: (a) formal teaching in which teacher

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guides a teaching-learning cycle with limited student involvement; and (b) informal
teaching in which the teacher acts as a guide, facilitator, mentor or motivator, and
participation by a student is very high.

Roles of a Teacher
Teachers play very important and demanding tasks in the learners’ developmental
process. They are more than entrusted with the task of molding the character of the
learners and making them productive members of society. They represent role models
for the learners who are still in their physical and mental development, especially
those who are in their early stages. If teachers perform their role well, the learners
will realize the importance of the positive traits and values being imparted to him.
Let us review the different roles of the teachers.

Teacher as a Person

Possess the quality of an effective teacher.

➢ C ome to class prepared
➢ Maintain positive attitudes about teaching and about students
➢ H old high expectations for all students
➢ Show creativity in teaching the class

➢ Treat and grades students fairly

➢ Display a personal, approachable touch with students
➢ Cultivate a sense of belonging in the classroom
➢ Deal with student problems compassionately
➢ Have a sense of humor and did not take everything seriously
➢ Respect students and do not deliberately embarrass them
➢ forgiving and do not hold grudges
➢ Admit mistakes
Source: Walker, R. J. (2008). Twelve characteristics of an effective teacher: A longitudinal,
qualitative, quasi-research study of in-service and pre-service teachers' opinions. educational
HORIZONS, 61-68.

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 Teacher as a Professional

➢ Completed a baccalaureate degree in the field of teacher education from a

college/university recognized by CHED
➢ A Licensure Examination for Teacher (LET) passer
➢ Continued involvement in professional development as mandated by RA
10912, otherwise known as the CPD Act of 2016
➢ Complies with the professional and the ethical standards of a profession
reflected in the Code of Ethics
➢ Have professional competence shown by mastery of the subject matter
and understanding of the learners.

Teacher as a Community Leader and Social Advocate

➢ A great leader who focuses on shared decision-making, collaboration, and

community building. She/he provides opportunities for each student to
assume leadership roles.
➢ Actively participate in community movements for the betterment of the
community
➢ Establish learning environments that respond to the need of the
community by participating in community activities that promote

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 Teacher as a Model of Character

➢ empowers and motivates you to develop your potential to the fullest and
see the best in yourselves
➢ shows respect to your ideas and opinions, allowing you to freely express
your thoughts and feelings. This teacher sets an example for you to learn
to respect and listen to other people.
➢ set a model to use constructive criticism and advice as an opportunity to
grow as an educator
➢ Majid, R. A., Ali, M. M., & Alias, A. (2014) identified five important
themes on exemplary teacher’s characteristics. o a teacher who motivates
o a teacher who has futuristic outlook o a teacher who makes their
students feel important o a teacher who is passionate about his/her
subject o a teacher who has the agenda to shape the students’ attitude

Teacher as an Expert

According to Hattie, J (2003) expert teachers

1. Can identify essential representations of their subject(s)

➢ have deeper representations about teaching and learning
➢ adopt a problem – solving stance to their work
➢ can anticipate, plan, and improvise as required by the situation
➢ better decision – makers and can identify what decisions are important
and which are less important decisions

2. can guide learning through classroom interactions

➢ proficient at creating an optimal classroom climate for learning

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 ➢ are more context-dependent and have high situation cognition

3. can monitor learning and provide feedback

➢ are more adept at monitoring student problems and assessing their level of
understanding and progress, and they provide much more relevant, useful
feedback
➢ are more adept at developing and testing hypotheses about learning
difficulties or instructional strategies

4. can attend to affective attributes

➢ have high respect for students
➢ are passionate about teaching and learning

5. can influence student outcomes

➢ engage students in learning and develop their students’ self-regulation,
involvement in mastery learning, enhanced self – efficacy, and self –
esteem as learners
➢ provide appropriate, challenging tasks and goals for students
➢ have positive influences on students’ achievement
➢ enhance surface and deep learning

Do this: Write a poem using the Haiku format synthesizing concept of

teaching and good qualities of a teacher. Share it with others after.

HIDDEN SUPERHERO

I like how they teach

An even love their passion
They’re worth to adore

They teach and inform

Living their dreams accepting
Loving and caring

They never give up!

Fighting for you like a gold
Because you’re precious

A student’s hero
Who is dedicated fully
To their profession

They show all kindness

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 In motivating students
To pursue their dreams.

Application: Let’s Apply

A. Direction: Gather images (clippings from magazines, photographs, or your

own drawings) and organize them to illustrate roles of a teacher. Paste
your illustration in the box provided below.

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 B. Today I learned that

That a teacher has a lot of roles it could be in personal matters or the roles we
have in the community. In every roles there would be standards to follow. See? Being
a teacher is never an easy job since we are not just dealing for ourselves to be better
but also we need to consider the people around us. And we need to mind that in every
decision we need to do we should seek for the better outcome for our students and be
better in every way. And I we do mistakes think it’s normal and everyone do mistakes
all the time what is more important is to not let your mistakes decide your next
moves.

Closure
CONGRATULATIONS for a job well done!
You may now proceed to lesson 2.

Lesson Challenges in Teaching

2

At the end of the lesson the students can:

1. Describe the various challenges of the teachers in facilitating the teaching

learning process.

Introduction

Teaching is perhaps the oldest profession in the world. Knowledge and skills have
been passed before, regardless of tradition, race, and society. The only difference

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today is the existence of learning institutions and is done by certain qualified
personnel in a given subject of study.
However, just like any other job, challenges, and benefits are prevalent in
teaching. In this lesson, you will learn the different challenges that the teaching force
experienced in performing their duty.

Make it Personal
Direction: Interview a teacher concerning challenges in the classroom and
ways of overcoming it. Write a summary of the interview using the matrix
below: You may add a row if necessary.

Challenges in the Classroom Ways of Overcoming it

PROVIDE SUBSTITUTIONS OR
ALTERNATIVES LIKE IF THE
SCHOOL LACKS OF BOOKS
TEACHER SHOULD PROVIDE
LACK OF RESOURCES EXTRA PHOTOCOPIES FROM
(BOOKS , TECHNOLOGICAL THE BOOK FOR THE STUDENTS
DEVICES) TO USE AS GUIDE IN GAINING
KNOWLEDGE.

TAKE THE CHANCE TO

IMPLEMENT RULES THAT THEY
UNCONTROLLABLE STUDENTS NEED TO FOLLOW AND
CONSEQUENCES SO THEY
WOULD BE AFRAID TO DO
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
GOOD FOR THE CLASS.

DISCUSS IT WITH THE WHOLE

CLASS INCLUDING THE

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 PARENTS TO AGREE FOR THE
RULES THAT NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND IMPLEMENTED SO IT WONT BE
POLICIES HARD FOR THE TEACHERS TO
GIVE THE CONSEQUENCES

MAINTANING ORDERLINESS
THROUGHOUT THE CLASS
IT IS RELATABLE IN
IMPLEMENTTING RULES IN THE
CLASS SINCE IT MAKES
EVERYONE RESPONSIBLE
ENOUGH NOT TO VIOLATE
THERULES ESPECIALLY IF
THERE IS A CONSEQUENCES
ATTACHED.

TO PROMOTE LOVE AND

ACCEPTANCE AND MOST OF
ALL PRESPECT TO EVERYONE
DEALING WITH THE INSIDE THE CLASS. TO RESPECT
DIFFERENCES EVERYONES OPINION AND
INCLUDE THEM WITHOUT ANY
HESITATIONS BECAUSE OF
THEIR RACE, STATUS AND
ORIGINS.

Let us Analyze

Guide Questions:

a. From the interview you have conducted, what do you think is the most
pressing concern of the teacher? Why?

Basing on my interview the most pressing concern a teacher have is the lack
of resources they have in school. Not everyone can have books to read since the
books is limited and the number of students is way more than the number of books. It
is a burden for most of them on how to address this kind of situation because it is a
long process before the new supplies of books can be granted in the school.

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 b. Do you agree with the strategy used by the teacher in addressing the
difficulty? Why?

Yes I agree with their strategy, because it is the smartest way to do in

addressing such problem of lacking in books and learning materials in school. It is an
extra efforts from teachers to think on the situation of their children and find ways on
how to help them in the best way that they can do as educators.

c. If you are the teacher, how are you going to overcome the challenge?

If I am the teacher, I would do the same in the first solution I can think and second is
to find ways on how the school can produce an extra books and learning materials and
even technological devices if it is possible.

Abstraction: Let Us Build on!

Challenges in Teaching
The significant contributions of the teachers in the life of the learners are
undeniable. They have all the opportunities to impact the lives of the learners.
However, parallel to this opportunities are the challenges they are facing inside the
classrooms.
Let us take a look at the distinctive classroom challenges that the teachers are
confronting within the classroom.

Multicultural classrooms

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1. Language Barrier
✓ The main difference between multicultural and ordinary classroom is a
language barrier. Coming from various countries and even city districts,
children can speak the same language, but they can never understand each
other.
✓ Learners get into the environment where a teacher uses a language they do not
understand at all. Their task is not just to understand what a teacher says but
also to gain new information – twice harder than in a normal classroom.

2. Domination of different learning styles

✓ learners absorb information in a variety of ways
✓ A teacher should give their students all the learning styles (auditory, visual,
tactile, etc.) to better understand the information.

3. Non- verbal behavior

✓ Body language of another ethnic group is difficult sometimes to
understand
✓ When the teacher is not conscious of the non-verbal behaviors characteristic of
the society where his learners are from, this may lead to several troubles and
difficulty of right interpretation.

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 ✓ Examples of non-verbal behaviors are raised hands, eye contact, and head nods

4. Presenting one topic from different perspectives

✓ restricted number of school lessons does not always provide the opportunity
for the teacher to present topics different prospective independent on the
nationality or ethnic tribe

5. Diversity of extracurricular activities

✓ It is the teacher’s job to provide different extracurricular activities that would
accustomed learners familiar with new traditions, a way of life relationships in
this modern society

6. Teaching communication skills

✓ Apart from difficulties in using a foreign language, students may feel
uncomfortable or unable to express their views because of the fear not to be
understood.
✓ Teachers should inspire students to discuss different issues, speak up their
minds on a range of topics, and foster a friendly classroom atmosphere.

7. Constant work with parents

✓ Communication with parents can help understand how a learner feels in a new
environment, has been raised from childhood, what tradition influenced his
view of the world, etc.
Source: https://blog.noplag.com/challenges -of-multicultural-education/

Learner – centered teaching

✓ Designs of the classrooms are not appropriate design for the learner-centered
teaching methods
✓ Some teachers are in a rush to implement the approach without a thorough
understanding of the principles and a careful plan of teaching.
✓ It may be the case that while many teachers are personally committed to
serving learners’ needs, the structure of their organization and policies may not
accommodate or, in some cases, hinder the desire to be more learners centered.
✓ Teachers must try to manage all learners’ activities at once, which can be
challenging when learners are working on different stages of the identical
project

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 ✓ Because the teacher does not deliver instructions to all learners at once, some
learners may miss vital facts
✓ Some learners choose to work alone; thus group work can become challenging
Sources: http://www.languageinindia.com/nov2017/annielearnercentredclassfinal.pdf
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1247962.pdf

Multi–grade classes

✓ Needs further planning of learning materials for the curriculum.

✓ Needs a more thorough analysis of learners' developmental features at all age
levels participating in the class, approaches, and strategies that are successful
and feasible within a multi-grade class.
✓ More investment in the organization of the classroom as a learning
environment.
✓ More meticulous and systematic record-keeping to keep track of student
progress, curriculum development and implementation is required.

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/Pilmathe2001/the-challenges-of-multigrade-teaching

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 ICT Integration

✓ Concerns on the availability of technology infrastructure

✓ Lack of technical support
✓ Lack of teacher collaboration and pedagogical support
✓ insufficient time to learn new technologies or integrate ICT during a class
period
✓ Lack of funds for operations and maintenance
✓ unavailability of ICT resources or materials in school in which ICT trainers
were found difficulty to realize the knowledge and skills gained in trainings

Source: http://www.ijern.com/journal/2018/September-2018/13.pdf

Multiple Intelligences

✓ challenges in the implementation of multiple intelligence in the curriculum

✓ assessme nts of students and problems along with the instructions which are
tailored for diverse learning
✓ preparation of individualized or differentiated instructions

Source:https://www.educatorone.com/blog/Challenge
s-of-Implementin
g-Multiple-Intelligenc
e-in-the-
Curriculum/

Children with special needs

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 ✓ Lack of teacher’s training in handling children with special needs
✓ Lack of competence
✓ Lack of concrete materials
✓ Assessment and evidence of student growth
✓ Collaborating with general education teachers
✓ Variability of students’ needs
✓ Lack of experience in an inclusion setting
✓ Lack of experience dealing with severe and profound disabilities
✓ Individualized lesson plans
✓ Dealing with parents of “typically developing” students
✓ Dealing with multiple disabilities
Sources:https://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2012/02/01/the-top-10-challenges-of-special-
educationteachers/
https://wehavekids.com/education/Top-Challenges-Teacher-Face-in-Special-Needs-
InclusiveClassrooms

Do this: Write a single summary sentence that answers the what, why and how about
the topic “Challenges in Teaching”.

It is quite challenging but will get along to the victory of accepting

the differences and deals with imperfections which definitely leads to
success if we continue to spread knowledge and wisdom behind those
challenges and hardships. .

Application: Let’s Apply

A. Direction: Write a short article about how the information on challenges in

teaching applies to your major field/specialization?

A very interesting part of studying at this major is dealing with

those skills which is not suitable for girls like me and so likely to deal
with. Having back jobs and doubts in my specialization I could say “this
is a tough and rough ride “towards my dreams.

This specialization deals so much with life skills and honestly

mostly students enrolled for this course are left-out from other courses

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 and the one who doesn’t pass the scast .That’s why I can say that some of
this students have problems in understanding some words and has
difficulty in adjusting for this course. There would be a lot of unfamiliar
words and the job and works would be surprise for them.

This struggles would be enough to take actions for students.

Solutions would be applied so that this problems would be addressed and
everyone would can get along with this hardships and difficulties.

B. Today I learned that

The least exciting part of being a teacher is dealing with the problems that
is attached to this “challenges in teaching “it is hard for teachers to address each
of this challenges but at least there is always a possible solutions which makes a
challenge a sweet thing to embrace with.
Closure
CONGRATULATIONS! Hope you enjoy lesson 2!
You may now proceed to lesson3.

Lesson
UNESCO’s Four Pillars of Education
3

At the end of the lesson the students can:

1. Describe UNESCO’s four pillars of education as a guiding principles of

learner’s holistic development

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Introduction

Every nation aims to achieve the goals of quality education. Its target goes
beyond producing graduates that are just equipped with the necessary skills needed to
be employed but also concerns with the holistic development of the students needed
to become an active builder of the society.
In this lesson, you will learn the four pillars of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and their applicability
in the teaching-learning process.

Picture Prompt

Direction: Identify and describe the pictures below. Explain your description
about the pictures

A teacher builds a strong foundation of a person’s future

and the question is “what he/she going to be in the future”
you are the one in charge for your future so choose wisely
with all your decisions for you to find your purpose in the
future.
A teacher imparts the knowledge that is like a Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth or share it which his/her knowledge could be
easily transferred. Especially at this 21st century where
knowledge is accessible everywhere.

The book is the old foundation of knowledge from the very

beginning of everything. We should not be confused with the
books and technology devices they booth give information it is
just depending on the availability of materials.

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 A teacher innovates and explore new horizons to be discovered
with and let the students acquire new skills to be used in real life
situations.

Let us Analyze

Guide Questions:
4. Based on your answer above, what do you think is the concept being
shown in the pictures?
The advantage of teaching at this 21st century learning which easy for
teaching. This pictures shows the good side of being in this generation which is
dealing with innovations and changes and every good things that is worth living for.

5. How are the pictures related to your role as a teacher?

This pictures simply reminds me to be a versatile and flexible teacher
which can do anything just to give knowledge to the students and
hoping for a better future in learning new ways in teaching at this
new 21st century way of learning and teaching.
6. As a future teacher, what are you going to do to equip students with
learning opportunities guided by the concepts you mentioned?

I will introduce them to the new ways of learning of this 21 st century

which more about the technological related and is resourceful in
many ways if you want to have new learning you have all the means
to discover and prove something to the world.

Abstraction: Let Us Build on!

UNESCO’s Four Pillars of Education

UNESCO's four pillars of education are the guiding principles of education systems
worldwide to ensure quality education for everyone. Those principles underscore a

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holistic and a higher level of skills to strive to self - actualization to better serve our
diverse and ever-changing world. These four pillars of education are learning to
know, learning to do, learning to live together, learning to be.

Learning to know

Development of the Head: Knowledge

✓ to learn and to discover
✓ To develop one’s concentration and memory skills.
✓ to understand the world around them
✓ to think critically
✓ to understand sustainability concepts and issues

Learning to live together

Development of Values: Attitudes

✓ Appreciation of the human race's diversity
✓ Respect for other people and their beliefs, cultures, and value systems
✓ A total shift from self-centeredness
✓ Empathy and mutual social involvement in caring and sharing
✓ The willingness to understand others and to resolve conflicts through
dialogues
✓ Competency in working towards common objectives

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 Learning to be

Development of the Heart: Awareness and Understanding

✓ Development of the mind, intelligence, sensitivity, aesthetic sense,
personal responsibility, and spiritual values
✓ Development of the qualities of imagination and creativity
✓ Total fulfillment of man, in all the richness of his personality
✓ Learning to be human
✓ Development of personal commitment and responsibility

Do this: Write a short advice letter to yourself on how to successfully provide

learning experiences to students guided by the Four Pillars of Learning.

Hi self I just want to remind you that everything must be in balance.

Remember the first thing you need to know is you need to settle things in your
mind. Your mind is powerful that has the power to be creative and imaginative in
every way and is to think critically and get wise and used it in a good way. Second,
doing everything which shapes your knowledge they say that it’s a better learning if
you do it than listening to just theories. Third, prioritize shaping values which is your
ticket in dealing with other people and making a good relationships with others that
promotes camaraderie and sense of responsibility. Lastly, understanding and
awareness we need to be a human. Which love and knows how take commitment.

From the knowledge, to skills, in socializing and understanding and also most
specially the values. You cannot say that your knowledgeable enough if there is
lacking in the four.

Application: Let’s Apply

H

A. Direction: Fill in the table below using the criteria provided.

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Pillar of Learning Skills Required Strategies to develop the
skills
Learning to Know -Develop new skills
✓ to learn and to through experimenting
discover
✓ To develop one’s - Read books and other
concentration and learning materials to
memory skills. gain knowledge
✓ to understand the
world around them -Deep analization of
✓ to think critically things through critical
thinking
to understand
sustainability concepts
-Research online about
and issues
the concepts and issues
about society and to
balance the conclusion
in things
Learning to do -Explore learning
▪ Very much related through making in
to “learning by action all the theories
doing” of John taught
Dewey
▪ Students should be -Do things and maybe
“doing” rather take risk to gain
than “listening” experiences
▪ Putting knowledge
and learning into -Practice to be better in
practice the near future through
▪ Transformation of practicing this skills
skills learned in while your young
school into
personal
competencies or
interpersonal
skills throughout
life

Learning to Live ➢ Appreciation of -To offer yourself to the

together the human race’s world by sharing what
diversity you have

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 ➢ Respect for other
people and their -Having the courage to
beliefs, cultures , take corrections and
and values listens to opinions from
systems other people
➢ A total shift form - To understand such
self-centeredness actions of other to look
➢ Empathy and for the reason why they
mutual social do such things
involvement in
caring and -Promotes camaraderie
sharing towards others and
build a good
➢ The willingness relationships to them
to understand
others and to
resolve conflicts
through dialogues

➢ Competency in
working towards
common
objectives

Learning to be -Train the heart to be

balance in things
• Development of
the mind, -To have a good
intelligence, relationship with
sensitivity, everyone
aesthetic sense,
personal -To take part in
responsibility, developing qualities and
and spiritual creativity in situations
values where it is hard to deal
with
• Development of
the qualities of
-To act human, do good
imagination and
things, accept rejections
creativity
and failures and
• Total fulfillment
embrace changes.
of man, in all the
richness of his

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• Learning to be
human
• Development of
personal
commitment and
responsibility

A. Today I learned that

There are certain things in life where you need to choose what knowledge
you’d embody with, which depends on the situations. Our knowledge is built –in
already the moment were born and is trained, enhance and molded as we grow up and
get matured.

Closure
Wow, CONGRATULATIONS for completing the first
module! Good Job.

Module Summary

This module includes lessons that encourage you to explore the different roles of a
teacher as an architect of our future generations. The various attributes of a good
teacher as a facilitator of learning have been explored. In addition, the difficulties that
teachers face in promoting student learning have also been discussed.
Finally, the guiding principles of learners’ holistic development of UNESCO’s four
pillars of education were revisited. Hopefully, the facts presented will all the more
ignite your passion to be a part of molding the future generation holistically.

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