The Teaching Profession
Chapter I
“Choose a job you love, and you will
never have to work a day in your
life.
Author Unknown
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A. Teaching as Profession
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What the word “Professional” means in each
case.
One night, cellphones were stolen right there from your home
while you were asleep. There was no indication of forced entry, so
you claimed that the manner by which your cellphone was stolen
was highly professional.
Father tells floor tile setter whom he asked to work on a newly
constructed bathroom “ Gusto ko yong gawang propesyonal,
malinis at maganda.”
She is highly professional in her ways. She deals with everyone
including her daughter – employee professionally.
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“How unprofessional of her to act that way. Teacher pa naman
din.”
Medical doctors, lawyers, education consultants are entitled to
professional fees (PF) for expert services rendered.
After his oath taking as a professional teacher, he was
congratulated and was told “ now you are truly a professional.”
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Teaching as Profession
The word “professional” implies one
who possesses skill and competence/expertise
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The other elements of a profession are:
1. Initial Professional Education -
Professionals generally begin their
professional lives by completing a
university program in their chosen fields -
teacher education, engineering, nursing,
accountancy…
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2. Accreditation – University programs are
approved by a regulatory body like the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in
the Philippines to ensure that graduates
from these recognized programs start their
professional lives with competence.
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3. Licensing – is mandatory, not voluntary
and is administered by a government
authority. In the Philippines, this government
authority is the Professional Regulation
Commission. (PRC)
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4. Professional Development – This is an
ongoing professional education that
maintains or improves professionals’
knowledge and skills after they begin
professional practice.
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5. Professional Societies – Professionals see
themselves as part of a community of like-minded
individuals who put their professional standards
above the individual self-interest or their employer’s
self-interest. These professional societies put
dedication to the public interest and commitment to
moral and ethical values.
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6. Code of Ethics – Each profession has a code of
ethics to ensure that its practitioners behave
responsively. The code states what professionals
should do. Professionals can be ejected from their
professional societies or lose their licenses to
practice for violating the code of ethics.
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Historical Development of Teaching as a
Profession in the Philippines
A. Pre-Hispanic Period –
No established formal schooling in
the country.
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B. Spanish Period –
1863- Educational decree provided for a
normal school run by Jesuits to educated male
teachers in Manila
1875 – Normal schools for women were
established
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C. American Regime –
1901 – the Philippine Commission
enacted into law Act 74 which created the
Department of Public Instruction, laid the
foundations of the public school system and
offered free primary education for Filipinos.
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C. American Regime –
Act 74 0f 1901 also provided for the
establishment of Philippine Normal School
(PNS) in Manila. PNS offered a two-year
general secondary education program for
more than two decades.
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C. American Regime –
1928 – it became a junior college offering a
two-year program to graduates of secondary
schools
1949 – PNS renamed Phil. Normal College,
offered the four-year Bachelor in Science in Elem.
Education
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D. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos –
Presidential decree 1006 – the first
legal document that professionalized
teaching. It was in 1976 known as the
Decree Professionalizing Teaching that
teachers in the Philippines became
professionalized.
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E. 1994 –
RA 7836, otherwise known as the Phil.
Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994
pas passed – to promote quality education
by proper supervision and regulation of the
licensure examination and
professionalization of the practice of the
teaching profession.
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Activities for Lesson 1
1. Present the historical development of teacher
preparation and professionalization in the Philippines
from Pre-Hispanic to 1996 by way of graphic organizer.
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2. Interview three LET passers now teaching who did not go
through the 4-year teacher education course. They are
graduates of other four-year courses but not teacher education.
Ask them the following questions:
1. What difficulties are they experiencing in teaching?
2. Do they agree that a four-year teacher education course is a
better preparation for the teaching profession?
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Thank You!
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