Makati, Philippines

1. FIELD STUDY 6

2. The Teacher Philosophy of Education
Learning Outcomes:
 Clear understanding of my philosophy of teaching and education.
 Identify teachers learning on the different educational philosophies
ACTIVITY 1
Write down inside the boxes below what you foresee you will do during your Practice
teaching.
Why I like to teach?
• I'll be able to share my knowledge and ideas to my students
• To inspire and motivate my students
• To help my students to maximize the fullest potentials of my students
What will I Teach?
• I am going to teach General Science, which is my specialization right now.
How will I teach?
• I am going to teach by using the different practices and styles I learned in my
previous Professional education courses.
How I will measure my effectiveness?
• I am going to measure my effectiveness through the feedback and
evaluation of my students to me.

3. ACTIVITY 2
Answer the questionnaire below and survey other two teachers you observe with a
different philosophy in teaching. Provide the survey form with their approval. Survey
teachers who are willing to participate in answering the questions below.
What is your Philosophy in Education?
(Based on Sadker & Sadker, 1998 Teachers schools, and Society, 2nd Ed.)
Each of us has a philosophy of education or a set of fundamental beliefs regarding
how we think schools should be run. What is your philosophy of education? To find out,
read each of the following statements about the nature of education. Decide whether you
agree or disagree with each statement. Use the following numbers to express your
response:
4- Strongly Agree 2- Disagree
3- Agree 1- Strongly Disagree
NAME: Rebullar, Narella C. SCHOOL: University of Makati SUBJECT: Science
4 1. The student learning should be centered on basic subjects such as reading,
writing, history, math and science.
4 2. The school subjects should focus on the great thinkers of the past.
4 3. Many students learn best by engaging in real-world activities rather than
reading.
4 4. The students should be permitted to determine their own curriculum.
4 5. Subject matter is taught effectively when it is broken down into small parts.
4 6. The school subjects should be determined by information that is essential for
all students to know.
2 7. Schools, above all, should develop students’ abilities to think deeply,
analytically, and creatively; than develop their social skills or provide them with a useful
body of knowledge about the ever-changing world.
3 8. Teaching should prepare students for analyzing and solving the types of
problems they will face outside the classroom.
1 9. Reality is determined by each individual’s perceptions. There is no objective
and universal reality.
2 10. People are shaped much more by their environment than by their genetic
dispositions or the exercise of their free will.

4. 3 11. Students should not be promoted from one grade to the next until they have
read and mastered certain key material.
1 12. An effective education is not aimed at the immediate needs of the students or
society.
3 13. The curriculum of a school should be built around the personal experiences
and needs of the students.
2 14. Students who do not want to study much should not be required to do so.
3 15. Programmed learning is an effective method of teaching information.
3 16. Academic rigor is an essential component of education.
2 17. All students, regardless of ability, should study more or less the same
curriculum.
4 18. Art classes should focus primarily on individual expression and creativity.
3 19. Effective learning is unstructured and informal.
3 20. Students learn best through reinforcement.
1 21. Effective schools assign a substantial amount of homework.
3 22. Education should focus on the discussion of timeless questions such as “What
is beauty?” or “What is truth?”
3 23. Since students learn effectively through social interaction, schools should plan
for substantial social interaction in their curricula.
3 24. The purpose of the school is to help students understand themselves and find
the meaning of their existence.
2 25. Frequent objective testing is the best way to determine what students know.
3 26. Countries must become more competitive economically with other countries
hence schools must bolster their academic requirements to facilitate such competition.
4 27. Students must be taught to appreciate learning primarily for its own sake,
because it will help them in their careers.
4 28. Schools must place more emphasis on teaching about the concerns of
minorities and women.
3 29. Each person has free will to develop as he or she sees fit.

5. 1 30. Reward students well for learning and they will remember and be able to apply
what they learned, even if they do not understand why the information is worth knowing.
3 31. Philippine schools shod attempt to instill traditional Filipino values in students.
4 32. Teacher-guided discovery of profound truths is a key method of teaching
students.
4 33. Students should be active participants in the learning process.
3 34. There are no external standards of beauty. Beauty is what an individual
decides it to be.
3 35. We can place a lot of faith in our schools and teachers to determine which
student behaviors are acceptable and which are not.
3 36. Schools must provide students with a firm grasp of basic facts regarding the
books, people, and events that have shaped the Filipino heritage.
4 37. Philosophy is ultimately at least as practical a subject to study as is computer
science.
4 38. Teachers must stress for students the relevance of what they are learning for
their lives outside, as well as inside, the classroom.
3 39. It is more important for a student to develop a positive self-concept than to
learn specific concept.
1 40. Learning is more effective when students are given frequent tests to determine
what they have learned.

6. Now that you have responded to all 40 items, write the number of the response to each
statement in the matrix below. Add the numbers in each column to determine your
attitude and those of the other two teachers toward key educational philosophies.
MY PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Essentialism Perennialism Progressivism Essentialism Behaviorism
Item S T1 T2 Item S T1 T2 Item S T1 T2 Item S T1 T2 Item S T1 T2
1 1 4 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 5 4 4 4
6 4 4 4 7 2 2 1 8 3 4 4 9 1 2 4 10 2 4 4
11 3 4 4 12 1 1 1 13 3 4 4 14 2 3 1 15 3 4 1
16 3 3 4 17 2 3 1 18 4 4 4 19 3 1 4 20 3 4 4
21 1 4 4 22 3 2 1 23 3 3 4 24 3 4 4 25 2 3 4
26 3 4 4 27 4 4 1 28 4 4 4 29 3 4 4 30 1 4 1
31 3 4 4 32 4 4 4 33 4 4 4 34 3 4 4 35 3 4 4
36 3 4 4 37 4 4 4 38 4 4 4 39 3 4 1 40 1 4 4
Total 21 31 37 Total 25 24 14 Total 29 31 32 Total 22 25 23 Total 19 31 26
Legend: S-Self(Ms.Rebullar) T1-Teacher1(Ms.Sangdaan) T2-Teacher2(Mr. Barrientos)

7. Among the three of you, who is
more inclined to be an
essentialist, perennialist,
progressivist and behaviorism?
Based on our result, the more inclined to be
essentialist (believe that there is a common core of
knowledge that needs to be transmitted to students
in a systematic, disciplined way.) is Teacher #1 and
Teacher #2. The more inclined to be perennialist,
is surprisingly thy self. (The focus is to teach ideas
that are everlasting, to seek enduring truths which
are constant, not changing, as the natural and
human worlds at their most essential level, do not
change.).While the progressivist one is Teacher #
2 meaning, education should focus on the whole
child, rather than on the content or the teacher. The
behaviorist is Teacher #1 which focuses on
conditioning student behavior with various types of
behavior reinforcements and consequences.

8. My Observation:
Visit a teacher in a school and observe what school/classroom activities reflects his/her
philosophy of education while she is teaching. Identify and describe teacher’s action or
behavior and match each with the identified educational philosophy.
Observed actions of a teacher who is a progressivist:
The teacher is progressivist because he believes that learning should be natural,
activities should not be put to drill or practice.
He believes in learning by doing, the teacher ask open-ended questions so that the
students create, make and apply their knowledge.
I also observed that even he wants to punish the students physically, he still able to
control his emotions.
He likes collaboration.
Observe actions of a teacher who is a behaviorist:
The teacher arranges environmental conditions so that students can make the
responses to stimuli. e.g., well-managed classroom, use of attention catchers and
incentives.
Observed actions of a teacher who is essentialist:
The teacher teach basic skills or the fundamental R’s -- reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmetic,
right conduct-- as these are essential to the acquisition of higher or more complex
skills needed in preparation for adult life.
Curriculum includes the traditional disciplines such as math, natural sciences,
history, foreign language, and literature.
Essentialist teachers emphasize mastery of subject matter. They are expected to be
intellectual and moral models of their students.

9. My
Reflections
Based on your concrete experience and the
actions of the teacher you have observed how
important is your philosophy of education to your
future career as a teacher?
Teaching philosophy has been defined as the
map, which provides directions to move ahead.
One may feel lost without a map. In the same
way, you are going to be missed while teaching if
a specific path is not decided.
Hence, a map is always needed to make informed
movements. It is not possible to make students
learn something until the teacher knows why and
how he/she wants to teach. Once you know your
path, you will be helping your students to plan to
reach their destinations.
Philosophy teaches you that ideology, where you
train with an unbiased attitude.
Philosophy also teaches about unifying each pupil
and the teacher as one body to ensure harmony.
The idea is to work together to create a better
citizen, who diligently serves his community and
keeps check on his/her morality.
Through the philosophy of education, teachers
can understand how to deal with the students and
unite them as one.
Even the students will then be able to confidently
speak to the teacher as if he/she is their friend.
Through philosophy, you can ensure that your
student not only retains his academic knowledge
from all his completed grades but also develop a
sense of humane values and ethics.

10. Using the first hand experiences in this activity, how will I use
these when I become a teacher in the future?
This activity will serve as a reflection with who I am, especially
with the survey questionnaire, I was able to identify what
would I be like if am already a teacher, well I am not happy
with the result. This activity will help me to understand what
the best or suited philosophy for me.
Well, I am going to use this experience as my guide to explore
the philosophies that is suited in my personality. I would like to
be a teacher who is believe that all students are individuals
and everyone learns in their own unique way. I use multiple
methods of teaching (linguistic, visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to
reach students, so that no one is left behind.
Also, I am going to use this experience as a bases if my
philosophy change or not, seems like a firsthand in order to
see the difference or final result.