PROF. FINA FELISA ALCU

DIA (TUTOR)

E-Portfolio for Educ 2

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FACILITATING

LEARNING

I deemed to be a great teacher who inspires every child who look at me and touch the lives of those that have been part of me. Having values of love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control I hold on to when difficulties come my way.

A great teacher should be devoted and dedicated to her profession. Hence, you should be sincere in guiding your students to all the stages that they will go through. Be competent, efficient, well-informed, updated, and modern so that you can relate to your students’ interests. Don’t just master your subject matter but also know a lot of things because you are surrounded with children and teenagers who are curious in so many things and you should be ready to answer their queries or at least have some good advice if needed. Be empathic. Your students at some point will experience confusions, frustrations, difficulties. Be there for them. Show compassion.

To be a great teacher means to be a person with dignity. Be a mirror of what you’d like to see in others. What you give, you’ll get in return. So if you want respect, give respect. Be a standard or a role model to others. Avoid controversy. Stay focus toward your goal. Always keep your feet on the ground. Others may try to influence you and distract you. Some may even want destroy you. Remember who you are. Do not forget your values. Remove retaliation from your thought. It will never bring you any good. There is Someone more powerful Whose wisdom is beyond unimaginable. Injustices, oppressions, abuses and deprivation are evanescent. Keep in mind that God is our advocate who loves us unconditionally and boundlessly. Therefore, stay motivated. Honor God in your labors by enjoying and finding satisfaction in everything that you do.

If you pursuit joy and peace, think about all these things.

MY OWN DESIDERATA

THE THEORIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF LEARNERS THAT ARE MOST USEFUL OR

APPLICABLE TO MY OWN LEARNERS ARE:

Jean Piaget Stages of Cognitive Development

Erik Erikson The Psycho-social Stages of Development

Lev Vygotsky Language and The Zone of Proximal Development

At different stages of development, learners demonstrates different levels of intellectual abilities and understanding. Their logic and reasoning differ as they go through each phase while advancing to the next stage of their cognitive development.

JEAN PIAGETStages of Cognitive Development

Development goes before learning.

As a teacher who teaches different levels of learners at school (from age 4-13), Piaget’s theory of cognitive

development is very useful to understand deeper the learners state

of mind, ability, strengths and limitations. Meaning, what you taught in 1st year high school students will not be applicable in teaching Grade 1. Teachers could be able to adjust on

their level, create learning activities that are appropriate to

their level and that they can accomplish. Teachers will be more

understanding on the students action, reactions, judgment and reasoning in

different situations.

Learners create ideas. They

construct their own knowledge and that

not only were received from their

parents or teachers.

ERIK ERIKSONThe Psycho-social Stage

of DevelopmentLearners experience a

conflict that serves as a turning point in development.

During this time, the possibility of development is

good, but as well as the possibility of development is

failure.

Each stage is characterized by a crisis, value or virtue that is developed, maladaptation if the

value is overdone, malignancy if there is a lack of it.

LEARNERS ARE

INFLUENCED BY THE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

LIKE PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE SOCIETY.

Development focuses on nurture and experience.

As a teacher, I aim that a child would feel that our world is

trustworthy. Erikson’s theory of psycho-social development helps me to take consideration on my learners age group and look into their social needs and meet these

needs.

LEV VYGOTSKYLanguage and Zone of Proximal

Development

Learners need intensive instructional support when learning important skills and strategies that are challenging and in

the zone of proximal development. Children learn mental processes through shared experiences with adults and peers.

Children can do more with the assistance of others. When children have developed new skills and competencies sufficient to perform a task with assistance the transition to independent learning is

gradual process, meaning slowly taking over great deal of assistance until finally no assistance needed.

In my experience as a teacher, understanding Vygotsky’s theory helps a lot in facilitating the learning of my students. I

observed my students when they have group activities that they are helping each other and some of them are seeking the

assistance of their more knowledgeable others. His concept of scaffolding helps me to assess my learners in providing the right amount of challenge and giving the right support and

knowing when to gradually release them will have them attain high levels of achievement.

Learning is dynamic because learners develop best through their environment.

MAJOR THEORIES ON LEARNING WHICH HAVE IMPACT ON MY PHILOSOPHY AS A TEACHER

ARE:

ConstructivismBehaviorismCognitivism

CONSTRUCTIVISM

Learning is constructed through one’s own personal experiences and

interactions with the outside world. Learners build and creates meaning knowledge. Learners also create knowledge through an active,

mental process of development.Knowledge and understanding are formed by taking in new information and giving meaning to it using

his or her own prior attitudes, beliefs, and experiences as references. The learners are active participants in the construction of knowledge and

teacher serves as facilitator.

Lev Vygotsky and Jean PiagetConstructivism theory impacts my philosophy as a

teacher. I have learned to be more understanding to my students. My teaching styles have been changed from teaching my students what to learn to teaching my students how to learn. I am more sensitive to my students background, skills, capacity and needs.

BEHAVIORISM

Learning is a mechanical process of associating the stimulus with response, which produces new

behavior. And that behavior is strengthened by the reinforcement. Behavior and learning are shaped by reinforcement.

Positive and negative reinforcement increase the possibility of the repetition of behavior. While

punishment decreases the chances of repetition of the behavior.

Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson

Another major theory that had impacted my philosophy as a teacher is the behaviorism theory. As a teacher, I want a guaranteed specific learning. In the classroom, I want to promote pleasant behavior and eliminate infuriating behavior of my students. The techniques of reinforcement and punishment helps me to achieve this goal and attain the desired outcomes of my every lesson that is to develop a desirable learning habit of my students .

COGNITIVISM Gestalt Psychologist: Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler and Kurt Koffka

Cognitivism theory is one of those theories that influenced my philosophy as a teacher. It gives me the idea of how the students process and understand concepts. Furthermore, when the lesson is too complex; I believed that it must be broken down into smaller parts. I start from the general and will go into details to help the learners develop stronger comprehension.

Learning is actively participated by the learners. Information must be

presented in an organized manner in order to achieve the most efficient

learning.

Learning is shaped by acquired learning strategies, prior knowledge and attitudes.

Information comes in as input, then the mind will process the information, and it will be stored away to be retrieved

later.

The three important terms a teacher should

remember are: Metacognition Facilitator Scaffolding

HOW HAS THE COURSE, EDUC 203, BEEN

HELPFUL TO YOU AS A

FACILITATOR OF LEARNING?

I learned how to facilitate not just my students’

learning but my own learning too through Educ 203. I fully understand after taking the course that as a teacher, my

role is to facilitate learning. It also broadens my understanding on the concepts and principles of the major development theories and

learns to apply them to my class. I have also learned to show a right attitude towards people with exceptionalities and adjust to their learning to demonstrate compassion.

This course also helped me to know how to decide whether to use rewards in the learning

process more effectively. Let these photos show you how

this course has been useful for me as a teacher in facilitating my class.