Unit 1: Nature of Teaching and Teacher Roles

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on the key concepts, legal bases, and distinctions of teaching as a profession, vocation, and mission.

Profession

An occupation whose members conform to technical and ethical standards, requiring two essential elements: competence and a Code of Ethics.

Initial Professional Education

The long and arduous years of preparation completed through a university program in a chosen field, marking the beginning of a professional's endless learning.

Accreditation

The approval of university programs by a regulatory body to ensure that graduates enter professional life with competence.

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

The regulatory body in the Philippines that approves university programs to guarantee graduate competence.

Licensing

Mandatory authorization administered by a government authority that grants individuals the legal right to practice a profession.

Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

The government authority in the Philippines responsible for administering mandatory professional licensing.

Professional Development

Ongoing education that maintains or improves a professional's knowledge and skills throughout their active practice.

RA 10912

The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016, which mandates ongoing professional development for practitioners in the Philippines.

Professional Societies

Organizations of like-minded individuals that prioritize public interest, professional standards, and moral values over individual or employer self-interest.

Code of Ethics

A formal set of ethical standards for a profession ensuring that practitioners behave responsibly and adhere to prescribed rules.

RA 7836 (Sec. 23)

The law stating that violation of the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers serves as grounds for revoking a teacher's Certificate of Registration and suspension from practice.

Teaching as a Job

Approaching teaching strictly for financial compensation, convenience, praise, or personal success, rather than commitment or service.

Vocation

A call to serve requiring a caller, a person called, and a response, encompassing callings such as teaching, religious life, marriage, or single blessedness.

Vocare

The Latin word meaning 'to call', which serves as the etymological root for the word vocation.

Teaching as a Mission

Viewing teaching as an assigned task (from Latin 'mission' meaning 'to send') performed out of service, love, commitment, and faithfulness to help students become more human.

Dr. Josette T. Biyo

The first Asian teacher to win the Intel Excellence in Teaching Award in an international competition.

"Pwede na" Mentality

A defeatist attitude and resignation to mediocrity expressed through phrases like 'talagang ganyan 'yan', acting as an enemy to excellent mission accomplishment.