PEd 102: The Teaching Profession - A Modular Approach

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers the fundamental elements of teaching as a profession, the historical timeline of teacher education in the Philippines, and the conceptual differences between teaching as a job, vocation, and mission.

Professional

A person who conforms to the technical or ethical standards of a profession and possesses specific skills, competence, and expertise.

Initial Professional Education

The beginning stage of professional life where individuals complete a university program, such as teacher education, involving long and arduous years of preparation.

Accreditation

A process where university programs are approved by a regulatory body like the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure graduates begin their careers with competence.

Licensing

A mandatory requirement administered by a government authority, such as the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the Philippines.

Professional Development

Ongoing education that maintains or improves knowledge and skills after beginning professional practice, mandated in the Philippines by RA $10912$.

RA $10912$

Also known as the CPD Act of $2016$, which mandates Continuing Professional Development for professionals in the Philippines.

Professional Societies

Communities of like-minded individuals who prioritize professional standards, moral values, and public interest above individual or employer self-interest.

Code of Ethics

Standards that ensure practitioners behave responsibly; the teaching profession is governed by the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers.

RA $7836$

The Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of $1994$, passed to promote quality education through the regulation of licensure examinations.

Presidential Decree $1006$

Issued by Ferdinand E. Marcos in $1976$, this was the first legal document that professionalized teaching in the Philippines.

Educational Decree of $1863$

A decree that established a free public school system in the Philippines and provided for a normal school run by Jesuits to educate male teachers.

King Charles of Spain

The monarch who issued a Royal Decree on August $4$, $1765$, requiring each village in the Philippines to have a "maestro."

Act $74$ of $1901$

A law enacted by the Philippine Commission that created the Department of Public Instruction and laid the foundations of the public school system.

Thomasites

A group of $600$ teachers brought from the USA to the Philippines in $1901$ by the Secretary of Public Instruction.

Pensionados

Bright young Filipino students who were sent to American colleges and universities for higher education financed by the Philippine Government.

Philippine Normal School (PNS)

Formalized in September $1901$ as an institution for teacher training, later offering a $4$-year Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in $1949$.

Vocation

Derived from the Latin word "vocare," which means "to call," representing a strong calling to serve others through teaching.

Mission

Derived from the Latin word "mission," meaning "to send," representing a task assigned or entrusted to a teacher in the world.

"Pwede na" Mentality

A complacent mindset and enemy of excellence characterized by defeatism, resignation to mediocrity, and phrases like "talagang ganyan yan."