Field Study 6 :

On Becoming a Teacher

COURSE SYLLABUS
Credit

1 unit

Time Duration :

17 hours

Course Description

This course is designed to complement the professional education

subject, The Teaching Profession. It shall bring about real life and vicarious
experiences of a prospective teacher with emphasis on the characteristics
of a teacher as a person and as a professional. It shall provide a wide
array of opportunities for self-reflection that would prepare one to become
a student teacher.
Field Study 6 is anchored on the Professional Education subject, The
Teaching Profession.
Objectives:
Describe the characteristics of a teacher as a person.
Identifies the competencies that make up a professional teacher in
the classroom, in the community, and in the world.
Document best practices of outstanding teachers.
Clarify ones personal values, attitude and beliefs about teaching.

Suggested Activities:
Focus

The
Teacher
as a
person

Specific Task

Develop a survey
questionnaire
designed to be used
with pre-school/
elementary/
secondary students
to find out what
personal qualities
make a good
teacher.
Administer the
survey instrument

Learning
Evidence
s

Survey

Domain

Competen
cies/
Performan
ce
Indicators

Social
Regard for
Learning

Identifies
personal
qualities of
good
teachers
through the
survey.

Planning,
Assessing
and

Uses nontraditional
assessment

The
Teacher
as a
Professio
nal

The
Teacher
in the
School
Setting

to at least one
class.
Consolidate and
interpret the survey
results.
Create a
presentation of your
summary findings
through any of the
ff: Music, Poetry,
Narrative Story or
Picture.

Results

Interview a teacher
to find out who or
what contributed to
his/ her professional
growth.
Make a professional
growth timeline
based on the
interview.
Write a reflective
journal on this
activity.

Profession
al Growth
Timeline

Interview a teacher
on his/her roles and
responsibilities in
the school setting.

Personal
Growth
and
Profession
al
Developm
ent

Reflect on the
teachers sharing.

Reporting

techniques.

Planning
Assessing
and
Reporting

Provides
timely and
accurate
feedback to
learners for
them to
reflect on.

Students
Creative
Product

Reflective
journal

Learning
Discusses
Environme the learning
nt
processes
and the role
of the
teacher in
the school
setting.

Reflective
Journal
The
Teacher
in the
Communi
ty

Interview at least
three people in the
community
(parents, barangay
officials,
representatives
from community

Interview
results

Explains
educational
processes
and relate
these to
larger
social,

organizations) on
teachers
involvement
community
activities and
utilization of
community
resources in
teaching.
Reflect on the
sharing of the
community people.
Make a list of
expectations of
community people
on the teachers
community
involvement.

Communit
y Linkages

cultural and
political
processes.

Reflects on
the
relationship
among the
teaching
processes,
skills, and
the broader
social forces
in order to
improve
teaching
skills and
practices.

Communit
y list of
expectatio
ns on the
Role in the
Communit
y Linkages

Make a list of
community
resources that are
utilized by the
teachers in
teaching.
The
Global
Teacher

Find out through

interview what
qualifications are
necessary to
become a global
teacher.

Qualificati
ons of
Global
Teacher

Conduct a survey of
the number of the
teachers in the
school who are
opted to work
abroad.

List of
Teachers
employed
in Other
Countries

Diversity
of
Learners

Facilitates
learning of
diverse
types of
learners in
diverse type
of learning
Learning
environmen
Environme t.
nt

NOTE:
The Field Study Teacher may decide:
1. To choose all or any of the suggested activities.

2. On the mode of implementing the tasks (i.e., individually, dyad, or

by group)
3. On the time allotment for each activity to sufficiently cover the 17hour requirement of the course.