This course deals with the teacher as a person and as a professional within the context
of national and global teachers’ standards and educational philosophies. It will include
professional ethics, core values, awareness of professional rights, privileges and
responsibilities as well as their roles in the society as a transformative agent of change.
The following are the objectives that are expected for you to gain at the end of this course, you should be able to:
1. Explain the elements of teaching as a profession
2. Trace the historical development of teaching as a profession in the Philippines
3. Discuss the demands of the teaching profession from the teacher as a profession
4. To discuss the demands of the teaching profession from the teacher as a person
5. Discuss the provisions of and internalize the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers
6. Cite the rights and privileges of professional teachers in the Philippines
7. Describe the global and the glocal teacher and the demands of the globalization of the 21st Century
8. Describe the professional teacher in the ASEAN and beyond
9. Explain the life and career skills of learners and teachers in the global landscape of the 21st Century.
10. Discuss that teacher competency frameworks and professional standards assure teacher quality
11. To commit to continuing professional development
12. To formulate a personal learner-centered philosophy of education
13. To commit to the teaching profession, the noblest of all professions