PROFFESI
ONALEDUCATI
ON–11
THETEACHI
NGPROFESSI
ON
Summar
izat
ion
Submi
tt
edt
o:
Mr
.Remegi
oHer
mosa
Submi
tt
edby
:
Resl
ieN.Sal
udaga
Lesson3:
TheFoundat
ional
Pri
nci
plesofMor
ali
tyandYou
Whati
sMor
ali
ty?
Asdef
inedbyonet
ext
bookaut
hor
,mor
ali
tyr
efer
stot
he“
qual
i
tyof
humanact
sbywhichwecal
lthem r
ightorwr
ong,goodorev
il
”(
Pani
zo,
1964)
.Your
humanact
ioni
sri
ghtwheni
tconfor
mst othenor
m, r
ule,
orl
awofmoral
it
y.Other
wisei
t
i
ssaidt
obewrong.
MeaningofFoundat i
onalMor alPr
inci
ple
Thewor dpr i
ncipl
ecomesf rom t
heLatinword“pri
nceps”whichmeansa
begi
nning,
asour ce.Aprincipl
eisthatonwhichsomet hi
ngisbased,founded,
ori
ginat
ed,andinit
iat
ed.Af oundati
onalmoralpri
nci
pleis,t
her
efore,
theuniversalnor
m
uponwhichallotherpri
nciplesontheri
ghtnessorwrongnessofanact i
onar ebased.
Thefoundati
onalmoralprinci
pleiscontainedintheNat ur
alLaw.Iti
sthe
l
awwr i
tt
eni ntheheartsofmen.( Romans2: 15)Fortheists,i
tis“
man’ sshareinthe
EternalLawofGod” (
Panizo,
1964)St.Thomasdef inesitas: thel
ightofnaturalr
eason,
wher ebywedi scer
nwhati sgoodandwhati sevi
l.Animpr intonusoft hediv
ine
l
ight.(Panizo,1964).I
tisthel
awt hatsays“ Dogoodandav oidEvi
l”.Thi
sisthe
fundament alorfoundati
onalmoralpri
nciple.
Thet eacherasaspersonofgoodmor alcharact
er
Aslaiddownint hepreambleofourcodeofethi
csofpr
ofessi
onal
teachers,ar
edulyl
icensedprofessi
onalswhopossessdigni
tyandr
eputat
ionwit
hhi
gh
mor alval
uesaswellastechnicalandprofessi
onalcompet
ence.
Chr
ist
ianaut
horsdescr
ibefour(
4)waysofdescr
ibi
nggoodmor
alchar
act
er:
Beingful
lyhuman
Beinglov
ingperson
Beingavirt
uousperson
Beingamor al
lymatureper
son
Lesson4:
Val
uesFor
mat
ionandYou
TranscendentValue
Accordingtotheideal
istgroup,Tr
anscendentvaluesar
ev aluesthatr
emained
unchangedami dstchangingtimes.Tr
anscendentbecauset heyarebeyondchangi
ng
ti
mes, beyondspaceandpeopl e.Examplesofthesearevaluesoflove,car
eand
concernforourfell
owmen.
Valuesar ecaughtandtaught
Valuesar ebothcaughtandtaught.Wemaynotbeabl etohearourf at
her sadvi
ce“do
notsmoke”becausewhathedoes( hehi
mselfsmokes)speaksl ouderthanwhathe
says.
Thelivingexamplesofgoodmenandwomenathome, schoolandsocietyhavefar
greaterinfl
uenceonourvalueformati
onthanthosewell-
prepar
edl ect
uresonv al
ues
excell
ent l
ydeli
ver
edbyexpertswhomaysoundl i
ke“emptygongsandcl angi
ng
cymbal s”.
Valueshav ecogniti
ve,af
fect
iveandbehavioraldi
mensions
Valueshaveacogni ti
vedimension.Wemustunder st
andt heval
uethatwewantt o
acquir
e.Weneedt oknowwhywehav etov al
uesuch.Valuesareintheaf f
ecti
ve
domainofobj ect
ives.Int
hemselvestheyhaveanaf f
ecti
vedimension.Valuesalsohave
abehav i
oraldimension.I
nfact
,liv
ingbythevaluethi
sisthetr
ueaci dtestifwereal
ly
val
uelikehonesty.
Valueformationincl
udesf or
mationinthecogni
ti
ve,aff
ecti
veandbehavioral
aspect
s
Sincevaluesarecaught,i
tisuptoyouhowt oenri
chyoursel
fwit
hv al
uesthatcoul
dhelp
youtobeabet t
erperson.Youhavetogr owi
nknowledgeandinwisdom andinyour
sensit
ivi
tyandopennesst othevari
etyofval
ueexper
iencesinl
i
fe.
Val
ueformat i
onisatrai
ningoft heint
ell
ectandwi l
l
Yourvalueformati
oninessencei satrai
ningofy ourintell
ectandwil
l
,yourcogni
ti
ve
andrat
ionalappet
it
ivepower s,
respect
ivel
y .Yourint
ellectdiscer
nsaval
ueandpresent
s
i
ttothewill
asar i
ghtorwr ongv al
ue.
Valuesver
susv i
ciousl
if
eandt hei
reffectonthewil
l
I
nshor t
,avi
ciouslif
est
rengt
hensy outolivebyther
ightval
uesandli
vel
i
feof
abundanceandjoywhil
eav i
ciousleadsyoutoperdi
tionandmiser
y.
MaxSchel er
’shier
archyofv al
ues
Outl
inedahi er
archyofv al
ues.Ourhi
erar
chyofv
aluesisshowninourpref
erencesand
deci
sions.Schel
er’
shierarchyarr
angedfr
om t
helowesttothehi
ghestasshownbelow.
Pl
easur
eVal
ues–thepl
easantagainsttheunpleasant
t
heagr
eeableagainstthedisagreeabl
e
Sensualfeel
ings
Experi
encesofpl easur
eorpai n
Vit
alVal
ues–v aluesper t
aini
ngt ot hewell-bei
ngei t
heroftheindi
vi
dualorofthe
communi t
y
Heal th
Vitali
ty
Val uesofv i
talfeeli
ngs
Capabi li
ty
Excel l
ence
Spir
it
ualVal
ues–v aluesindependentoft hewhol esphereoft hebodyandofthe
Envir
onment .
Graspedi nspir
itualactsofpr eferri
ng,l
ovingandhati
ng
Aest heti
cv alues:beautyagai nstugli
ness
Val uesofrightandwr ong
Val uesofpur eknowl edge
Val
uesoftheholy–appearonl yi nregar dtoobj ect
sintenti
onal
lygi
venas“absolut
e
objects”
Bel i
ef
Ador ati
on
Bliss
BasedonSchel
er’
shierarchyofv al
ues,thehi
ghestvaluesarethosethat
pert
aint
otheSupremebei ngwhi l
ethelowestvaluesarethosethat
pert
aint
othesensualpleasures.Weactandlivewellifwestickto
Schel
er’
shi
erar
chyofv alues.Wewi l
lli
vemiserablyi
fwedi st
ort
Schel
er’
shi
erar
chyofv alues.
Teachi
ngasVocat
ion,
Missi
onandPr
ofessi
on
Teachi
ngasy
ourVocat i
on
Vocat i
oncomesf rom thewor d“
v ocare”whichmeanst ocall
.Basedon
theetimologyofthewor d,
vocat
ion,theref
ore,meansacall.Ift
hereisa
call
,theremustbeacal l
erandsomeonewhoi scal
led.Thefactthatyou
arenowi nt heCol
legeofeducationsignifi
esthatyouposit
ively
respondst othecallt
ot each.
Teachi
ngasy
ourMi ssion
Thewor dmissioncomesf r
om t heLatinword“misio”whichmeans“ t
o
send”.Youar ecalledtobeat eacherandy ouaresenti nt
otheworldto
accompl i
shami ssion,
toteach.Teachingisyourmi ssionmeansitis
thetaskentrustedt oyouinthiswor l
d.Ifi
tisyourassignedtaskt
hen
younaturall
yhav et oprepar
ey oursel
fforit
.Youhav eembar kedi
na
missionthatcallsforacontinuingprofessi
onaleducation.
Teachi
ngasy ourPr ofession
Teachingi salsoapr ofessi
on.I tisourwayofr ender ingservice
humani ty
.Thequal i
tyofourpr ofessional servi
cei st odetermi nedtoa
ver
ygr eatextentont hefour( 4)element sofprof essionwhi char eas
fol
l
ows:
1.Ourl ongandar duousper iodofpr epar ation
2.Ast ri
vingf orexcellence
3.Adedi cationtot hepubl i
ci nt
erest,and
4.Commi tmentt omor al andet hi
cal values
I
fwegiveprofessional quali
tyservi
ce,thenmedi ocrityhasnopl ace.I fwel i
veupt oour
nameasapr ofessional t
eacher,ameani ngful andf ulfi
l
ledl i
fewi l
lnotbef arbehind.
