Philippine Normal UniversityNational Center for Teacher Education

Taft Avenue, ManilaCollege of Education

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

MY PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

In Partial Fulfilmentof the Requirements in

Educ501 (Philosophy of Education)1st Semester S.Y. 2012-2013

Submitted by:

Bernard M. PaderesMA Linguistics

Submitted to:

Dr. Nicasio ManantanFaculty

October 2012I. Introduction

I have been a language instructor for almost five years, teaching English to foreign ESL/EFL learners in the Philippines. I cannot really consider myself as a teacher. First, I do not work in a school; I work in a language academy. Secondly, I do not teach a class; I give tutorial lessons to students individually. Lastly, I do not really plan the lessons I teach; I just have to follow the books assigned to my students.

II. My Philosophy of Education

A. Aims of Education

Being one of the social institutions, I believe that the ultimate aim of education is to ensure that the other institutions are also in order. I could compare this to the solar system in which the Sun and the planets around it try to maintain a sense of balance through their own gravitational pull. If that balance is lost, a collision would occur, creating disorder or even destruction.

Family. First and foremost, education should aim to make an individual civilized. With this, early childhood education should not only focus on transmitting and developing the basic knowledge and skills that an individual needs, but more importantly it has to instil the values of the culture in which his/her respective family belongs.

Economy. To educate people is make them become aware of their existence. With this I mean that education should make people realize worth; that to live is to be of service to other people. So, education should make the person become productive.

Politics. School being a socializing agent should help in identifying and rearing those individuals who have the potential to lead other people. It should also help the others become good followers.

Religion. I am not in favour of teaching religion in schools, universities and other educational institutions. However, I believe that these institutions should guide people towards true spirituality. If education respects an individual’s cognitive ability, then good education would not simply lure him/her to a religious group. Instead, good education would carefully guide the individual toward realizing what good and bad is, leading him to discover a sense of spirituality which is more important than

Science and Medicine. Education should ensure the growth of knowledge. This is why universities should focus not only in teaching but should put more emphasis in producing researches the aims for the safety, security, and survival of the human race.

B. Function of a School

A school in an institution that is responsible for the