MODULE_2-THE_TEACHER_AND_THE_COMMUNITY(4) (1).docx

**NAME OF THE PROGRAM** **Bachelor of Secondary Education/Elementary Education** **COURSE TITLE** **The Teacher and the Community, School Culture and Organizational Leadership** **COURSE CODE** **PREREQUISITE/ CO-REQUISITE** **None** **COURSE UNIT** **3 units** **COURSE OUTCOME** **CO 1: A...

**NAME OF THE PROGRAM** **Bachelor of Secondary Education/Elementary Education** **COURSE TITLE** **The Teacher and the Community, School Culture and Organizational Leadership** **COURSE CODE** **PREREQUISITE/ CO-REQUISITE** **None** **COURSE UNIT** **3 units** **COURSE OUTCOME** **CO 1: Articulate the rootedness of education in philosophical, socio-cultural, historical, legal, and political context.** **CO 2: Establish school-community partnerships to enrich the learning environment and to strengthen community's engagement in the educative process.** **MODULE 2** **The Strength and Weaknesses of the Filipino Character: A Socio-Cultural Issue** **LESSON LEARNING OUTCOME/S** **After successful completion of this module, students should be able to:** **TOPICS** 1. **The Strength and Weaknesses of the Filipino Character: A Socio-Cultural Issue** 2. **Global Issues that Concern Schools and Society** **WEEK / INCLUSIVE DATE** **\ Week 5-6** **MODALITY** **Synchronous, Asynchronous (MS Teams) and on-ground meetings** - **LESSON PROPER** **WEEK 2** **Lesson 1.1. The Strength and Weaknesses of the Filipino Character: A Socio-Cultural Issue** **After successful completion of this module, students should be able to:** 1. **Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino character; and** 2. **Cite ways by which schools can counteract the weaknesses of the Filipino character.** **Weaknesses of the Filipino Character** 1. **Extreme family centeredness** **To the disadvantage of consideration for the greater community or for the common good, excessive care for the family promotes the creation of an in-group to which the Filipino is strongly committed.** 2. **Extreme personalism** **Filipinos perceive the world through the lens of interpersonal connections, and the degree to which one can relate personally to things and people determines how we acknowledge their existence and value.** 3. **Lack of Discipline** **Filipinos have a relaxed and casual approach to time and space, which manifests as a lack of precision and compulsiveness, poor time management, and procrastination.** 4. **Passivity and lack of initiative** **Filipinos are typically passive and lack initiative. Waiting for instructions on what needs to be done. There is a significant amount of reliance on others.** 5. **Colonial mentality** **Filipinos have a relaxed and casual approach to time and space, which manifests as a lack of precision and compulsiveness, poor time management, and procrastination.** 6. **Kanya-kanya syndrome, talangka mentality** **Is usually done by *tsismis* and *intriga*. It is usually seen in personal ambition. This results in decreasing cooperativeness and community spirit.** 7. **Lack of self-analysis and self-reflection** **The Filipino has a tendency to be shallow and a little flighty. In the face of significant issues, both social and personal, there is a lack of analysis or contemplation. We joke the most serious issues, which prevents us from digging deeper into the issue.** 8. **Emphasis on porma rather than substance** **It is the tendency of the Filipinos to be content with rhetoric as a substitute for reality.** **Strengths of the Filipino Character** **1.Pakikipagkapwa-tao** **2. Family orientation** **3.Joy and humor** **4. Flexibility, adaptability, creativity** **5. Hard work and industry** **6. Faith and religiosity** **7. Ability to survive\ ** **Value Education in Schools** Intensifying Values Education in the Philippine Curriculum so that it will be more than \"substance\". Focuses on the core values: ** Maka-Diyos** ** Maka-tao** ** Makakalikasan** ** Makabansa** **ACTIVITY:** 1. Read the Moral Recovery Program by Leticia Ramos Shahani and write an essay focusing on your agreement or disagreement about her claims. 2. Research on the government's austerity program and explain how DepEd respond to these programs. 3. List the weaknesses of the Filipino character and explain each in your own words. 4. Write down the strengths of the Filipino character and discuss how they become weaknesses. 5. Research on the curriculum guide for ESP from Grades 1-10. Find out if the teaching of ESP help in eliminating the weaknesses of the Filipino character. 6. Research on the Senior High School Curriculum. Find out if there are subjects that teach: 1. sense of patriotism and national pride 2. sense of the common good 3. sense of integrity and accountability 4. values and habits of discipline and hardwork 5. value and habits of self-reflection and analysis 6. internalization of spiritual values 7. emphasis on essence rather than on form 7. Research on DepEd Orders on value education and value integration. Can these DepEd Orders. Can these DepEd Orders disprove that the Philippine Educational System is more form than substance? 8. The K to 12 curriculum guides for ESP and the Grade 11-12 Curriculum Guide for philosophy of the Human Person and personal Development show that there is an intensive and purposive effort of the Philippine educational system to eliminate the weaknesses of the Filipino character that is more substance than form. Which proof can you give? **Lesson 1.2. Global Issues that Concern Schools and Society** **After successful completion of this module, students should be able to:** - **Discuss at least two global issues in society: and** - **Explain proposed solutions to social problems.** **Top Ten (10) Current Global Issues and How Can They Be Addressed** 1. **Climate Change** **Temperatures droughts, and bug outbreaks are all results of climate change. Wildfires have become more frequent and intense as a result of these changes** **.** 2. **Pollution** 3. **Violence** - **Physical Violence** - **Sexual Violence** - **Emotional Violence** - **Psychological Violence** - **Spiritual Violence** - **Cultural Violence** 4. **Security and Well-being** **Physical safety for ourselves and our families is the most important aspect of human survival, but it is also critical to our ability to thrive. The U.N. is working toward the increasing of well-being of people around the world.** 5. **Lack of Education** 6. **Unemployment** **Unemployment leads to lack of necessary resources such as food, clothing, transportation, and proper living conditions.** 7. **Government corruption** **Corruption is a major cause of poverty as it significantly affects the poor and erodes political and economic growth.** 8. **Malnourishment and hunger** **People are unable to reach their full potential due to malnutrition. As a result, entire communities around the world suffer from poor health, education, economic, and social development. Another problem that could be tackled Substance Abuse.** 9. **Substance abuse** **A drug addiction or substance abuse disorder affects a person\'s brain and behavior, making it impossible for them to control whether they use legal or illegal drugs or medications. Substances classified as drugs include alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine.** 10. **Terrorism** **Terrorism has an immediate negative impact on property and the money required to restore infrastructure and rebuild damaged buildings. As the financial markets gradually recover from the shock of the attack, long-term consequences emerge.** - **The 17 SDGs aims to transform our world into a better one.** - **Blueprint in achieving better and more sustainable future for everyone. As this address the global problems we face.** 9. **Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and** **foster innovation.** - **ACTIVITY** - **Activity 1:** 1. List the weaknesses of the Filipino character. Explain each in a sentence. 2. List the strength of the Filipino then in a phrase or clause, explain when that strength becomes a weakness. **Activity 2:** **List Down at least 5 issues most applicable to the Philippines. Research on Philippine laws meant to address the problem.** a. **PRACTICAL EXERCISES (for face-to-face)** - **SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING MATERIALS** **RE** - **REFERENCES**