Article Readings # 36: READING COMPREHENSION PROBLEM

REACTION:

Comprehension is very vital in a person's life. If you don't know  how to comprehend, then you wont learn, you wont grow as an individual. When reading, one must comprehend or else you cannot consider that reading at all. Just as the article had stated, many student have problems with reading because they don't understand what they read. First, if the person has a language problem, he/she would really have a hard time reading and understanding. Naturally, if someone is poor at a certain language, then he/she wouldn't understand what he/she reads at all. If the foundation skill of reading hasn't been properly built, then that is like playing a game without knowing the rules at all. Lastly, if the words used aren't understood by the reader, therefore he/she cannot fully grasp and internalize what the story, article, lesson, etc. is trying to relay to it's readers.

Parents must always try their very best to help their kids understand and learn the art of comprehending, because if the kids do not learn this, then they cannot see hoe beautiful the world is if you know how to comprehend and read.

Article Readings # 40: A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS ABOUT EATING BREAKFAST

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Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal which should one-fourth to one-third of a person's recommended daily allowance. For teenagers this is the period of rapid growth. Accordingly, school children who skip breakfast have greater hyperactivity, irritability and anxiety; more disruptive classroom behavior, more tardiness, and a decrease ability to concentrate and solve problems.

Skipping breakfast would greatly affect the learning abilities of students. This will give negative impact not just to learners but to the teacher as well. The classroom environment will be distructed due to the abnormal attitude of the learners. This would somehow create trouble or chaotic situations due to its hyperactivity and irritability effects of skipping breakfast. Students could no longer have focus or learning concentrations on the subject matter. They may find themselves difficulty to actively participate to the performance task given by the teacher. They would perhaps loose their interests in learning.They could no longer solve problems and they could hardly grasp the learning. These are just few to mention of the domino effects of skipping breakfast. Based on the studies conducted, they have come up with various factors affecting theintake of breakfast. Students must practice themselves to be responsible enough in their day to day activity precisely on their studies. They should discipline themselves to wake-up early in the morning in preparing their breakfast. They should be practical enough in choosing their breakfast that is full of nutritional value. Being so responsible and practical are the key towards healthy mind and body. 

Article Readings # 39: EAGER TO ENGAGE, HOW TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS

REACTION:

In teaching, motivation is the most important aspect in learning to students. Motivation is a way of boosting the interests of the learners. It is necessary that students find the topics very interesting and enterprising. They should appreciate learning as a very enjoyable and exciting day to day activity.

In order to motivate students to participate in class, here are some educational tips:
1. Be passionate - as a teacher, you must be passionate and enthusiastic enough in teaching.You must always possess confidence in teaching so that when you radiate passion and enthusiasm in the classroom, it will spread like wild fire to your students.
2. Encourage participation - provide extra-points or give rewards to those that are actively participating the class.
3. Engage them in a mind warm-up - give the students an activity that would enhance their mental skills and abilities.
4. Provide colorful and attractive visual aid - colorful and attractive instructional materials are important in teaching in order to catch the attention of the learners.
5. Give physical exercises - if you find that students feel bored and sleepy during your class discussions, then provide them physical exercises to eliminate boredom and doldrums.
6. Change your routine or teaching styles - it may sound monotonous for students to be exposed with the same routine of activities or teaching styles. It would be much better to change it and find some interesting one.
7. Give everyone a chance - as a teacher you should give all the students a chance to participate in the class in order to boost their self-confidence and elicit responses from them.
8. Relinquish some control - as a teacher, you should give the student a voice and a choice. You should let them express their ideas and opinions and give an opportunity of their own choice.

This motivational tips in education are helpful in providing the most effective and efficient learning to students.   

Article Readings # 38: THE ROLE OF PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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Long stay of listening to the discussions and lectures of the teachers in the classroom may sometimes create boredom on the part of the learners. Learners may feel bored and may sometimes loose enthusiasm in grasping the learning. Some learners tend to sleep or if not, they presumably present in the class but their minds are actually absent. With this kind of situation, there is no occurence of learning. 

Teachers should be creative & resourceful enough in looking some activities that would somehow awaken themselves from boredom and doldrums especially to early childhood education. They should make learning enjoyable and very interesting. They should then cater the needs and interests of the learners just to irradicate boredom and doldrums of the learners. They should establish excitement from learning so that the learners would always pursue their studies.

Play for me provides a great contribution to learning. It gives a lot of benefits to the learners. Accordingly, learners who have physical activities are mentally active and alert compared to those who are not. Through play, interpersonal skills will be developed.

It will help boost their self-confidence because they will develop a spirit of belongingness. They will be helping and sharing their ideas and skills in their play. Good communication skills and vocabularies will be enhanced. Finally, through play, you are teaching the learners to become responsible enough in the future even without inflicting force to do their tasks. 

Article Readings # 37: A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR SCHOOLARS

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Another impressive act rendered by our concerned individuals from our prestigious group sector in our country who gave their scholarship support to our young achievers in the country. They're able to promote learning as well as enhancing or changing quality of their lives. They are truly instruments towards the realization of their learners' dream. The chosen gifted learners are blessed with an essential gift of knowledge, will and dedication that their love ones are truly proud of. Another academic excellence that they bring  to our country for attesting the degree or the status of our learning. They're able to contest to the world that our education is not far behind, indeed it is something that is reliable one.

Article Readings # 35: DOH, DEPED TEAM UP VS DENGUE, LEPTOSPIROSIS IN METRO MANILA

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Our government has really done their part in upgrading our education system in the country in providing health information drive to all schools in the country. In coordination with the DOH (Department of Health), they're able to spread information and knowledge on various diseases affecting our Filipino learners throughout the country especially on rainy season. Dengue is the most common viral diseases affecting the health and nutrition which might lead to mortality of our young children. The DOH together with Barangay Officials have conducted seminars about dengue prevention and waste segregation to every household to have a zero-rate casualties case. They also have organized school visit to assess learners condition by providing medical check-up. Learners are rest assured of the threat if their is proper waste management and disposal in the home and in the school as well as the entire communities.

Article Readings # 34: 7 WAYS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING EDUCATION WITH PEARSON' CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

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Education and technology are team-up to build a better education. It is said the education system will not progress much if technology is absent. A concept or theory is learned lessif application is missing. Therefore the student is the one to discover his or her own learning through the use of technology. It is then easy, fast, and reliable hence the student can make use of the internet to do some research. Computer is a great help for the learning processes of the learner because it adds relevant insights and give some clear view of some vague concept. Therefore, it is a must for the learner to be an expert user of the different applications in computer for him tobe globally competitive. 

Article Readings # 33: BSP TO CONDUCT FINANCIAL EDUCATION EXPO IN CATARMAN

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Money is an important factor as partner in every step of our endeavor. BSP is an important instrument that some of our gifted learners were given chance to realize the challenges in learning. I am overwhelmed to the effort made by our concern countrymen in reaching their dedication and commitment to the least fortunate brothers and sisters in the country. They were able to scatter donations for longer usage and allowance of educational materials really beneficial for the learners learning achievements. More unprivileged Filipino families are thankful enough for the nice opportunity given to their children in attaining this kind of support. It is hassle-free and convenient because it provides long-term support for their educational needs and they were provided with the basic school needs which will guarantee assurance until they finish elementary. 

Article Readings # 32: THE IMPORTANCE OF IMAGERY IN TEACHING SCIENCE

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Some students, science is considered as one of the most hated subjects. This is true because the knowledge, concepts, ideas, principles and laws being discussed are incredibly abstract thus requiring the mind to imagine and visualize things in the atomic and molecular level. Inappropriate strategies that do not match with the learning content, this would absolutely make many students to cause great pain or anguish mental activity of thinking and memorizing concepts and ideas that would make learning the subject not only very boring but likewise not educationally enterprising. This is why students generate misconceptions of scientific concepts and ideas in their worst extent.

According to J.H. Mathewson, visual-spatial thinking includes vision- the process of using the eyes to identify, locate, and think about objects and ourselves in the world and imagery - the formation, inspection, transformation, and maintenance of images in the "mind's eye" in the absence of a visual stimulus.

I firmly believe that students who are exposed to sight and sound have better retention and comprehension of concepts. This is also being supported by the psychological and educational researches stating that a person remembers only 20% of what he reads, remembers 40% of what he reads and hears but incredibly remembers 80% of what reads, hears and sees.

At this juncture, imagery in teaching science is vital and important in order for the students to visualize the appropriate and correct learning concepts.Through this, students will have clear and better understanding. This is a way of providing the most effective and efficient learning to students. 

Article Readings # 31: WINNING THE BATTLE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION

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The struggle for quality education in our country has no end. The battle cry is still in the process of dredging the best and quality education for our learners. We constantly do some research in order to adapt the needs and interests of our learners to the changing world. We even study further the attitudes and behaviors not only the learners bur the teachers as well. This is to determine the factors affecting quality learning.

In order to win the battle for quality education, educators must be  fully equipped and physically ready to face the challenges in the field of education. They should be like soldiers facing the battle in the field equipped with best weapons, various kinds of shields and personal armors in order to protect their bodies from the offensive weapons of the enemy.

However, teachers also should be alike with soldiers. Attaining the quality education, one must be fully equipped with all the necessary weapons or materials or physically ready to face the challenges. In order to become competent, you should have attended various trainings and seminars. You should not stop seeking the best learning. You must also be ready in the changing of the curriculum. You must be wide reader concerning the different personalities and attitudes of the students as well as the clamor for knowing lots of trivias that could be of great help in learning.

Lastly, teachers must have big hearts to their learners. They should aim also at children's hearts to teach effectively and finally keep on surfing at the internet in order to be updated on the latest trends in different techniques and strategies in teaching different subjects.



   

Article Readings # 30: K-12 OFFERS FRESH VIEW OF LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL

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The 12-year basic education program of our country has yielded plenty of reactions, comments, suggestions and even debates from the parents, students, teachers, law-makers or even from the community. Parents were violently reacting for the additional 2 years in high school because it seems to be an additional burden in their part precisely to those who are below poverty line. Students were murmuring because it is an additional struggle for them in their secondary course.

However, this new educational program or curriculum is somewhat the best program at present but how could we attain our objectives and goals if we don't have sufficient funds or budget to suffice all the necessary or needed materials or facilities and equipments in the implementation of this program? Workbooks and modules were being delivered late. Some schools received modules which are not applicable to their learning institution because they don't have enough facilities to handle such technology and livelihood education. The department has no enough teachers to be deployed in the field of vocational courses. Their teaching is somewhat awkward to their field of expertise.

These are just few of the things that I have recently observed. If these situations are always existing in the arena of the education department then I would firmly state that whatever programs we wish to implement that would simply turn into a fiasco. 

Finally, achieving change for the better does not only on the matter of establishing new program but rather a full and strict implementation for it to be realized.   

Article Readings # 29: WHAT MOTIVATES CHILDREN TO LEARN

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The article on "What motivates children to learn", speaks of the different motivational stimulus a person has. I totally agree to the author as no single person has the same learning motivation as much as no single person has the same fingerprint.

Based on the above premise, great challenges are posed to teachers as teaching style cannot be confide to a single scheme of motivation. As the author pointed out that the some are visual learners, some kinesthetic learners and some are auditory learners.

Teachers should adapt a multi-scheme motivational approach in imparting a learning objective to achieve the goal of understanding and application.

Teachers should study the individual characteristics and attitudes of the students. The output would bethe basis of approach in motivation. To respond to this, the students number per classroom should be at most twenty-five as according to Keppland, a famous motivational practitioner that an individual has the capacity of only twenty-five objectives.

With only twenty-five students, a teacher can focus on the quality of teaching, applying the suitable motivational approach for each student.

Article Readings # 28: GOVERNMENT PARENTING ADVICE IS CORROSIVE AND HARMFUL

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It is easy to become a mother or father, but it is difficult how to become parents. We discipline our children for their own good. But every parents have different approaches on to discipline their children.

The government gave the DSWD the responsibility to watch out of the rights of the children. There are advantages and disadvantages of this law. Even if the children have unpleasant behavior comes to "dominate everything", they must react by talking about something "good" and encourage children to "be themselves". They said that the shortfall in a child's behavior can always be explained by the fact that the parent's treatment of the child was not positive enough. 

Article Readings # 27: FRIENDLY BODY LANGUAGE FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING

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Imparting learning could not only be through verbal language but also thru non-verbal communication/language. This is what the article is all about.

Based on the article every teacher should be aware on the impact of non-verbal language in learning. But not all teachers are aware on the impact of non-verbal language.

Considering the significant role of the non-verbal communication in learning, teachers should undergo training on the do's and dont's of non-verbal communication. Teachers should be aware of the meaning of every gestures done in front of the students. This could lock or unlock learning.

Article Readings # 26: CHARACTER:THE FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION

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There are so many well-educated people or professionals who ended up of trouble because of character defects.

As an educator we are not just imparting our knowledge to the students. We should encourage them to become a productive individual someday, and instilling their minds that character is very important to have a healthy environment with their co-workers someday or in a place where she/he belongs. So even if he/she is successful with his/her career, but she/he has character defects he/she failed as a human. Therefore humane values need to be the foundation of education. 

Article Readings # 25: DEPED, CHED, TESDA START DRAFTING K-12 PROGRAM IRR

REACTION:

Starting school year 2012-2013, our government has implemented a new school curriculum called K-12 Program. This program is implemented to improve the competitiveness of our country's graduates, since the ten-year basic education is deemed inadequate for work and higher education.

DepEd said this K-12 will allow the graduates to have middle level skills and will offer them better opportunities to be employed or become entrepreneurs.

Why is it that our country has to follow the trend? Can we not stand by our own? There is nothing wrong in being the only one.

But will this program assure a student that he will be indeed have a good after 12 years of schooling? Lets be hopeful that our government should tailor all the policies well so that success will surely be achieved. 

Article Readings # 24: CLASSROOM CODE, LESSONS FOR TEACHERS

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Social behavior , such as etiquitte, is how we interact with other people. Even if we are the teachers, conforming to such behavioral standard is asked of each student, we must also be aware of our manners applies to each one of us.

For me, being a productive and effective teacher to the students and co-workers, there should be a healthy environment, on how you treat each other. As an educator, we have a big responsibility in instilling the minds of our students to become a responsible and productive individual in the society. Respect to others whether subordinates or superior.

Philosophical Foundation

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	Thinker	Assumptions	Role of Teacher	Models/Strategies	Educational Aim	Curriculum Emphasis
REALISM	Hans Joachim Morgenthan	1.   Cognitive biases are not errors but rather methods of dealing with the real world. 2.   The doctrine that certain objects or theories in science are real. 3.   Belief that reality exists independently of observers.	1.    Provide activities concerning on facts or realities 2.    Conduct observation or experimentation activities.	1.    Provide all the necessary materials or paraphernalia for observation or experimentation activity. 2.    Follow the procedures and mechanics 3.    Get the generalization or conclusion of the facts.	To make students realize of the facts or realities based on their personal observation or experimentation.	Learning is based from facts or realities
IDEALISM	Friedrich Holderlin  -important thinker in the development of German Idealism	1.   Asserts that reality is fundamentally mental or mentally constructed 2.   Emphasizes how human ideas especially beliefs and values shape society. 3.   Assert in the ontological doctrine	1.    Provide situations or activities that would elicit the mental alertness of the students 2.    Provide problems that would apply solutions based on the ideas of the students. 3.    Give propositions that would absolutely need critical thinking of the students.	1.    Use literal comprehension that asks questions like What, How and Why. 2.    Application and Reaction to problem-solving 3.    Provide other situational problem approach.	To enhance and develop the cognitive aspects of the learners.	Mental Skills and Abilities (Cognitive Aspect Of The Learner)
PRAGMATISM	Peter W. Ochs  -influential thinker whose interests include pragmatism John Dewey - important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism William James - Known for supporting pragmatism	1.   The function of thought is as an instrument or tool for prediction, action and problem solving. 2.   Philosophical topics are all best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes rather than in terms of representative accuracy.	1.    Conduct constant practice on language, concepts and nature of knowledge. 2.    Provide actual practical activities 3.    Integrate the principles or concepts into actual or practical learning.	1.    Theories and Application Approach 2.    Principles, Concepts and Application / Practical Uses Approach 3.    Develop creative thinking	To develop the psychomotor aspects of the learners through their practical uses of the principles and concepts of the philosophical topics.	Application Of Theories and Practical Uses
EMPIRICISM	John Locke Sir Francis Bacon -father of empiricism	1.   States that knowledge comes only from or primarily from sensory experiences. 2.   Emphasizes the role of experience and evidence 3.   Hypotheses and theories must be tested against observations of the natural world.	1.    Provide series observation or experimentation activities. 2.    Explore the students to the real world.	1.    Gather all necessary materials or paraphernalia for observation or experimentation 2.    Conduct actual experimentation 3.    Conduct actual experimentation 4.    Gather all their observation 5.    Ask their concluding facts or knowledge	To let learners acquire knowledge based on their sensory experience like actual observation and experimetnation.	Learning by Doing. Through sensory experiences.
PERENNIALISM	Robert Maynard Hutchins -become one of the most influential members of the school secular perennialism Mortimer J Adler	1.   Things that one deems to be of everlasting importance to all people everywhere. 2.   One should teach principles, not facts 3.   Teach scientific reasoning, not facts 4.   One should teach first about humans, not machines or techniques.	1.    Teach and expound the principles that are said to be of everlasting importance to the students. 2.    Lay the foundations of the topic or subject matter 3.    Recognize and appreciate the principles or foundations of the topic	1.    Explain thoroughly the basic principles or foundations. 2.    Conduct exercises in relation to the basic principles 3.    Concretize the students of the basic principles.	To permanently obtain the basic principles in education or teaching and to rationalize its basic or founding importance.	Personal Development
ESSENTIALISM	William Bagley(1874-1946) -historical essentialist E.D. Hirsh -was an important essentialist	1.   Instill all students with the most essential or basic academic knowledge and skills and character development. 2.   To master the students with a set body of information and basic techniques. 3.   Decide the most important for the students without or with little regard of their interests.	1.    Teach the basic academic knowledge and skills 2.    Provide all the learning instructions 3.    Focus on the achievement test scores. 4.    Emphasize character development of the students.	1.    Embed wisely the academic knowledge of the students in math, natural science, history, foreign language and literature. 2.    Master the students on the essential skills and building their character inside the classroom.	To make students to become academically competent of the most essential or basic knowledge and make them morally and socially developed.	-Academic Knowledge -Character development
PROGRESSIVISM	Theodore Roosevelt -noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements and his leadership for the Progressive Movement	1.   People learn best from what they consider most relevant to their lives 2.   Emphasize on the needs, experiences, interests and abilities of students 3.   Students interaction and develop social qualities	1.    Provide performance task activities 2.    Give the students the opportunity to express and discover the learning 3.    Tolerate students for different points of view 4.    Emphasize students’ needs and interests 5.    Enhance the abilities of the students	1.    Actual performance of the process and of the product 2.    Relate the activity to the real experience of the students 3.    Conduct authentic assessment 4.    Performance task activity 5.    Learning by doing	To make students explore and discover learning of their own through their experiences. Develop the intrinsic motivation of learning.	1.    Individual learning through personal experience 2.    Progress 3.    Change in the learning process and development 4.    Character Development 5.    Students’ needs, interests and abilities
EXISTENTIALISM	Soren Kierkegard -father of existentialism Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre -one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism Martin Heidegger -known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the questions of “BEING”	1.   Emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe. 2.   Regards human existence as unexplainable 3.   Stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequence of one’s acts.	1.    Provide the students’ opportunities to discover their individual learning through experiences. 2.    Highlight the importance of the  student’s personal choice and commitment	1.    Give students individual activity 2.    Tolerate students of their personal choice and commitment to learning 3.    Cater their personal interests and abilities	To give the students the priority to concrete human experiences over abstract thinking and highlight the importance of personal choice and commitment.	- Individual Learning Experience - Personal needs, Interests and Abilities of Students
RECONSTRUCTIONISM	Rousas John Rushdoony -widely credited as the father of Christian Reconstrctionism	1.   Advocates a creative adjustment to contemporary conditions through the cultivation of traditions and folkways 2.   Exerts considerable influence on the Christian right.	1.    Integrate Christian doctrines in teaching 2.    Promote moral values 3.    Cultivate traditions and folkways.	1.    Set yourself as the living example or model 2.    Incorporate moral values to all subjects 3.    Cite examples that are pleasing and motivating to the learners to do right.	To mold students to become a better individual by shaping their values and character morally.	Moral Values