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“Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of autonomy inside the classroom. To a degree shared by only a few other occupations, such as police work, public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.” --Tracy Kidder
other. Finally learning is shared and not seen as cheating. This somehow affirms that local government is the foundation of a stable nation. In other words,
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the classroom is where the quality national education is brewed. In the Journal of Curriculum Framework for Quality Teacher Education in India, 2007, it is stated that “enlightened, emancipated and empowered teachers lead communities and nations in their march towards better and higher quality of life. They reveal and elaborate the secrets of attaining higher values in life and nurture empathy for fellow beings.”Teachers are the torch bearers in creating social cohesion, national integration and a learning society. They not only disseminate knowledge but also create and generate new knowledge. They are responsible for acculturating role of education. “No nation can even marginally slacken its efforts in giving necessary professional inputs to its teachers along with that due status to their stature and profession.” This is the vision that
“I believe that every teacher should realize the dignity of her calling, that she is a social servant set apart for the maintenance of social order and securing the right of social growth.” --John Dewey
we adhere to in our class. We believe that if the opportunity to directly contribute to DepEd is vague then we have that chance in room 1708. If translating our vision through praxis (authentic and relevant activities) is one way of contributing positive change in the Philippine Education, then I can say our class is making small efforts of social transformation. Minute as a prick of a needle but this can sure hurt the eye. Inspired by the works of Tony Meloto of Gawad Kalinga, Fernando Zobel de Ayala of Center of Excellence (CENTEX), and many unsung itinerant teachers in the