PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING
Helps pupils develop self-discipline in and through the
CHAPTER I: THE TEACHER AND HIS PROFESSION
2 Categories of Characteristics of Effective Teacher
1. PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES
a. Mastery of the subject or field one teaches
b. Understanding of the learner
c. Understanding of the teaching principles and skills in
the use of techniques for their implementation
d. General understanding of other branches of
knowledge
e. understanding and appreciation
of the teaching profession
2. PERSONAL QUALITIES (characteristic)
a. Pleasing personal appearance, manner, courtesy,
pleasant voice
b. Intellegence, emotional stability, and self-control
c. Sympathy, kindness, helpfulness, patience
d. Integrity, trustworthiness, honesty, loyalty
e. Flexibility, creativity, resourcefulness
f. Sociability, friendliness, cooperativeness
g. Fairness, impartiality, tolerance
h. Sense of humor, cheerfulness, enthusiasm
COMPETENCIES
1. INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
A. Teaching Skills
1. Identifies specific needs, interest, and capacities of
individual pupils and provide adequately for these
Analyzes and identifies specific learning tasks
Shows evidence of mastery of subject matter
Provides varied learning experiences for the
development of communication, for work, and for
interpretative and other basic skills involved in the
learning tasks
Selects, prepares, and utilize sinstructional materials
and aids effectively in achieving teaching goals
Selects appropriate available community resources and
uses these effectively in teaching-learning process
Motivates the lessons and asks questions effectively to
develoop critical thinking and creativity
B. Guidance Skills
Shows interest in pupils’ problems and needs and helps
meet them
Provides for maximum involment of pupils in the
learning activities
Stimulates and compliments pupils to elicit positive and
active interaction
Functions effectively as a member of learning group
learning process
C. Management Skills
Prepares adequately for the day’s learning activities
Starts learning activity promptly
Provides a permissive and stimulating atmosphere that
encourages pupils to raise questions and suggest
alternative solutions to problems
Administers tests effectively and returns corrected
papers and other pupils’ work promptly
Achieves teaching objectives to the optimum degree
possible for the particular subject, lesson, or activity
w/in a reasonable period of time
D. Evaluation Skills
Uses specific criteria for the accurate evaluation of
individual performance
Selects, evolves, and utilizes criterion-referenced tests
Analyzes and interprets evaluation results skillfully
Utilizes evaluation results as basis for improving
instruction
2. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCIES
A. Observes the Teacher’s Code of Ethics and other
pertinent rules & regulations of the social service
b. Sets the examples in Moral and Ethical behavior
c. Shows Honesty and Integrity
d. Accepts and performs leadership roles completely
e. Accepst the followership role whenever the need
arises and assumes this intelligently
Shows evidence of professional and cultural growth
Gets along well w/ pupils, the school staff, and the
community w/out compromising rules of propriety
Participates actively in cultural, professional, and other
community organization activities
Shows evidence of mental health and stability
Shows evidence of sound physical health
Observes proper grooming and attire at all times
Shows creativity and resourcefulness in his performance
Prepares and submits neat and accurate reports on time
Observes official time and is ready to serve beyond the
call of duty when the need arises
Uses free time wisely
THE TEACHER’S JOB
Guiding the learning process
Counseling and guidance
Sponsoring extra class activities
Working w/ parents and the community
Professional responsibilities
PREPARATION FOR TEACHNG

A. PRESERVICE EDUCATION
-College education needed to become a teacher

3 Basic areas of curriculum of Teaching-Training

Institution
1. Subject matter education – fields of knowledge w/c
one chooses to teach
2. General Education – different areas of knowledge
outside his special subject field
3. Professional Education – educational and
psychological bases of teaching -learning process as well
as methods and techniques of teaching