Narrative Report

A Narrative Report on the Seminar-Workshop on 21st Century Teaching-Learning

and Pillars of Education

I. Introduction:

A seminar is a group meeting led by an expert that focuses on a specific

topic or discipline, such as business, job searches or a university field such as
literature. Seminars typically take place over the course of a few days and
involve cooperative discussion, multiple speakers and opportunities to share
perspectives and issues related to the topic. Attending a seminar has numerous
benefits, including improving communication skills, gaining expert knowledge,
and renewing motivation and confidence. Last September 1st 2016 we, the CTE
students from 2nd year to 3rd year had a Seminar-Workshop on 21st Century
Teaching-Learning and Pillars of Education with the theme: Innovative Millennial
Students as a future Pillars of Education. The seminar was led by two speakers
from an exclusive university. And they are: Professor Alfonso S. Dangat from De
La Salle University, and Professor Joselito C. Gutierrez from Saint Louis
University.

II. Narration of Events:

Part I (Morning Session)

I arrived in Benigno Aldana Gymnasium at exactly 8:00 o’clock in the

morning before I entered the gym I registered my name first in registration for the
attendance. The seminar started at exactly 9:00 A.M. with prayer followed by
singing the National Anthem (Lupang Hinirang), Pangasinan Hymn, and
Pangasinan Stae University Hymn. After that we had the roll call first then, Mrs.
Angelita D.V. Muños introduced the speaker for the first part of the seminar. He
is Professor Alfonso S. Dangat, he gave us a warm greetings then he proceed to
the discussion. He talked about the power of word; he even shared his
experiences in life and for me it is an inspiring story; he introduced also the
Patron Saint of the teachers which is St. John Baptist De La Salle; he also
discussed the two options in life (accept and change) leaving a quotation “Try to
accept what you can’t change. Try to change what you can’t accept.’’ Then, he
gave and expanded the meaning of the Four Pillars of Education (Learning to
Know, Learning to Be, Learning to live together) and he also added the 5th Pillar
of Education which is learning to transform oneself and society and to change the
world. After that he gave an activity which will enhance our creativity, according
to him as a future teacher we must “Think out of the box’’. After our activity he
discussed and widened our knowledge about the four Pillars of Innovation
(People, Culture and Climate, Structures and Processes, and Leadership), he
said that the people is the most important in achieving innovation because we
can’t spell the word s ccess without U. But my most favourite part in morning
session is when we watched the kindness boomerang and the life experiences of
Nick Vujicic which made me realized that no matter how life is hard we should
never give up and just trust in our Lord. Professor Dangat discussed for almost
three hours and he left us one message which is “Great Teacher Inspires”.
Before lunch break the BSE 3rdyear students gave an activity and luckily I’m one
of the participants. I really enjoyed it.

Part II (Afternoon Session)

We had lunch break for almost thirty minutes after that I registered again
for the attendance. The afternoon session started with a roll call then Mrs. Mitzy
Macaraeg introduced to us the speaker for the afternoon session and he is
Professor Joselito C. Gutierrez from Saint Louis University. Before he starts to
discuss, we watched first a short film connected to his topic. Then he
enumerated and explained the development of a teacher (Fantasy, Survival,
Mastery, and Impact); after that he gave an activity the 4 pics one word game the
answers in every picture is the characteristics of the 21 st century teacher these
are the: Adaptor, Learner, Leader, Collaborative, Communicator, Visionary,
Model, and Risk taker) then he explained this to us; he gave us an activity again
he taught to us the Give me Oil song and he even let us sing a song, the “tong
tong tong pakitongkitong song’’ with twist which will enhance our pronunciation;
he also brought different instructional materials and he demonstrated it to us; and
he’s final talk is my favourite when he said that as a future teacher we should
follow the path of the greatest teacher which is Jesus Christ. Professor Gutierrez
talked for almost three hours also then he left us the quotation said by Lao Tzu.
“The Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.’’ After the session we
had a picture taking with Professor Joselito C. Gutierrez, Mrs. Mitzy M. Macaraeg
and Mrs. Angelita D.V. Muñoz.
 III. Reflections/Insights:

This seminar really has a significance for me because of this learned a lot
of things that I can apply on my life and on my chosen career someday. In the
first place I hesitated when I paid fifty pesos because for a student like me it’s too
expensive for a one day seminar but I’m wrong. Those realizations, learning,
hope, and motivation that I earned from the seminar is really worth it. These are
my realizations that I can apply on my own life: I must accept the things I can’t
change but I can also change what I can’t accept; although life is hard we should
not give up and trust the Lord; and promote love and kindness. And these are on
my chosen career: I must have the characteristics of the 21 st century teacher
maybe I don’t have yet those all, I think I can find a ways to have those; I should
do my responsibility as a student first before I can be a great teacher this is
referring to the quotation by Lao Tzu; and I must follow the will of our Lord for
me, he will be always my inspiration, for me to become a great teacher that will
not just teach but also inspire students someday.
 Pangasinan State University

Bayambang Campus

Bayambang, Pangasinan

A Narrative Report on

Seminar-Workshop on 21st Century

Teaching-Learning and Pillars of Education

Social Dimension

Professional Education 102

Submitted by: Alyssa M. Duran BEE II-1

Submitted to: Mrs. Angelita D.V. Munos