TORRES, CHRISTINE ANN B.

MODULE 2
Inter-cultural Communication and Cultural Change
Reaction:
Inter-cultural communication means communication between people of
different cultures and backgrounds. Communication and culture helps us to
learn different values, beliefs, behavior and customs of different cultures.
Communication can be a useful source of intercultural knowledge and mutual
enrichment between culturally diverse students if managed proactively by
the teacher. Otherwise, communication could be a source of frustration,
misapprehensions, intercultural conflict. Not only do we need to understand
the way we, ourselves, communicate, but we need to understand that others
communicate in different ways. Since, we communicate differently, we all
perceive the world differently as well, giving us a bigger and broader chance
at understanding the world around us and the people who live here. Being
able to communicate interpersonally and intercultural is an important skill as
we move forward into the 21st century. We are no longer isolated in the
corners of our world, but we have been tossed into a wide abyss of multiple
intercultural and international communication opportunities whether it is by
visiting a foreign country, learning a new language, or interacting with a new
person at work, school, or in public.
I think the main goal of intercultural communication is to realize the
value and importance of accepting a spectrum of global differences this
world has. A simple advice I give how to behave and communicate when you
are abroad is: Be polite, behave also be strong and calm do not show your
weakness, you must believe in yourself. Everybody should realize he /she is
representing his country. What people think about you usually think about
your country too. Accept and respect the culture and all stuff connected.
Every culture is original and special we should not try to change to the
picture we like.

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Module 3
The Four Pillars
Reaction:
The four pillars of education which are learning to know, leaning to do,
learning together and learning to be ,each one has a different point of view
and helps us see things and understand different things. Learning to know;
mainly talks about how we start thinking, we process things, how we
concentrate, and memory skills. As you know since we are small kids we
start learning, concentrating and thinking. I personally think this is the most
important pillar of education since its the first one we develop and use in
our live. Learning to do; talks about how can we use education and how
can we adapt it to future. What I understand about this learning is that is for
professional persons, who want to improve it all. The learning to be
together; talks about how can we unite the world, how can we teach our
students to care for others and make awareness of what is going on, in the
world and in other countries and the last one learning to be; talks about
how can we just be ourselves and succeed and how that can help us in
education letting us be creative and follow our opinions and statements.
I believe as educators we must combine all the pillars. All make the basis of a
good education. We need to give the students knowledge in order the gain
the competencies they need to outstand in their future. We must give them
the tools they need to recognize the world around them, exercise their
memory, attention and thought. If they have the knowledge they learn to do,
they materialize what they have in their brains; each one according to their
level and capabilities. They learn to make judgments about right and wrong
so they can think critically. Also we should guide them through the discovery
of who they are, and what do they want in life, we must provide all the

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possible experiences so they can reach to those answers. If they know who
they are, accept and love themselves they will accept, tolerate and love
others. They will learn the importance of a persons essence; that goes
beyond social class, color, education and culture. All the pillars are part of an
integral education that allows us to form human beings, that will be able to
defend themselves in a world of constant change and will make them part of
a better world.

Module 4
The Teacher as a Person in the Society
Reaction:
A teacher is the builder of nation. He/she is a prestigious person in the
society we have so many expectations from a teacher ranging from his role
in classroom environment to his role as a citizen of the country.
From the discussion that we had, I learned that each of us has a
philosophy to adhere, and I found out that I might be a progressivist and
essentialist as well. The progressivist states that the learns accept the
impermanence of life and the inevitability of change, that everything else
changes. This group of teachers teach learners so they may live life fully
NOW not to prepare them for adult life. On the other hand, having a potential
as essentialist, it states that teachers teach for learners to acquire basic
knowledge, skills and values. Teachers teach not to radically reshape society
but rather to transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge
that students need to become model citizens.
As a teacher, you have a significant role to play in society. Your
influence on your students and on other people with whom you work and live
depends a great deal on your philosophy as a person and as a teacher. Our
philosophy of life and your philosophy of education serve as your window to
the world and compass in the sea of life.

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As a future teacher, I believed that the students/pupils should be taken

good care at school or even at home and feed them with knowledge
appropriately intended for them in becoming enlightened and intelligent
citizens in a democratic society. A teacher should sustain the relevance of
the academic needs of a child to prepare them not for the adult life but how
to deal life for today. In one way to another, they will be able to know and
adapt any circumstances they will be encountering as they continue their
endeavor in this world.