My Concrete Experience

1. Who am I as a person? Do I have personal qualities that would make me a

better teacher someday?
2. With the use of the checklist find out your personal characteristics which would
help you make become a good teacher. The qualities listed are few of the many
attributes needed but the list given you would suffice.

Name:____________________School:____________________ Sem ____________

AM I THIS PERSON

_____1. I am mentally alert ____14. I accept responsibility and do it

well
_____2. I make correct decisions.
____15. I utilize to the maximum every
_____3. I give attention to details. material

_____4. I analyze every situation. ____16. I have happy disposition.

_____5. I am quick to make solutions. ____17. I appreciate other people.

_____6. I maintain poise. ____18. I am tolerant of other persons.

_____7. I remain undisturbed under ____19. I am kind and sympathetic.

pre-sure.
____20. I help voluntarily.
_____8. I hold my anger.
____21. I adjust to different solutions.
_____9. I am calm in the midst of chaos.
____22. I look at the brighter side of my
____ 10. I maintain dignity in all life
circumstances
____23. I enjoy the company of others.
_____11. I am very imaginative.
____24. I laugh on at on my mistakes.
_____12. I create new things.
____25. I can adjust to any group as a
_____13.I like try out new things. member
____26. I think that my suggestions are
not correct
____27. I do not consider self as better
than others
____28. I treat everybody fairly.
____29. I see others opinion as different
from mine
____30. I give equal chance for
everybody to be heard
____31. I work beyond objective set.
____32. I do things without being told.
____33. I do not give up easily on the
task
____34. I set one goals for oneself.
____35. I work with a sense of urgency.
____36. I feel sure of what I do.
____37. I work for others.
____38. I initiate to the job for all.
____39. I assume responsibility with
confidence
____40. I work to succeed.
____41. I am pleasant in action, words
and appearance
____42. I am clean and neat as a person
____43. I dress up appropriately
____44. I am simple.
Beautiful/handsome
____45. I am appealing to others.
____46. I treat everybody with courtesy.
____47. I behave appropriate in
occasions
____48. I select social function to attend.
____49. I use to appropriate language..
____50. I adjust comfortably in a crowd.
____51. I have deep concern for others.
____52. I am always willing to share.
____53. I volunteer to do task for others.
____54. I give up personal time for the
group
____55. I work for the group even
without assurance return.
____56. I am fair in giving judgments.
____57. I am consistent in words and
actions
____58. I am punctual in attendance.
____59. I am sincere in giving
suggestions
____60. I extend help to many others.
 Personal Attributes Cluster of items Number of Interpretation
Check Marks
1.Intelligence 1-5 5 Very High
2.Emotional Stability 6-10 3 Average
3.Resourcefulness 11-15 4 High
4.Compassion 16-20 4 High
5.Bouyancy 21-25 5 Very High
6.Objectiveness 26-30 5 Very High
7.Self-motivation 31-35 1 Very Low
8.Self-confidence 35-40 1 Very Low
9.Pleasantness 41-45 4 High
10.Refinement 46-50 3 Average
11.Cooperativeness 51-55 3 Average
12.Reliability 56-60 2 Low

My Observations

Your concrete experience, enabled you to describe, what you are as a person. The
qualities reflect who you are. Make a similar observation of ten active teachers in a
school. Your observation will be done through a survey and will produce empirical
evidences. This observation method will enhance your skills to collect data, like when
you doing research

You will be provided with a survey checklist for you to reproduce 10 copies for
your 10 respondent teachers. (They are on the last page of this workbook). Make
proper request from these teacher who will become your respondents.

Tabulate the results in the matrix found below:

Personal T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 Ave. Desc.

Attributes
1.Intelligence 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
2.Emotional 5 4 3 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 high
Stability
3.Resourcefulness 5 4 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
4.Compassion 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 Very
high
 5.Bouyancy 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
6.Objectiveness 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
7.Self-motivation 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 Very
high
8Self-confidence 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 High
9.Pleasantness 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
10.Refinement 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
11.Cooperativeness 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high
12.Reliability 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Very
high

The Observed Information

Procedure:

1. To get the average, add the scores of the ten teachers and divide by 10.
2. Look at the legend in your own checklist, and determine the description of the
average.
3. Study the results.

Questions:

1. Which of the twelve attributes is the highest among the teachers?

Almost all of the attributes.

2. Which of the twelve attributes is the lowest among the teachers?

None, They’re all very high and high.

3. How many teachers are low in emotional stability?

None of the teachers reflected low in emotional stability but four have average
score. The rest are very high and high.

4. How many teachers are high in compassion?

All of them.
 5. What six attributes are found to be strong among the teachers?
Almost all of the attributes but the attributes intelligence, objectiveness,
pleasantness, refinement, confinement and realiability stood-out.

6. What six attributes are found to be weak among the teachers?

None.

7. What interesting observations can you spot from the other data not asked?

My Reflections

1. Why are some teachers reported to have bumped a learner’s head on the wall or
made a child swallow scratch paper or pencil filings? What attribute do you think
is low for this teacher?

We have been hearing reports regarding abuses, maltreatment violations

done by teachers. Examples of these are, Bumping students head on the wall,
letting a child swallow scratch paper or throwing eraser into students. The
reason for these unlawful actions, probably lack of composure or meltdown of
teachers. Meltdown in the sense that teachers have already lost their composure
and broke into anger. As we all know, teaching endails bigger and deeper
responsibility. The mere handling of numbers of students brings pressure. The
everyday teaching, thinking on new lessons,concepts and so when students have
done something that could somehow irritates teachers,sometimes it could lead
into losing anger management resulting to punishing students.
Teachers who are doing these stuffs. Lack or have low emotional
stability.

2. Why do you think some teachers are better loved by students than others?

Teachers who are better loved by students are those who carry
themselves higher set of moral standards and values prioritize ethical values and
do not make actions that could somehow downgrade their reputations. These are
the types of teachers that set moral ascendancy as their platform in teaching.
Traditionally, students love their teachers or consider them their favorites when
teachers show valiancy. When they are soft spoken, barely show anger and
understanding. In contrast, teachers that are hated by students are those who
 show the opposite characteristics mentioned. Those who are stereotyped
“terror”.

3. If you were to choose, Which personal attributes should all teachers posses?
Why?

For me, all the personal attributes being rated in the questionnaire must be
possessed by the teachers. The only reason I think is that those attributes are
what defines a developed and capable teachers.

My Affirmed Concepts

After reflecting on this episode and recalling my previous subjects, I have

realized that there are several concepts in the teaching profession about personal
attributes I learned that has been affirmed and confirmed, examples of which are given
below:

1. The concept of teaching as an ideal profession has remained strong, but it has
been accentuated by the need for meeting the challenges of the times which can
be addressed through quality teaching
2. Teaching as an act itself. It involves the common activities in the classroom and
the teaching strategies and techniques, but it focuses on the intent to make
teaching work the full advantage of the learners by effective interaction of
teacher and students in the understanding of a particular subject matter

My Future Application

Using what I have learned in this episode, when I become a teacher, I should…

Be one who is not just intelligent enough to share but someone with such a very
good personality to inspire. Teaching is like no other professions. As a future educator,
you wear many hats. You will, to name but of a few of the roles teachers assume in
carrying out their duties, be a communicator, a disciplinarian, a conveyor of
information, an evaluator, a classroom manager, a decision maker, a role model and a
surrogate parent. Eventually, but teaching is more than just sharing, its all about
inspiring. Inspiration drives motivation that people get inspired as your actions touch
their lives.