Ivy B.

Mañas February 10, 2019

Professional Ethics and Value Education Dr. Walter Galarosa

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On January 20, 2019, we had our second offline session with Dr. Galarosa in

Professional Ethics and Value Education. The first discussant tackled about Republic

Act No. 4670 also known as “Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.” It was a

substantial and beneficial discussion for us because we can all relate to it as public

school teachers. It promotes and improves the social and economic conditions of public

school teachers, their working and living conditions, their terms of employment and

career prospects. It includes topics such as recruitment and qualification of teachers,

probationary period, tenure of office, consent for transfer transportation expenses,

safeguard in disciplinary procedures, administrative charges, teaching hours, additional

compensation, salary scales of teachers, cost of living allowance, study leave and so on

and so forth. It was helpful for me especially that I am a newly hired teacher. I became

more knowledgeable with the important matters that I should bear in mind as a public

school teacher.

The second topic was about value education. Effective learning happens when

students learn holistically. It is not enough that students are knowledgeable about the

learning contents from the learning modules and capable of performing the tasks

accurately they must also possess positive values towards learning and respect for

other people. Aptitude might bring them to success, but it is the attitude that they will

keep them to success. As teacher, I know that it is my role to inculcate values that will

guide the students to bring out their full potentials and lead them to their goals in life.

Values can be acquired and learned from other people through interaction.
Ivy B. Mañas March 3, 2019

Professional Ethics and Value Education Dr. Walter Galarosa

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“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what

is right to do.” This is one of the quotations that left a mark on my mind on our offline

session on February 10, 2019. There were four reporters who presented their

discussion points. The first one tackled about model of ethical reasoning. As an

educator we adhere to the moral principle of deantology which uses rules to distinguish

right from wrong. It requires the people to follow rules and do their duty. As

professionals, we are bounded to code of ethics for professional teachers and other

relevant laws.

The discussions were substantial. We also talked about the importance of

professional ethics. It is important for us to be competent, reliable, efficient and

effective. As teachers, it is our duty to hone the child holistically, and for us to achieve

that we must not only teach them with relevant knowledge and practical skills but also

positive attitude towards their work and other people. As a new teacher, I have noticed

that some of the students put so much value on material things that sometimes they

forgot what is really important. Just like what the little prince said “It is not with the eye

that we see the one rightly, what’s important is invisible to the naked eye.”

I also liked the topic on confidence. One of the ultimate goals of education is to

build confidence so that the students will have the power to be independent to choose

and act things out accordingly. We, teachers, have role in bringing out the self-esteem

of the students. We must provide learning activities such as collaborative work and

presentation that can hone their interpersonal skills. This skill is necessary for them to

achieve their desired outcomes in life. A child’s level of self-esteem affects many

aspects of child’s life and personality such as relationship with others, attitude, ability to
make healthy decisions, problem solving skills, energy, creativity, approach to new

situations, response to peer pressure, ability to reach goals and success at schools.

In this generation Z where most of our students are expose to internet, social

media and distracted to the things they saw in online world, it is a challenge for teachers

to maintain the old values that they were used to. Despite of the challenge, may we

never lose the passion and willingness to help the students see the value of things

around them. Let us help them build a positive attitude and good character because

these are some of the ingredients to become successful in life.

Professional Ethics and Value Education Dr. Walter Galarosa

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Education is knowing what it is while value education is knowing how to apply

theories acquired from education. It is not enough to that you know something what is

more important is you know how to do it.

We had our fourth offline session on March 3, 2019. We tackled about value

education, ethics and morality. Ethics is knowing what is right and wrong while morality

is about principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad

behavior.

As future educational managers, why do we need to gain these lessons? Simply

because in order for us to be an effective and efficient educational manager we must

first understand our subordinates. We must serve as positive role model to the people

involved in our school community.

We should always do the right things even if our hearts aches against it.

Sometimes, when doing the right things we cannot avoid to encounter

misunderstanding that might lead to disputes because all of us have diverse personal

values. But at the end of the day we must always reconciled with the people we had

conflict with.

As diverse individuals we have unique moral beliefs from one another that guide

us with our actions. We cannot judge a person based only with the actions he is

showing but we must also consider the reasons behind these actions.

To sum it up, ethics, morality and value education work together to achieve a

smooth relationship with the people within an organization. It gives more emphasis on

the positive attitude towards work and relationship with people rather than acquisition of

skills and knowledge.

Professional Ethics and Value Education Dr. Walter Galarosa

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Our fifth and second to the last offline session happened on March 24, 2019.

There were several presenters who tackled different topics such as; (a) duties of a man;

(b) ethics vs. moral; (c) history of moral development; (d) emergence of professional

ethics, oaths and professional codes; (e) philosophies of morality; (f) code of conduct

and; (g) code of ethics.

Long time ago, ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

were finding out what the greatest good is. How can we consider that someone is good?

How can we differentiate bad from good? There were several philosophies related to

morality that came out to tell if someone is in accordance with the greatest good. For

instance, for absolutism, there is a general or universal law of doing what is good while

for relativism, doing good depends on the culture or community where you belong in.

Just like in Muslim community, they practice polygamy or having more than one partner

in life if they the man is able to provide for his second family. But in Catholic it is

prohibited.

For me, greatest good involves respecting other people, helping in time of need

and doing things right even if no one is watching you. We have different beliefs, but I

guess most of us believe that those that were mentioned can measure greatest good.

Also, as professionals we are bounded by code of ethics and code of conduct for

us to avoid conflicts and guide us to do our job effectively and efficiently. We must act in

accordance with so that we will never go wrong.