Jeth, The Educator

What does this mean? Am I too time conscious? Or I’m not enjoying what I do.                   Yes, both can be true. But I’m happy with the way I started my career as a teacher, again. I waited like forever, bored, felt like useless and damn tired right after my application. The processes were absolutely tedious and terrible to say. But, hey, here I am, finally teaching after a very long wait. Super excited to meet my new students, colleagues and everything inside the campus, along with the new roles and responsibilities I need to comply, it’s a mixture of feelings in one soul then.                 I have heard someone saying that, a man is sad when he always thinks about time, but he who forgets is happy. This is true, but my argument is, I’m happy so far with the way my colleagues welcomed me as new member of the family more so the students. Respect from students, which I think vital to teachers’ wellbeing is very evident, their enthusiasm to meet me and their interest to lea

University of Mindanao Professional School Maa, Davao City Ed.D. 607 -Social and Moral Philosophy Final Examination A.                    We cannot deny that our traits are our values. This is   recognized by Grospe. According to him, “ there are values behind our traits”. He lists   as many as 21 values behind our traits. In our attempts to    understand Filipino values, we first of all tried to understand the Filipino in terms of his identity, humanness, and theories of Filipino values. After understanding who Filipino is, we tried to establish a linkage between the Filipino Character traits and his values.      In the light of the explanation above, answer the following questions concisely. Just follow the instruction. 1.    Does value have an indispensable place in ethics? Explain your answer in 1 paragraph compose of 5 sentences. 2.    What are Filipino values? Write your discourses in 5 sentences in bullet form. 2.1.       If there are, write 5 val

BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY: EPISTEMOLOGY CHIEF TOPIC: KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS RELATED TO EDUCATION: 1.     Should teachers lecture, ask questions, provide experiences, or encourage activities to enable students to learn? The above-mentioned activities are vital approaches that will cultivate knowledge and hence these should be done in the classroom for learning to take place. Without implementing these approaches, learning could be difficult to achieve. 2.     How do scientist do science? Basically, they will test hypotheses based on the published scientific knowledge. Hence, will pave way to another breakthroughs and ultimately contribute to the growing collections of knowledge in the world of research and science. BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY: AXIOLOGY CHIEF TOPIC: VALUES, ETHICS, AND AESTHETICS QUESTIONS RELATED TO EDUCATION: 1.     Are students basically good or bad? Students are greatly affected by the way they are raised, and what values they exhibiting reflects th

It's a struggle... Up until now, no exact definition I have found for a very simple yet complicated word - "life". The struggle during the process of appreciating and searching its meaning is undeniably painstaking. It indeed requires time, deep reflection and deep immersion to decipher its beauty. The story why I'm writing this..... Often times, I have caught myself asking a lot of things, sometimes philosophical, and thought of putting it into writings and having it published in this blog where no one visits. I think it's something worth reading after years. Tonight, I was reminded again, that I'm too old to be young, funny it sounds, but yes!, I'm in my late 20's and it would be crazy having nothing to be done which I personally consider worthwhile. Hence, something must be done! And, starting tonight, I have promised before my journal book and my Faber Castle pen, to write when moment calls me. So sorry if my writings sound uninteresting,

JETHRO A. ODOY                                                                                        EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva T. Fabros Professional Reading No.4 Title: This is why Finland has the best schools                         I really envy the way Finnish run their schools, like it’s super amazing and it’s something we need to contemplate on how to at least implement their system, just even one of their practices. One thing that is exactly opposite to Ph system is the way Finnish train and produce quality teachers. I must give comment on this, because there are many Higher Education Institutions that offer Education degree but they are producing low quality graduates. This is not shaming some schools, but, we need to admit that training schools can greatly affect the way teachers teach. CHED must be in constant collaboration with DepEd, to better address the needs of the Department and regulate the teacher training instituti

JETHRO A. ODOY                                                                                        Doctor of Education student Social and Moral Philosophy Professional Reading No.3 Title: 10 Distinctive Features of the Japanese Education System that Made This Nation Envy of the World I love reading articles from “Bright Sides”, they features wonderful stories that inspire everyone to live, work and be happy. I have encountered this article long ago but it seems I forgot the whole thing of it. And yes, good thing was given again to review some sort of things that we need to take from the kind people of Japan especially in the field of education. The article highlights 10 features about the wonderful education system they are implementing and it would be best to sum them up. Manners before Knowledge. I was quite fascinated with this idea and truly, Ph should follow this. Children in their preschool days or primary days must be taught with the necessary values and virtu

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                               May 5, 2018 EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Learning of the Week No. 2                         Learnings I have this week were beyond expectations. Though I can personally say that with the experiences I have and with this doctoral study endeavor I am up right now, I can at least say that I’m quite prepared to face the challenges of this 21 st century educational scenario. However, after the very meaty discussions, I have realized that I still have a lot of things to update and work on to for me to be able to deliver the quality teaching in which the students rightfully deserved. I was quite intrigued with the implementation of peer-tutoring, it seems interesting to apply because in my years of teaching I haven’t done it yet, and for me, I guess it is high time to utilize its effectiveness in my instruction. Another thing that I promise to religiously apply in my class is the profiling

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                        Student, Doctor of Education-Educational Management Professional Reading No.2 Title: The Story of Father Anthony Hofstee 1.     What values are exemplified by Fr. Hofstee? Generosity, Humility, Love, Passion, Service 2.     In what consists Fr. Hofstee’s Heroism? Fr. Hofstee was considered hero because of his love for others and being a person for others. I have never known great man who was very passionate on taking care for the welfare of others, living life committed to inspire and make others happy. Truly, he was a hero. 3.     What lesson can you draw from his life? Lately, I have realized that I have been doing/undertaking things for myself alone and tend to forget others. This story reminded me that we are not made to live for ourselves alone. People out there, waiting to be heard, need us, especially those who are in need and less fortunate. If

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                      May 5, 2018 Doctor of Education-Educational Management Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva T. Fabros Professional Reading No.1 Title: Everybody Does It By: Santiago Dumlao, Jr. Plain, simple and straight but eye opener-composition, truly moving. This story taught me many things in life, more especially on my moral obligations. This brilliant piece can inspire many people to become the persons of high moral values, breaking the unacceptable practices that become norms in the society at large. Honestly, I have been in the shoes of Johnny many times, in my workplace, school and in many situations. It seem like it becomes a norm nowadays and widely acceptable because everybody does it. Indeed, this a great revelation to every one of us, to acknowledge our judgement about what is good and bad. The story presented is the same as what we usually do in

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                       May 5, 2018 EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva Fabros Learning of the Week No.1 Morality is a quality of a thing manifesting its conformity or non-conformity with its norms or criteria. Hence, I must say, in my opinion, morality is relative and it is influenced by culture, tradition and beliefs of a certain individual. For instance, giving tip to someone who offers service may be acceptable in the Philippines but in Japan it’s a big no, the same case with asking ice for your water in the restaurants in the Philippines is quite okay but never do that in the country like France. Yes, indeed it is relative and the culture that was bounded in it is undeniably indispensable. On the other hand, we may define morality as the way we judge certain thing whether acceptable or not, however, I have learned also that as we grow older and have developed so