This course explores the foundations, theories, and applications of intrapersonal and interpersonal relations, emphasizing the role of self-awareness, self-concept, emotional intelligence, communication, empathy, and social skills in building effective relationships. It highlights the relevance of these dynamics to the personal and professional lives of future Values Education teachers in fostering positive teacher-student and human interactions grounded in Filipino values and ethical principles.
This course explores the philosophical, psychological, socio-cultural, and legal foundations of Values Education. It examines the nature, goals, and theories of Values Education, its implications in the Philippine context, and equips students with the understanding needed to promote moral and values development in diverse educational settings
This course includes the study of the fundamental research-based concepts and principles in curriculum and curriculum development as a foundation to engage prospective teachers as curricularists. It also focuses on the more active role of the teacher in planning a developmentally-sequenced teaching-learning process; identifying constructively-aligned learning outcomes and competencies; contextualizing, localizing and indigenizing curricula; implementing relevant and responsive learning programs; and evaluating the curriculum towards its improvement. The teachers’ individual, collegial and collaborative roles in managing school curriculum change vis-à-vis various contexts of teaching-learning, curricular requirements and curricular reforms shall also be given emphasis.
This course explores the fundamental principles, processes and practices anchored on learner-centeredness and other educational psychologies as these apply to facilitate various teaching-learning delivery modes to enhance learning.
This course focuses on child and adolescent development with emphasis on current research and theory on the biological, linguistic, cognitive, social and emotional dimensions of development. Further, this includes factors that affect the progress of development of the learners and shall include appropriate pedagogical principles applicable for each developmental level.
This course deals with the nature of identity, as well as the factors and forces that affect the development and maintenance of personal identity and is intended to facilitate the exploration of the issues and concerns regarding self and identity to arrive at a better understanding of one’s self. It strives to meet this goal by stressing the integration of the personal with the academic contextualizing matters discussed in the classroom and in the everyday experiences of students-making for better learning, generating a new appreciation, for the learning process, and developing a more critical and reflective attitude while enabling them to manage and improve their selves to attain a better quality of life.
This course focuses on the principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources. It also deals with the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. It teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral frameworks to analyze and solve moral dilemmas.