Functions of Teaching

    As what I understand to the report of Ms. Charity about the functions of teachings. As we teach we must do our best to make our students be the best among or to bring out the best in them, to develop, mold and establish their potentialities that they can be their assets in entering the new society in the community. She also explained the other types of learning which are, social learning which means that one learns with other people in the social environment in which he lives and observational learning which means one learns by watching other people’s behavior. The following are essential mechanisms of observational learning, attention, retention, ability to reproduce the behavior, motivation and reinforcement. She also added the laws of learning which helps us to attain our objectives to be a effective teacher or learner. She gave emphasis to the contemporary educational theories such as the Perennialism which calls for adherence to absolute principles, the Progressivism theory that asserts that change as a process of transformation is inevitable and enduring forces, and is the essence of reality, reconstructionism that aims that although the school itself has not taken a lead in social reform, it could corporate with movements already underway that advocated a more thoroughly realization of liberal educational reforms and cultural values. The essentialism theory that describes certain traditional concepts, ideals and skills should be taught methodically to all students regardless of individual abilities, interest and needs. Experimentalism and pragmatism. All these theries aims to improve the educational activities including the institution to construct a will discipline mind set and lawful behavior in teaching.