Asia Pacific Education Review - Vol. 9, No. 4 - From Teaching from the Heart to Teaching with a Heart

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Study examines how Filipino college students (n=1000) perceive teachers’ caring behavior and how these perceptions shape students’ orientations as cared-for individuals. Caring is framed as relational, spanning elementary through tertiary instruction, distinguishing teaching from the heart (single-loop caring/visibility) from teaching with a heart (double-loop caring/presence). Identified teacher-role clusters suggest teaching acts become caring acts depending on performed duties, and perceived caring positively influences student orientations.

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Asia Pacific Education Review Copyright 2008 by Education Research Institute 2008, Vol. 9, No.4, 487-502. From Teaching from the Heart to Teaching with a Heart: Segmenting Filipino College Students’ Views of their Teachers’Caring Behavior and their Orientations as Cared-for Individuals Allan B. de Guzman Ramon Kristoffer C. Torres Millard M. Uy Joseph Bryan F. Tancioco University of Santo Tomas Elmore Y. Siy Jomar R. Hernandez Philippines Caring, as a universal human phenomenon, should permeate elementary, secondary and tertiary level instruction. The practice of teaching, especially at the tertiary level, is not only substantial and procedural but relational as well. To teach with a heart is the essence that makes teaching a form of caring. When teaching is viewed as a form of caring, teachers become relational geniuses in their own right. This study is an attempt to segment Filipino college students’ views (n=1000) of their teachers’ caring behavior and their orientations ascared-for individuals. The identified clusters of teacher roles that indicate caring behavior imply that acts of teaching become acts of caring depending on how the teachers, the efficient cause of education, perform their ordinary tasks in the context of extraordinariness. Such extraordinariness spells out a big difference in the way teachers practice the so-called single loop caring or caring visibility and double-loop caring or caring presence. The former refers to teaching from the heart while the latter pertains to teaching with a heart. Interestingly, the extent to which teachers’ caring behavior is felt and experienced by the students positively shapes their orientations as cared-for individuals. Key words: teaching as caring, caring presence, caring visibility, Filipino, teaching with a heart, extraordinariness Introduction Teaching is a noble work still in progress. At Allan B. de Guzman, Senior Researcher, Center for Educational Research and Development of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines; Millard M. Uy, Elmore Y. Siy, Ramon Kristoffer C. Torres, Joseph Bryan F. Tancioco, and Jomar R. Hernandez, alumni of the College of Education and junior researchers, Center for Educational Research and Development, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Allan B. de Guzman, UST Center for Educational Research and Development Room 201 Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, España, Manila, Philippines. E-mail: abdeguzman@ [mnl.ust.edu.ph or doc_allan@yahoo.com](mnl.ust.edu.ph or doc_allan@yahoo.com) whichever level of education, it does not simply involve transmission of knowledge and information but more importantly a long-term and passionate commitment to human transformation. Such commitment which speaks of the true joys of teaching rooted on a kind of transcendence from mere transmission to transformation (de Guzman & Fernandez, 2005) makes teaching not only a profession but a powerful act of human service. In a highly globalized and technology-driven environment, the place of teaching cannot be underestimated nor should its power be overlooked. The power of teaching to transform individuals and society at large depends, in great measure, on the interplay of the triad of competence, commitment and compassion among its efficient causes—the teachers. However, in the words of Rosiek (2003), “it is distressing Allan B. de Guzman, Millard M. Uy, Elmore Y. Siy, Ramon Kristoffer C. Torres, Joseph Bryan F. Tancioco, Jomar R. Hernandez that we find ourselves in a moment when public discourse about education is so exclusively focused on measurable cognitive outcomes of teaching” (p. 399) . Besides having sound pedagogical content knowledge (Shulman, 1987) and awareness of societal trends, problems, and issues, DarlingHammond (2006) avers that teachers also need to understand the person, the spirit, of every child and find away to nu

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What is the purpose of the study in the document?

The study segments Filipino college students’ views of their teachers’ caring behavior and how these views influence students’ orientations as cared-for individuals.

How does the document distinguish teaching from the heart versus teaching with a heart?

Teaching from the heart corresponds to single-loop caring/visibility, while teaching with a heart corresponds to double-loop caring/presence, reflecting different forms of relational practice.

How does teachers’ caring behavior affect students?

The extent to which teachers’ caring behavior is felt and experienced by students positively shapes their orientations as cared-for individuals.

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