Teacher Behavior and Pupil Performance in Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika

Authors

  • Dennis Ramirez

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Abstract

Introduction

The decline of the level of achievement in the classroom is one of the biggest problems in Philippine Education today. Poor learners are a pain in the neck of teachers. For their low performance, teachers are sometimes subjected to ridicule and humiliation, and even invectives. Of all the subjects in the curriculum, test results in the Social Studies have been among the lowest. The dearth of qualified teachers is another problem in the educational system today. The study of Fernandez (2008) revealed that Social Studies teachers in Philippine schools today are not adequately equipped to teach the subject.

 

Methods

The study made use of the descriptive-correlational method of research involving Grade VI HeKaSi teachers and pupils of Badoc District. Data on profile, pedagogical competence and classroom management competency of teachers as perceived by themselves and their administrators were gathered with the use of a questionnaire and the Teacher Behavior Instrument. Pupils' performance was indicated by the results of the periodical test given to the pupils during the first grading period. Data gathered were analyzed using frequency and percentage, mean. Pearson product-moment correlation and point biserial correlation coefficient.

 

Results

Resultsrevealed that the majority of the respondents were middle-aged, females, married and holders of bachelor's degrees with MA units. The majority of the respondents had not attended any training related to HeKaSi. The teachers were competent in using varied strategies in teaching and in managing the classroom, while the pupils had a satisfactory level of achievement in HeKaSi. Among the profile characteristics, only civil status had a significant relationship to teaching behavior. The profile characteristics such as age, sex, civil status, educational attainment, monthly salary, position and number of training were not significantly related to pupils' performance. On the other hand, a significant relationship existed between teaching behavior and pupils' performance.

 

Discussions

There is a great need to improve the pedagogical competence of HeKaSi teachers. Teachers should be encouraged to attend training and seminars to upgrade their teaching competencies, especially in HeKaSi. Teachers who are non-majors in HeKaSi should be prioritized in attending seminars in HeKaSi to gain a better knowledge of the contents and strategies in teaching the subject. To do this, school administrators should give equal emphasis to HeKaSi as that given to other subjects.

Published

2019-12-18