Kapwa-Guro (Fellow Teachers): Help-Seeking and Help-Giving Strategies of Teachers toward A Social Facilitation Model In the Workplacekapwa-Guro

Authors

  • Ryan Pecson
  • Jay Lampa

Keywords:

DepEd (Department of Education), Help-giving Strategies, Help-seeking Strategies, Kapwa, Kapwa-guro (Fellow Teachers), Secondary Teachers, Social Facilitation Model, Workplace

Abstract

Introduction

To effectively raise the bar in delivering quality education and in improving the learning outcomes, there is a need to hone teachers with the concept of shared humanity in mind. Imbued by the nobility of the teaching profession, the Filipino teachers performed their mandates in the context of pakikipagkapwa; that is, serving others by seeing themselves as one with them.

 

Methods

In that thrust, the study explores via a concurrent triangulation the help-seeking and help-giving strategies of public secondary school teachers to develop a functional social facilitation model in the workplace. Using the survey questionnaire and interview guide, simultaneous gathered quantitative data are from the JHS and SHS teachers, and qualitative data from the master teachers. The descriptive and inferential statistics used in treating the data collected include the frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, ANOVA/F-test, and Pearson r. Meanwhile, used in the analysis of qualitative data is the narrative analysis.

 

Results

The results indicate the best strategies in help-seeking and help-giving of teachers, serving as the baseline in the development of social facilitation model generic to their needs and practices. In particular, there is a significant difference between the general help-seeking and help-giving of teachers. Likewise, there is a significant difference in the general help-seeking and help-giving of teachers when grouped according to their profile. When the relationship between help-seeking and help-giving of teachers is analyzed, there is a significant relationship attested. More so, results of the qualitative data indicate an affirmation that the help-seeking and help-giving strategies of teachers become a way of life, both personal and professional, helping them to address the life and work adversities. A social facilitation model in the workplace is developed based on the needs of the teachers to improve further their performance with the aid of other colleagues.

 

Discussions

The study concludes that teachers give help more than they receive. They also vary in their practice of help-seeking and help-giving depending on their sex, age, and department where they belong. As their help-seeking strategies increase, their help-giving strategies also increase. The developed social facilitation model in the workplace intends to assist the teachers in producing more outputs and outcomes with the presence of co-workers. Presented also are recommendations for future research.

Published

2019-12-18