Content and Pedagogy Evaluation of Public Elementary School Teachers: Basis for In-Service Training Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the teachers' competencies on content and pedagogy of public elementary schools in the municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo to develop an in-service training program suited to the needs of the teachers, enhance their proficiency in teaching and improve the quality of learning among the pupils. The respondents were the seventy-nine (79) public elementary school teachers of the ten (10) elementary schools in the municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo.

METHODS

The researchers used descriptive observational method research design. The objective is to discover the teachers' competencies in content and pedagogy based on Instructional Supervision and the nature of the situation as it exists and identifies the causes. The descriptive method is used to gather information about the present existing condition. The focus of the study was on teachers' competencies in content and pedagogy of public elementary school teachers in the municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo, Division of Cavite Province for the school year 2015-2016. This study included seventy-nine (79) teachers comprising 100 percent of the total number of teachers from ten (10) schools in the Municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo.

RESULTS

The salient findings of the study were the CB-PAST descriptive performance level of all ten (10) schools in the municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo, from the highest performance rating to the lowest is "Proficient". Tools for Instructional Supervision Form 3A on Content and Pedagogy as well as the Daily Instructional Supervisory Reports yielded the same results in the in-service training needed by public elementary school teachers in the municipality of Gen. E. Aguinaldo. Training seminars on "Utilization of technology resources in presenting the lesson" and "Making the learners interact more for them to be able to come up with the generalization of the lesson" were the ones which should be provided to teachers.

DISCUSSIONS

The researchers recommend the development of the In-service Training Program suited to the needs of teachers. An INSET for teachers to make their pupils "Answer in their own words at a desired cognitive level" should be established. The future direction of the research was 1. The development of educational policy environments -ICT-friendly policies, and adequate ICT accessibility and connectivity, and 2. Affordable, and sustainable use of ICTs in education.