Problems Encountered by the Public Elementary School Teachers in Teaching Science IV in the K-12 Program at Calaca District

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Different factors affect the teaching performance of the teachers as well as the performance of the pupils. This study was undertaken to identify the problems encountered by the Grade IV teachers in teaching Science in the K-12 program in the District of Calaca, Division of Batangas as assess by themselves with the end in view of proposing solutions to address the problems in teaching Science.

METHODS

The researcher employed the descriptive method of research in this study. The questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument utilized. It was composed of three parts. The first part dealt with the profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, civil status, educational attainment, years of teaching experience and in-service training attended. Part 2 dealt with the problems met by science IV teachers in the K-12 program in terms of administration and supervision, lesson planning, instructional process, student attitude, and classroom management. Part 3 dealt with the proposed solution to minimize the problem.

RESULTS

After the thorough evaluation and validation of the information gathered from the selected respondents, the researcher was able to gain the following findings; 1) The teachers agreed on the problems they encountered in learners’ attitudes as confirmed by the average weighted mean of 3.83. 2) The teachers were uncertain about the problems encountered in teaching Science IV in terms of administration and supervision, lesson planning, instructional process, and classroom management. 3) All suggested solution to address the problems encountered in teaching science was strongly agreed by the respondents.

The respondents of this study were grade four science teachers from selected public elementary schools in the District of Calaca. The statistical tools applied in the treatment of the data were the percentage, weighted mean and coefficient of correlation.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the findings revealed in the study and the conclusion drawn, the following recommendations were offered by the researcher; 1)Inasmuch as the teachers agreed upon the problems encountered in the learners attitude, the teacher should find ways and means to address the problems encountered in managing diverse learners,2)The suggested solution should be implemented to address the problems encountered in teaching science, since all solutions were strongly agreed by the science teachers. 3) The teachers and school head need to give more attention to science teaching.