In Focus: A Critical Review of the Pedagogical Approaches in K to12 Grade 10 English Learner's Material a Basis of the Development of an Evaluation Guide

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study attempted to critically review the pedagogical approaches in K to 12 Grade 10 Learner's Material as basis for the development of an evaluation guide at Lucena City National High School, Lucena Dalahican National High School, Gulang-gulang National High School, and Quezon National High School, school year 2015-2016. Specifically, it sought to analyze the pedagogical approaches used in the learner's material, particularly: Constructivist, Collaborative, Integrative, Reflective, and Inquiry-Based Learning; to produce a guide in evaluating approaches prescribed by K to 12 materials; and to determine the acceptability of the developed evaluation guide or questionnaire.

METHODS

The researcher made use of a qualitative and quantitative research design, purposive sampling, frequency, and weighted mean as statistical tools in the study.

RESULTS

It was found that all the pedagogical approaches were used in the entire Learner's Material; Inquiry-based approach ranked the lowest with an average mean of 3.70, Agree; followed by Collaborative approach with an average mean of 3.90, Agree; then Integrative approach had a mean of 3.99, Agree; next is Reflective approach with the mean of 4.14, Agree; and the Constructivist approach garnered the highest mean at 4.38, Strongly Agree, respectively.

DISCUSSIONS

The pedagogical approaches in the learner's material are all prevailing, unfortunately, there is a mismatch between the results from the class observation and actual interview. Thus, teachers must attend training workshops or seminars as regards pedagogical approaches. All the modules in English 10 contain all pedagogical approaches that are aligned with the competencies set by Department of Education in the K to 12 programs. This revealed that the learner's material has strengths or advantages as a module or instructional material. Therefore, this material must be used in teaching English 10. An evaluation guide was successfully developed based on the discrepancy of the results in the qualitative and quantitative data. Therefore, this guide can be used to assist in identifying the pedagogical approaches in any module or learner's material existing in the field. The respondents found the acceptability of the developed evaluation guide in terms of content, accuracy, clarity, and appeal of the material to the target user. Therefore, it could be a valid guide in the evaluation of other Learner's materials prescribed by Department of Education.