Technology-Based Instructional Materials in Teaching Araling Panlipunan in Kumintang Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

For any educational institute, pupils are the most important asset. Quality education is the best way to achieve the development that everyone is looking for in the near future. And it is a fact that there is a great responsibility in giving quality education to the children so they become competent and responsible citizens in our country. The teacher must be knowledgeable, capable and creative enough in teaching lessons in the classroom. They must be dedicated to their chosen profession. Pupils cannot learn better without the use of instructional materials. It is a great help for them to study harder. This material serves as a tool for the discussion in a classroom setting.

METHODS

This study used the descriptive method of research to gather information about the technology-based instructional materials used in teaching. According to Valdez (2010), descriptive research is concerned with the description of data and characteristics of a population. The goal is the acquisition of factual, accurate and systematic data that can be used in averages, frequencies and similar statistical calculations. Descriptive studies seldom involve experimentation, as they are more concerned with naturally occurring phenomena than with the observation controlled. The said method which is the most common and widely used in gathering data regarding the opinions of a group of persons, provided sufficient information the researcher absolutely needs.

RESULTS

1) The available technology-based instructional materials utilized by the teachers used in teaching AralingPanlipunan were determined. 2) Based on the assessment of the advantages of Technology-Based Instructional Materials in Teaching Araling Panlipunan in Kumintang Elementary School, the table shows that the instructional materials mentioned above helped to a highly evident. 3.) Technology really helped pupils to be active in class though there are still problems encountered due to inappropriateness of some of the technology medium of instruction.

DISCUSSIONS

1.) Computer especially PowerPoint Presentation was the most available technology-based instructional material utilized by the teacher-respondents' in Kumintang Elementary School having 4.00 weighted mean score. 2.) Pupils can learn their subject with interest obtained a weighted mean of 3.93 which ranked first among the ten items. 3.) Pupils can assume that learning is simply a collection of facts and figures ranked first with a weighted mean of 3.07 and interpreted as agree.