The Computer Proficiency of Teachers in Tanauan City South District: A Basis for a Proposed Training Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

There is widespread belief that ICTs can and will empower teachers and learners, transforming teaching and learning processes from being highly teacher dominated to student-centered, and that this transformation will result in increased learning gains for students, creating and allowing for opportunities for learners develop their creativity, problem-solving abilities, informational reasoning skills, communication skills, and other higher-order thinking skills. ICT can help learners explore the world beyond the classroom by providing access to vast resources and information, promoting scientific inquiry and discovery, and allowing students to communicate. ICT can provide opportunities to interact with a wealth of resources, materials and data sets

METHODS

The descriptive-survey method of research was used in the study. A teacher-made questionnaire was also used toaddressed the study on the computer proficiency of teachers in Tanauan City South District as a basis for a proposed training program. To further understand the descriptive method, the researcher was guided with the definition of Manuel and Medel (2014) who proposed that this method involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation of the present nature, composition or processes of phenomena

RESULTS

The level of the computer proficiency of teachers was very proficient in all computers program like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft power point, and internet Explorer, with a weighted mean of 3.74 (Word),3.67 (Excel), 3.92 (Power Point), 4.03 (Internet Explorer).There is no significant relationship between the age, sex, year in service, employment and educational attainment of the teachers to their computer proficiency level

DISCUSSIONS

To upgrade the skills and education of teachers in terms of computer, training in the use of ICT must be proposed. Through this, teacher can make the teaching -learning process more efficient and help teacher to adopt to the individual learner`s needs. This training will also help the teacher in preparing documents for classroom usage, maintains classroom records and the like