Teaching Styles of Selected Elementary Teachers in Batangas City: Basis for Enhancing The Cognitive Skills of Grade 6 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Today, education is facing great challenges due to the recent change in the Philippine Educational System -K to 12 Basic Education Program, which was signed into law in 2013 for immediate implementation by President Benigno S. Aquino III. Its immediacy is an urgent response to be at par with international standards. This initiative is hoped to realize the country's commitment to achieving the goals of Education for All(EFA), which is a UNESCO declaration.

METHODS

The researcher employed the descriptive method of research. This research study aimed to find out the teaching styles of selected elementary schools in Batangas. The choice was made in consideration for what Paler-Calmorin and Calmorin (2008), stressed that in descriptive design, the study focus at the present condition. The purpose is to find new truth. In view of this, the researcher deemed that this method is the most appropriate for her study. The researcher believed that he must have a vivid understanding about the problem she was working on.

RESULTS

The teacher-respondents assessed the extent of the utilization of their teaching styles to great extent in rehearsal strategy (X=3.84), but only to moderate extent the application of elaboration strategy(X=3.40),analysis strategy(X=3.30),and 72 organization strategy (X=3.18) which results to a composite mean of X=3.41, still on moderate extent.

DISCUSSIONS

More than the majority of 68 teacher respondents were female (57 or 91.94 percent), while the male was much lesser in number (5 or 8.06 percent) and have been in the teaching profession for the past 11-15 years of dedicated service on the average. The teacher-respondents are dominated by female teachers, who in the prime of their lives, need to pursue their professional career so they can enjoy the fruit of their academic enrichment and successfully stay in the teaching profession. The teaching styles of the elementary teachers were only moderately utilized in the five (5) elementary schools in Batangas as proof of the composite mean of X=3.41. The teacher respondents were also on agreement that their teaching styles were moderately utilized in enhancing the cognitive skills of their students as shown in the X=3.21 composite mean.