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ECHOES FROM THE HEART: UNCOVERING THE UNTOLD STORIES OF QUINQUAGENARIAN PROGRAM HOLDERS
Get PDFThis study utilized qualitative-narratological design to unfold the stories of five (5) quinquagenarian teachers designated as program holders from five (5) different schools within the municipality of Polomolok. This study used an in-depth interview to gather the data needed. The findings of the study revealed challenges for program holders, such as lack of preparation and experience, time constraints, financial barriers, disruptions to teaching, insufficient support and commitment, and limited resources for data collection and reporting. Meanwhile, in terms of how they cope with the challenges, establishing positive communication, collaboration and delegation, self-reflection and introspection, flexibility and learning from mistakes, and work-life balance and self-care are the ways they used to alleviate the challenges they are experiencing. Lastly, the program holders stated that professional growth, dedication to serve, building confidence and empathy, and teaching as a calling are the insights they have gained from their experiences. These narratives highlighted the need to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions of teachers who take the initiative and organize and manage school-wide programs. Their dedication and perseverance deserve deepest appreciation, as they play a crucial role in shaping the educational landscape. Article visualizations
PERSONAL VALUES, ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS AS PREDICTORS OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF IP LEARNERS: BASES FOR A PROPOSED FOSTERING YIELD IN EDUCATION PROGRAM
Get PDFThis study aimed to find out whether the personal values, attitudes, and interests of Indigenous People learners enrolled in Badtasan Elementary School influenced their academic performance. The respondents of this study were 92 learners from Grade 4, 5, and 6. A quantitative study utilizing a descriptive-correlational research methodology was employed in this study. Based on the study's findings, the following conclusions were drawn: first, the common personal values of Grade 4, 5, and 6 IP learners were high. Second, the common attitudes of Grade 4 and 6 IP learners were high in terms of school environment, learning, socialization, and family relationship while the common attitudes of Grade 5 IP learners were high in terms of school environment, learning, and family relationship, while moderately high in terms of socialization. Third, the level of interest of Grade 4 IP learners was very high in terms of technology, high in terms of logic, leadership, music, bodily kinesthesia, and naturalistic recognition, while moderately high in terms of language and spatial concept. The level of interest of Grade 5 and 6 IP learners was high in terms of language, logic, leadership, music, spatial concept, bodily kinesthesia, naturalistic recognition, and technology. Article visualizations
UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS UNIT PERSONNEL: A PHENOMENOLOGY OF SELFLESS COMMITMENT
Get PDFThis phenomenological study aimed to learn about the selfless commitment and experiences of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit during its operation in Region Twelve. The views reflect the emergent themes such as being vigilant is necessary, braveness is a must, open-mindedness matters, extraordinary, challenging, promote camaraderie, prayer helps, dealt with traumatic experience, distressing, work is dangerous, swat team are advance. Moreover, the challenges of SWAT operatives are the following dangerous operation, success is not guarantee, lack of information, disappointments occur, very tiresome, overthinking, fears, risky area, lack of high-powered equipment and wellness is affected; on the other hand, the coping mechanisms, are keep on praying, set another plan, trust colleagues, be optimistic, be physically fit, stay focused and apply learned technique. Moreover, the insights and realizations of SWAT operatives during their operation show that SWAT are protected, value learning, promote camaraderie, be courageous, think of positive outcomes, improve oneself, appreciate family more, being alert is a must, and work with dedication. Lastly, the results of this research might provide SWAT personnel with tips on how to be more tactical in their line of work, particularly in situations where lives are at stake. Article visualizations
MUSIC LISTENING IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS: REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC THROUGH LANGUAGE AND VISUAL ARTS BY FOURTH GRADE PRIMARY STUDENTS
Get PDFThis study focuses on exploring fourth grade (9-year-old) primary students’ (N=11) reflections on the opportunities they were given to externalise their emotions and thoughts induced by music by participating in music listening activities, in a general primary classroom context. The students worked in pairs; they first listened to four short musical excerpts, and they were then invited to represent them verbally, through writing, and visually, through painting. The participants recorded their ideas on worksheets. Data were collected over a 6-week period through participant observation/observational notes, a questionnaire with closed-ended questions, semi-structured interviews as well as on the basis of the students’ produced work. Overall, the primary students were positive towards the activities expressed regarding the activities, as they had the opportunity to express themselves, to escape from the routine of everyday school life and the stress of classes, to enhance their imagination and creativity, to interact with their peers and to participate in something that they enjoyed and wished to be repeated in the future. Article visualizations
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS’ COUNSELING SKILLS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL CLIMATE
Get PDFThe research highlights the teacher’s important role in shaping a productive school climate that leads to students’ social and personal development and to better learning achievements as well. In this effort, the teacher must possess and cultivate counseling skills such as empathy and acceptance. There is little research all over the world that presents the views of primary school students on teachers' counseling skills and their implementation in the classroom. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 168 primary school students in Greece. The results show that students acknowledge teachers’ counseling skills being employed in the classroom leading to a flourishing school climate. Article visualizations
EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS' METAPHORS ABOUT TEACHER’S SCRUB
Get PDFThe teacher’s scrub is a controversial issue. It is important to determine what teachers, school administrators, and education union representatives think of the teacher’s scrub. This study aims to reveal the metaphors produced by education stakeholders about "teacher’s scrub". In this study, a case study design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. In this context, the study group consisted of 26 people, including teachers, school principals, and education union representatives working at different education levels in Aydın province. Data were collected using a semi-structured "interview form about teacher’s scrub" developed by the researchers. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis. The metaphors produced by the participants in the study group about the teacher’s scrub were collected in four categories: "professional identity", "protection and security", "likening to other professional identities", "order and hygiene". The results of the research show that the teacher's scrub is more than just a piece of clothing, it is an important symbol that strengthens the teacher's professional identity, increases the sense of protection and security, and is also associated with order and hygiene. It is expected that the findings of the research will contribute to the discussions about teacher’s scrub in the education community. Article visualizations
THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF WORK ENGAGEMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESS AMONG PUBLIC ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to determine the mediating effect of work engagement on the relationship between the leadership behaviors of school heads and the team effectiveness of teachers. Utilizing quantitative, non-experimental design via correlational technique, data were obtained from 300 respondents of the study who are teachers among public elementary schools in Baganga North and South Districts, province of Davao Oriental. The researcher utilized a stratified random sampling technique and an online survey mode of data collection. The researcher also utilized the statistical tools mean, Pearson r, and Medgraph using the Sobel z-test. From the results of the study, it was found that there is a very high level of leadership behaviors of school heads, team effectiveness, and work engagement of teachers. Also, results revealed that there is a significant relationship between leadership behaviors of school heads and team effectiveness of teachers, a significant relationship between leadership behaviors and work engagement of teachers, and a significant relationship between work engagement and team effectiveness of teachers. Further, work engagement has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between the leadership behaviors of school heads and the team effectiveness of teachers among public elementary schools. Article visualizations
EFFECTS OF HEADTEACHERS’ ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN YAOUNDE II SUBDIVISION
Get PDFThis study sought to examine the effects of headteachers’ administrative practices on teachers’ job performance in the Yaoundé II subdivision. The objectives of the study were; to examine the effect of headteachers’ supervisory practices on teachers’ job performance; to determine the effect of headteachers’ motivational practices on teachers’ job performance and to establish the effect of headteachers’ professional development practices on teachers’ job performance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 480 teachers and 36 headteachers with a sample size of 214 teachers and 36 headteachers. Both the purposive and the convenient sampling techniques were used. Questionnaires and interviews were used as data collection instruments in this study. Quantitative data was analyzed using the descriptive and inferential data analysis methods while qualitative data was analyzed using the content analysis method. Descriptively, frequencies and percentages were used while simple linear regression was used to test hypotheses. Findings revealed that headteacher’s supervisory practices significantly affect teachers’ job performance by 21.5% (R = .468, p<.01); headteacher motivational practices affect teachers’ job performance by 69.1% (R = .832, p<.01) and headteacher professional development practices affect teachers’ job performance by 65% (R = .807, p<.01). Therefore, the researcher concluded that headteachers’ administrative practices affect teachers’ job performance in Yaoundé II subdivision. Based on these findings, we recommended among others that school management should facilitate in-service training for teachers, increase their salaries and create a friendly environment. Article visualizations
CHATGPT DEVELOPS PHYSICS EXPERIMENT WORKSHEETS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHERS
Get PDFThis research examines how ChatGPT is a valuable tool for primary school teachers in creating essential worksheets for conducting physics experiments in the classroom. Teachers may use ChatGPT's features to develop stimulating and interactive exercises that improve students' comprehension of physics ideas. Studies on the efficacy of technology in education support this study. Studies have shown that hands-on experiments enhance students' comprehension and memory of scientific topics. Incorporating ChatGPT into designing worksheets for physics experiments has the potential to transform how teachers teach science in primary schools. Article visualizations
THE IMPACT OF SCAFFOLDING, SOCIAL MOTIVATION AND PEER FEEDBACK ON PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ACADEMIC MOTIVATION STIMULATION
Get PDFWe live in an increasingly accelerated world. The society we belong to has come to value other aspects of an individual's development. The phenomenon of learning is at the center of the concerns of all teachers, especially because every teacher wants his students not only to say that they are learning but to be dedicated and involved wholeheartedly in this process. This can be a reality, especially when we talk about a strong motivation to learn. Motivation has a very important role in the learning process, we can even say that it is the key to success in education. Our trust in group members exerted a profound influence on our motivation: successful group functioning requires that we be motivated to interact and engage with those around us. Feedback is essential to improving performance and is increasingly well understood, but the fact that it is so absent in classrooms should remain an important research topic. This study aimed to develop an educational intervention program based on scaffolding to stimulate academic motivation among third-grade students. The results demonstrated the fact that social motivation, respectively the peer feedback significantly contribute to the stimulation of students' motivation in the learning process. Article visualizations