Proponent/Claimant
Egbert G. Del Pilar
Abstract
Senior high school in the Philippines is in its second year of implementation. The course subjects in senior high school K to 12 curriculum are grouped into core, specialized, and applied subjects. Teachers, who were mostly new, were hired based on area of specialization. They were required to undergo almost a month-long series of trainings on common topics and general academic subjects based on their major. However, upon deployment in the school or station, some of them were assigned to teach subjects that are not their field of specialization. Along other concerns in the new curriculum, they are to face this challenge. Grounded on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Learning Theory, this study delved on the lived experiences of teachers teaching subjects outside their area of specialization. Collaizzi’s strategy of descriptive phenomenology was utilized in exploring and interpreting the practices, challenges, coping mechanisms, and significance of experience. The study used purposive sampling technique where data was confirmed based on in-depth one-on-one semi-structured interviews among teachers from three senior high schools in a municipal district in DepEd Leyte Division, Eastern Visayas. Findings revealed seven (7) interesting themes: “unfamiliar content, things unknown”; “technical translation”; video clips for teaching and learning”; “extensive reading and searching”; “internet resourcing”; “ask for help”; and “by learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn”. The implications of the study may serve as basis to improving teacher education curriculum and policy formulation.
Name of Research Journal
Solid State Technology
Volume and Issue No.
Volume 63, No. 2
Date/Year of Publication
2020
Citation
del Pilar, E. G., & Militante Jr, B. T. (2020). Teaching Non-Major Subjects: Lived Experiences of DepEd SHS Teachers. Solid State Technology, 3390-3399.
