Raffy Jose B. Llanza (Author)
Abstract
This study looked into the instructional skills of the Junior and Senior High School teachers in Tabaco National High School. Specifically, it answered the following sub-problems: 1. What are the instructional skills of the Junior and Senior High School teachers in Tabaco National High School along critical thinking skills, creative skills, communication skills and collaborating skills?; 2. What is the level of the instructional skills of the teachers?; 3. Is there a significant difference on the level of instructional skills between the Junior and Senior High School teachers?; 4. What are the challenges met?; and 5. What professional development program may be proposed to upskill the secondary teachers? This research study used the descriptive-survey and comparative method of research. It tested the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference on the level of instructional skills between the Junior and Senior High School teachers along critical thinking skills, creative skills, communication skills and collaborating skills at 0.05 level of significant using F-test. The researcher utilized a validated questionnaire to gather the needed data. The respondents of the study were 261 Junior High School teachers and 142 Senior High School teachers of Tabaco National High School. The statistical measures used are frequency count, percentage, weighted mean, F-test and ranking. The salient findings of the study showed that the instructional skills that the Junior and Senior High School teachers indicated with the highest frequency of 378 or 98.69 % is communication skills. This is followed by collaborating skills with 373 or 97.39 %; then, critical thinking skills with 369 or 96.34 %. The instructional skill with the lowest total is creative skills with 364 and a percentage of 95.04. The level of instructional skills of the Junior and Senio High School registered the highest weighted mean of 4.52 in communication skills; in collaborating skills with 4.47; in creative skills with 4.46 and lastly, in critical thinking skills with 4.36. These numerical ratings have an adjectival rating of very high. All the computed F values along the four (4) areas are very much lower when compared to the tabular value of F. In critical thinking skills, the value is 0.400; along creative skills, the value is 0.368; along communication skills, the computed F value is 0.026; and lastly, in collaborating skills, the value is 0.667. All these computed F values are very much lower when compared with the F tabular value of 5.318. The challenges identified as top challenges in instructional skills along critical thinking skills is unprepared students in terms of level of knowledge and expectations; in creative skills, it is lack of learning goals that explicitly incorporate creative thinking and activities; in communication skills, it is shortage of modern communication gadgets and resources in school and in collaborating skills, it is changing moods and personality of students due to maturation. The researcher developed a professional development program that addresses the challenges met in instructional skills.
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Keywords: Instructional skills, Critical thinking skills, Creative skills, Communication skills and Collaborating skills