Creative Teaching Strategies of Teachers to Facilitate Learning and Values Formation among Learners of Selected Schools in Camarines Norte: Basis for Development Program
Journal Title: Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal - Year 2024, Vol 26, Issue 2
Abstract
Teachers often struggle with learners with low performance and become equally frustrated as the learners themselves. Teachers acknowledge that enhancement of learners' achievement is a major focus of education for the longest time. Accordingly, the security of the nation requires fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. On this, the major aim of the teaching learning process is achievement in terms of grades, as its sole measure of learning in many cases. To achieve this target, teachers use diverse teaching methods, including lecture, discussion, and demonstration. This study would like to determine what teaching strategies do teachers of selected schools in Camarines Norte employ that best facilitate learning and develop values among students. The researcher, who is a teacher in the said institution, believes that determining what creative teaching strategies are used in teaching the subjects will be of important value to others as to sustain the interest oflearners towards the subject matter. Teachers' understanding of educating students for holistic citizenship is crucial as the former has the moral and social obligation of preparing these future citizens. This study is premised on the concept of creative teaching encompassing the principle of teaching creatively and teaching for creativity which is one of the key sources of an educational institution's goal for providing excellent quality education through its teaching force to enhance and maximize their creative potentials. The variables that were considered in the study were the respondents' profile which includes age, gender, civil status, employment status, educational attainment, area of specialization, subjects being taught, and teaching experience which was then correlated to the factors that are influential to creative teaching and the extent to which creative teaching practices were utilized in the classroom by the teachers. According to her creative teaching is defined in two ways: teaching creatively and teaching for creativity. Teaching creatively refers to teachers using imaginative approaches to make learning more interesting, exciting and effective. This includes developing materials and approaches that stimulate student's interests and motivate learning in this case, it is the teacher's creativity that is being developed. By the teaching for creativity, it refers to forms of teaching that are intended to develop students' own creative thinking and behavior.
Authors and Affiliations
Rosabel Pobre, Decimo Espiritu
Teachers' Attitude Towards Inclusive Education and their Sense of Well-Being
This study was conducted to determine what domain in the teachers' attitude towards inclusive education that significantly influences their sense of well-being. The study used quantitative, non-experimental research desi...
The Status of K-12 Science and Mathematics Spiral Curriculum: A Case Study
One of the importance of curriculum is to describe how students should learn in a systematic and intentional way that encapsulates the fundamental skills and learning areas. Spiral curriculum describes how knowledge bein...
Phenomenological Inquiry on Views of Modern-Day Priests on Abortion and Premarital Sex
Conservative Christian countries consider abortion immoral-murderous and premarital sex (PMS) unacceptable. The Catholic church believes marriage is sacred; sexual intercourse should not happen outside it. This qualitati...
Public School Teachers’ Perceived Extent of Implementation of their School Heads’ Instructional Supervision
Instructional supervision plays a crucial role in improving the quality of education and fostering teacher development. This study examined public school teachers' perceptions of the extent to which school heads implemen...
Organizational Commitment, Employee Retention, Job Satisfaction, and Performance among Private School Teachers: A Structural Model
Teachers play an essential part in molding and imparting knowledge to the young minds of the students. The more teachers feel valued in their school, the more productive they are. Retaining and satisfying dedicated teach...