Overcoming Challenges on Modular Teaching Approach: Coping Mechanisms and Best Practices of Educators during the New Normal

Abstract

During this pandemic, Educational Institutions, are obtainable with overcoming challenges in their education system despite this pandemic would still have an impact on its educational provision (Sintema, 2020).  To analyze and describe how educators cope up during the pandemic including its best practices in overcoming the challenges of the modular teaching approach, data were collected through an online survey through google forms. Fifty purposely selected teacher respondents across Agusan del Norte and Butuan City Divisions participated in the said survey. Results indicate that educators face obstacles during the pandemic, including stressors (3.412, high level), emotions (3.716, high level), and perceived challenges (3.257, sometimes) on a modular teaching method. On the contrary, educators have also best practices (4.416, very high) and cope up (4.270, very high) on modular teaching approach during his pandemic. The researchers proposed intervention programs that are suitable and applicable to their new normal professional development.