A Project Monitoring Study on the Improvement of Elementary Science Teacher's Science Teaching Efficacy through a Flexible Online Training Course

Abstract

The curricular revamp in the Philippine's Basic Education aimed to improve the learning outcomes of Filipino Students. In science education, this revision in the curriculum posed a mismatch in the past teacher preparation and current basic education science education curriculum. As a response, a flexible training program was conducted to address this curriculum gap. This study investigated the improvement of science teaching efficacy utilizing rapid project monitoring through a pre-experimental research design. Standardized adopted questionnaires were utilized before and after the training program. At the end of the training program, teachers were found to have improved in all aspects of science teaching efficacy except in the personal science teaching efficacy, which indicates success in achieving the training objectives. In addition, all targeted concepts for science teaching efficacy were improved after the training. The results of this present work support the notion that professional development programs are potential ways to address curricular gaps in teacher and curriculum mismatch. It is recommended that further studies be conducted to examine science teachers' experiences during the training program to understand how it contributes to the development of their science teaching efficacy.