Teachers’ Demographic Profile on the Learners’ Performance Using K-12 Earth and Space module

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the demographic profile ofK-12teachers who taught Earth and Space 9 subject to the academic performance of the learners using module. With the emergence of a new curriculum and a big change in the educational system, it is significant to determine the quality of teachers who have the great roles as the knowledge-imparters to the learners. This study also determines the learners’ pre-test and post-test scores; the difference between learners’ pre-test and post-test scores; the relationship between the learners’ performance and the teachers’ demographic profile. A total of 214 students and sixteen teachers from Naawan National High School (NaNHS) and Initao Comprehensive High School (INCHS) participated in the study. Based on the teachers' demographic profile results revealed that: there are more female than male teachers (67% vs 33%); 50% of them are within 27-32 years old and have been teaching for 22-26 years but most of them have only taught the subject Earth and Space for about 1-4 years(66.%). Also, majority of the teachers are pursuing their Master’s degree (66.7%) and that 50% of them attended about 27-32 seminars and trainings up to the present. The performance in the pre-test of the learners from the two respondent schools is comparatively similar. However, the performance in the post-test of INCHS showed an increase in the number of learners who are at the Fairly Satisfactory level (54.6%) and at the Satisfactory level (30.6%) and has decreased in the number of learners (7.4%) at Did not meet the Expectation level. On the other hand, NaNHS still has more learners that are at Did not meet the Expectation level (41.7%) and only few learners are at Very Satisfactory level (36.1%). Remarkably, none from the two schools reached the Outstanding level. Furthermore, a significant difference at α=0.05 in the pre-test and post-test exists and there is no significant relationship between the performance of grade 9 learners and the teachers’ demographic profile.