Gearing K to 12 Philippine science for national development and ASEAN competitiveness

• Main Authors: Limjap, Auxencia A., Santos, Gil Nonato C., Lapinid, Minie Rose C., Roleda, Lydia S., Anito, Jovito C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Basic education > Philippines; Education—Curricula > Philippines; Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/356; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/1355/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This exploratory investigation describes the perceptions of students and teachers on how the Philippines can be ushered towards national development and ASEAN competitiveness through technology integrated basic science education. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered from the survey instruments, focused group discussions and responses to open ended questions of 779 students and 75 teachers. The survey instruments were adapted from the surveys done by P21 organization. Results revealed that while students see technology as an important factor in their learning, they fail to appreciate the extent of its application in their education. Their level of satisfaction on technology use is high no matter how limited the availability and use of technology in their school is. They still lack the awareness of the use of technology as an aid to understand science and mathematics concepts. On the other hand, science teachers’ notion of 21st century technology and software applications in the classroom are primarily about personal gadgets like laptops, tablets, SMARTPHONES, computers and touch screen devices. They also recognize the limited use of technology in their schools and hardly consider computer software as technology for science. They expressed their need for training on modern science laboratory instruments and access to modern technology primarily the personal computers and other electronic gadgets. They believe that the schools have limited means for technology integrated curriculum because of lack of access to electronic gadgets. © 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.