Jeth, The Educator

Science Education Curriculum nowadays is in the row of unending issues and concerns particularly the quality being offered by the schools and the teachers. The bane now is the fact that it yields to the production of not competitive graduates, unable to demonstrate the supposed scientific skills. This problem is a major challenge to all schools across the globe since the demand of highly competitive graduates is increasing, while the supply is endangered. One root cause of the decreasing number of science graduates is the fading perceived interest of the students to take science courses; perhaps this is due to the teachers who failed to demonstrate how interesting science is and how it plays a significant role in the society at large. The conundrum now is to strengthen science education through developing to the students the sense of valuing the significance of the latter scientific knowledge and skills as honed by the teachers in their lower years. It was noted however that the att...

K12 SCIENCE PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STUDENT PERCEPTION ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION By: Montebon, D.R.             This paper aims to determine the perception of students on the new science curriculum in terms of the concepts they learn, the skills they acquire, and the values and attitu de they develop as well as to assess how judicious science teachers implement the new curriculum. It also seeks to help the Philippine education system reflect on the implementation of the K12 Science program. How students view the importance of the contents of the curriculum, how it is being implemented and how it affects their lives play an important role in achieving the goals of the curriculum. This will enable schools to reflect on the impacts of the new curriculum to be implemented. The study was conducted in urban areas, in the selected schools in Metro Manila.  Because of the shift to a new curriculum, there were many innovatio...

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF SCIENCE CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINES By: Bernardo, A.B.I., Limjap, A.A., Prudente, M .S., Roleda, L.S.             This paper aims to gain insight into the problems of poor achievement in science education by exploring students’ perceptions of their science classes. This was further conducted because among the countries in the world, Philippines was ranked last in International Math and Science Study, having a very low international rating. (Martin, Mullis, Gonzales, & Chrostowki, 2004). Researches pointed different reasons and factors as to the declining performance of Filipino students in Math and Science like inadequate science curriculum, poor preparation of teachers in terms of science content and pedagogy, the inefficient administration for the delivery of science education and lack of a science culture in the country. The revised Perceptions of Science Classes Survey (PSCS) questionnaire wa...