Philippine E-Journals

Adaptability and Teaching Effectiveness Among Mathematics Teachers in Junior Public Schools Amidst the New Normal

GRACE MARY F. LUMBAO

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the level of adaptability in terms of cognitive adaptability and behavioral adaptability and the level of teaching effectiveness in terms of the Community of Inquiry (Co I) in terms of cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. Selected through purposive sampling, the respondents of this study were 31 Mathematics teachers who handled virtual, online, and or blended teaching grades 7 to 10, respectively, in Junior Public Schools in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The study utilized descriptive-correlational statistics after data collection through a questionnaire. The study used descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product- moment correlation coefficient (r), and the chi-square test of independence to test the hypotheses. Results revealed that age range by generation and teaching performance based on IPCRF had a significant impact on the level of adaptability and teaching effectiveness and that the level of adaptability of teachers had a high significant impact on the level of teaching effectiveness among the respondents. The millennials, who mostly had “Outstanding” teacher performance ratings, had higher levels of adaptability, and hence have higher levels of teaching effectiveness than the older generation during online, blended teaching amidst the new normal due to Covid-19. It was recommended that older teachers must be given priority to training and peer support for them to be able to adapt to online and modern century teaching effectively.