Math Teaching Readiness of Secondary Mathematics Pre-service Teachers in the Cordillera Administrative Region
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This study investigated the readiness of Secondary Mathematics Pre-service Teachers (SMPTs) in teaching mathematics. This was done by triangulating their academic performance, student-teaching performance, and perceived readiness in teaching mathematics. The study was conducted with 89 SMPTs who recently completed their mathematics teaching degree requirements from seven Teacher Education Institutions in the Cordillera Administrative Region. Results showed that academically, the SMPTs excelled in their ICT-related subjects followed by their Education and other basic subjects, while lowest grades were obtained in the advanced and basic math subject categories. In terms of their student-teaching performance, the SMPTs obtained the highest ratings for teacher’s personality followed by communication skills and student-teacher relationship, whereas lowest ratings were in the areas of questioning skills, lesson integration, and teaching method. Moreover, the SMPTs perceived the highest level of readiness for learning environment and pedagogical knowledge, while they scored lowest for community linkages and content knowledge components of the National Competency-Based Teacher Standards (NCBTS) and Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) constructs, respectively. The study shows the lack of readiness of the SMPTs in teaching mathematics based from the national frameworks of math teacher education and basic education in the country.
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and instruments. Journal Research on Technology
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CHED Memorandum Order No. 30, series of 2004.
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Teacher Education Curriculum. Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), Republic of the
Philippines.
CHED Memorandum Order No. 52, series of 2007.
Addendum to CMO 30, Series of 2004 Entitled
“Revised Policies and Standards for Undergraduate
Teacher Education Curriculum”. Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), Republic of the
Philippines.
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teachers’ instructional design competency?
The International Journal of Research and Review,
Vol. 7, issue 1.
Department of Science and Technology–Science
Education Institute (DOST-SEI), Republic of the
Philippines and Philippine Council of
Mathematics Teacher Education (MATHTED),
Inc. (2011). Mathematics Framework for
Philippine Basic Education. doi:http://www.sei.
dost.gov.ph/images/downloads/publ/sei_
mathbasic.pdf
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Education (2011). Department of Science and
Technology – Science Education Institute (DOSTSEI),
Republic of the Philippines and Philippine
Council of Mathematics Teacher Education
(MATHTED), Inc.
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education programmes on teacher preparedness:
Implications for accreditation policy. European
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10.1080/02619760701664151
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Gomez, M., Lagrimas, L., . . . Rodriguez, A.
(2009). Readiness of the Teacher Education
Institutes (TEIs) in Implementing the New
Teacher Education Curriculum (NTEC) in Math
Education. The Magus, 1(1). Retrieved from
http://ejournals.ph/form/cite.php?id=324
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Science Teacher Education Issues and Concerns.
Emilio Aguinaldo College Research Bulletin, 5, 24-
30. doi:10.3860/eacrb.v5i1.517
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The Impact of Content Courses on Pre-service
Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Content
Knowledge. Issues in the Undergraduate
Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers: The
Journal, 1, 1-11. Retrieved from http://www.k-
12prep.math.ttu.edu/journal/1.content
knowledge/volume.shtml
March 2015 Licensure Examination for Teachers
Results. Professional Regulation Commission
official website. Retrieved from http://www.
prc.gov.ph/news/?id=3937, November 16, 2015.
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mathematics: What are the differences in u.s.
and turkish pre-service teachers? International
Journal of Academic Research Part B, 6(1).
Retrieved from https://www.eu-print.org/orta.
php?go=january2014.
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological
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(6), 1017-1054. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.
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A Professional Development Guide for Filipino
Teachers. Department of Education, Philippines.
Retrieved from http://prime.deped.gov.ph/wpcontent/
uploads/downloads/2011/09/22June_
POPULAR-VERSION-FINAL.pdf on January 27,
2015
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for levels of technological pedagogical content
knowledge. Journal of Educational Computing
Research, 48(2), 175-198. doi:https://doi.
org/10.2190/EC.48.2.d
Norton, S. (2012). Prior Study of Mathematics as a
Predictor of Pre-service Teachers’ Success on
Tests of Mathematics and Pedagogical Content
Knowledge. Mathematics Teacher Education and
Development, 14 (1). Retrieved from https://files.
eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ991855.pdf.
Ozgen, K. & Alkan, H. (2014). An investigation
of pre-service mathematics teachers’ skills in
the development of activities. Educational
Sciences: Theory and Practice. 14(3). pp.
1193-1201
Republic Act No. 10533: Enhanced Basic education
act of 2013. Republic of the Philippines.
Retrieved January 27, 2015 from
h t t p : / / w w w . l aw p h i l . n e t s t a t u t e s /
repac t s / ra2013/ra_10533_2013.html
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perception and beliefs of readiness to teach
mathematics. Current Issues in Education. Mary
Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State
University.
Ruggiero, D. & Mong, C. (2013). Improving
understanding of pre-service teacher experience
with technology integration. The International
Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA),
Vol. 5, No. 5.
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mathematics education. PNA, Vol. 5, No. 4. pp
129-145.
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P., Koehler, M. J., & Shin, T. S. (2009). Technological
pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK): The
development and validation of an assessment
instrument for pre-service teachers. Journal
of Research on Technology in Education, 42(2),
123-149. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.
com/doi/abs/10.1080/15391523.2009.1078
2544.
Shulman, L. S. (1986). Those who understand:
Knowledge growth in teaching. Educational
Researcher, 15(2), 4–14.
Tondeur, J., Braak, J., Sang, G., Voogt, J., Fisser,
P., & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. (2012). Preparing
pre-service teachers to integrate technology
in education: A synthesis of qualitative evidence.
Computers & Education, 59, 1-11. Retrieved from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/
pii/S0360131511002533?via=ihub.
Professional Regulation Commission, Republic of the
Philippines official website. Retrieved from www.
prc.gov.ph. .
Zelkowski, J., Gleason, J., Cox, D. C., & Bismarck, S.
(2013). Developing and Validating a Reliable
TPACK Instrument for Secondary Mathematics
Preservice Teachers. Journal of Research on
Technology in Education, 46(2). doi:https://doi.
org/10.1080/15391523.2013.10782618