Competency Level of Grade 10 Mathematics Teachers in Pangasinan, Philippines

Abstract

The study investigated the competency level of Grade 10 mathematics teachers in Pangasinan II as a follow-up of the Mass Training of Teachers in mathematics, a National Training Program conducted by the Department of Education in preparing its teachers for the K to 12. The descriptive survey method was used in the study. A year after the training, the teaching competence along content and pedagogy was determined through self-assessment via questionnaire training was conducted. There were eight topics for content and four components for pedagogy namely the use of 21st century skills, differentiated instruction, localization and contextualization, and classroom assessment. The Grade 10 Mathematics teachers were dominated by females who are young and are presently pursuing a master’s degree with a position of Teacher 3. The teachers assessed themselves as competent to teach Grade 10 mathematics along pedagogy. For content, they assessed themselves as either highly competent or competent in teaching seven of the eight topics and not competent in teaching the topic ‘Permutations and Combinations’. They also considered themselves as needing in-service training on the topics ‘Probability of Compound Events’, and ‘Permutations and Combinations’ which are topics on Probability.