Pre-Service- Education and Practice-Teaching Performances among the Fourth Year Bachelor of Elementary Education Students of Mindanao State University- Maigo School of Arts and Trades

Abstract

Teacher-education institutions are established to provide quality and holistic pre-service education to prospective teachers. This study was conducted to specifically look into the Pre-service-Teacher Education (PTE) in terms of personal preparation, professional preparation and classroom management and Practice-Teaching Performances (PTP) among the fourth year Bachelor in Elementary Education (BEEd) students of Mindanao State University-Maigo School of Arts and Trades (MSU-MSAT). This study measured the level and relationship of PTE of the students and their PTP. It employed descriptive method which involved all the 30 fourth year BEEd students. The data were derived through a questionnaire; and chi-square was used for the statistical computation. Results revealed that the fourth year BEEd students had an outstanding performance in personal - professional preparations, classroom management and had good performance in practice teaching, but average in English and Filipino languages. Since the computed chi-square values were more than the critical values with one degree of freedom, the null hypotheses were rejected implying that PTE and PTP had significant relationship. In conclusion, PTE teachers have an appreciable performance in terms of personal -professional preparation, classroom management and average in practice teaching. PTE influences the performance in practice-teaching. As recommendations, pre-service education teachers should attend seminar workshop on language and personality development to be cautious in the medium of communication and on their mannerisms for practice teaching. The department should conduct PTE seminar to make them more prepared for teaching. Future researchers should conduct related study on pre-service- teacher education efficacy.