The respective roles of teachers and students in teaching and learning science have become at present on of the most important domain of science education. Thus this study was conducted to determine the teaching competency of science and non-science teachers in teaching science and how it is related to student’s level of mastery of science concepts in selected public secondary school in Northern Samar. This study also tried to find out the significant relationship between the teaching competence of the respondents and the student’s level of mastery of science. The significant difference between the teaching competence of science and non-science majors was also determined in this study as well as the significant difference in the level of mastery of science concepts between students under a science major and those who are under non-science teachers. Each geographical area of Northern Samar was represented: the pacific area; the central area; and the balicuatro area. The respondents of the study included the science and non-science teachers of the said schools, chosen randomly through fishbowl method, and the students under these teachers which were chosen through random sampling method. This study utilized the descriptive-correlational research design and questionnaire as its main instrument. The level of competency of teachers was found to be “highly competent” in terms of their teaching skills, classroom management and majority indicated “competent” in terms of knowledge. On the other hand, a majority of the students were found to be “low” in terms of their level of mastery in science concepts. A significant relationship was indicated between the teaching competency of teachers and student’s level of mastery. Similarly, a significant relationship was found out on the test of difference between the teaching competence of science and non-science majors in teaching science subjects as well as to the level of mastery of science concepts between students under science and non-science major teachers.
teaching competencies; science majors; level of mastery; secondary schools; Northern Samar
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