Catalysts for Students’ Learning in New Normal: Science Educator’s Point of View

Marjorie Bait-it Reponte; Jewish Araneta Merin

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Catalysts for Students’ Learning in New Normal: Science Educator’s Point of View

Marjorie Bait-it Reponte, Jewish Araneta Merin

Published in International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 10, Issue 3)

Received: 29 May 2021 Accepted: 2 July 2021 Published: 24 August 2021

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SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that affects not only the cells of a living organism but greatly the “biome.” One aspect of society that we can easily recognize which made a great leap is the Education Sector. Face to Face learning is discouraged to mitigate the COVID-19 cases hence, Remote Learning is the highlight of the “New Normal” Education. With this, there are identified modalities of learning options to choose aside from the traditional mode of conducting classes in the classroom namely Remote – Print Learning which uses printed modules as the main tool to deliver instruction, Remote – Online (Asynchronous) which uses digital materials for instruction purposes and Remote – Online (Synchronous) which optimizes internet connectivity and online tools to deliver instruction. In this study, it aspires to examine and decipher the preparations as well as the challenges encountered by the eight (8) Science educators across different areas of Cebu, Philippines in teaching the curriculum and in conducting assessment in New Normal classes to Junior High School Students. Data collection is made possible via Google Form in respect to the imposed government protocols. In addition, it shows that both private and public academic institutions exhibit dominantly the flexible, remote learning modality which is Modular Distance Learning where assessment tools serve as catalysts in students’ learning for it is the main line of communication to their students. This study highly suggests that curriculum stakeholders, especially educators must conduct seminars-workshops in crafting appropriate assessment tools and applying strategies in teaching and conducting assessments in different learning modalities that will provide quality education to diverse learners with different resources.

Published in	International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijeedu.20211003.12
Page(s)	56-60
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Science Educators, New Normal, Remote Learning, Assessment Tools, Students’ Learning

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Marjorie Bait-it Reponte

College of Teacher Education, Cebu Normal University, Cebu, Philippines
Jewish Araneta Merin

College of Teacher Education, Cebu Normal University, Cebu, Philippines

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