A Needs Assessment Survey on Teacher Readiness of Science Pre-Service Teachers: Towards a Contextualized Student Teaching Enhancement Program (STEP)

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the level of need of the preservice teachers in different areas to design a contextualized student
teacher enhancement program. The respondents of this research are the
one hundred thirteen (N=113) science pre-service students taking up
field study courses at the Institute of Teaching and Learning of the
Philippine Normal University. A qualitative research design was utilized
in this study. A journal analysis procedure was also done to determine
the student perception in different areas asked in the survey
questionnaire. The survey results showed that pre-service teachers have
a moderate level of need in seven out of ten items in the survey (M≥
2.0).The level of need of the pre-service teacher does not significantly
vary when categorized per major (p≥ 0.05 at sig. 0.05) except on the
teaching strategy (X2
(2) =12.453, p = 0.02) area. When grouped per
gender, the mean ranks do not significantly vary on the different areas
being surveyed (p≥ 0.05 at sig. 0.05). Respondents also revealed that they
need to improve themselves to possess good teacher qualities. Thus, it is
recommended that a contextualized student teaching enhancement
program be implemented to help the pre-service teachers with their
needs.