DEFINITION OF TERMS - Paper

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The terms were operationally defined to place the researcher and the readers in the same frame of reference.

Action Plan

The action plan proposed in  this study is a class-based plan anchored on a certain aspect of teaching which needs improvement. The teacher and the students identify class problems pertaining to teaching, learning, students’ behavior, and attitudes as well as teachers’ problems. An action plan could be undertaken in one or two months with the leadership of the teacher. It involves planning, doing, and reflecting on class activities that could solve an identified problem.

Grade School

This refers to an elementary school covering grades one to six.  School graders are the elementary school students.

Professional Preparation

This refers to the highest educational attainment of teachers, relevant inservice training or special training, and length of relevant teaching experience adequate enough to enable them to teach elementary school students. These factors will help develop the preparedness of the teacher to teach.

Professional Practices

These practices cover instructional competencies which include indicators such as instructional planning and delivery, classroom management, teacher-learner interaction, subject content, evaluation, and professional responsibilities and relationships. Instructional planning simply refers to planning the lesson conformably with specific objectives. Instructional delivery refers to methods of teaching. Classroom management  refers to organizing the teaching-learning time using relevant teaching equipment and materials, and appropriate teaching processes within the time period Teacher-learner interaction  is engaging students in instruction using communication, motivation, reinforcement, retention, and transfer skills and principles. Subject content refers to the subject matter and effective communication of the major concepts of the lesson. Evaluation is assessing student performance and using the evaluation results in planning the lessons. Professional responsibilities are teachers’ concerns pertaining to professional growth, adaptability with assigned duties, working cooperatively with those involved in the school program.  Professional relationship pertains to effective working relationship with fellow-teachers and personnel, students, parents, and those linked to school operations.

Teaching Effectiveness

This refers to the impact of teaching competencies on the students in terms of intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and moral development.  Effectiveness is based on the four domains of teaching which are planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, professional responsibilities, and the fifth on the use of student assessment. Planning and preparation deals with skills in designing instruction, that is organizing the content to be learned. Classroom environment deals with skills that relate to the creation of a comfortable and respectful classroom environment that  cultivates a culture for learning in which students feel safe taking risks. Instruction contains the skills that are at the heart of teaching, the actual engagement of students with the content. Professional responsibilities encompass the roles teachers assume outside of the classroom. Teachers committed to student learning use assessment strategies extensively which provide evidence of success or lack thereof, for both students and teachers.

Title: DEFINITION OF TERMS - Paper
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DEFINITION OF TERMS - Paper