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 pre-service teachers in different areas to design a contextualized student teacher enhancement program. The respondents of this research are the one hundred thirteen (113) science pre-service students taking up field study courses at the Institute of Teaching and Learning of Philippine Normal University. A qualitative research design was utilized in this study. A journal analysis procedure was also done to determine student perception in the 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 do 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 differ 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 personalities. Thus, it is recommended that a contextualized student teaching enhancement program be implemented to help the pre-service teachers with their needs.