21st Century Approach in the Teaching of Philippine Literature

Sheena May  Dikitanan,

21st Century Approach in the Teaching of Philippine Literature

Discipline: Education

Abstract:

This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the 21st-century approach in teaching Philippine literary to the students of Lagundi-CCL National High School. The study utilized the descriptive-developmental and experimental research design utilizing assessment test and adopted questionnaire-checklist involving the development of lesson exemplars utilizing 21st century approaches in teaching literature. These approaches are the 2C-2I-1R or the Constructive, Collaborative, Integrative, Inquiry-Based and Reflective. The respondents were exposed to the developed learning material for two weeks through online classes which were handled by three different English teachers from the public secondary schools in Morong Sub-office. They were then given assessment test to measure their understanding after completing the discussions. The data were then collected, tallied and tabulated. The paper concluded that the developed learning and teaching materials can be used in teaching Philippine literature in Grade 7. Furthermore, it will help teachers to harness the country’s literary resources, and to enhance their classroom teaching through a variety of interactive and integrative methods in that is suited in 21st-century teaching.

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