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Teachers’ Experiences Living In The Indigenous Peoples (Ip) Community: Basis For Policy Recommendation

Eva Mae D. Geneta

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This qualitative study aimed to determine the teachers’ experiences living in the indigenous people’s community during the COVID-19 pandemic for Academic Year 2021-2022. The research method utilized in the study was qualitative using in-depth interview and the design was ethnography. The research instrument utilized in this study was a researcher-made interview schedule. Audio and video recorders were also used for data gathering and documentation. Thematic approach was used to analyze the data gathered. It was found out that the teachers encountered varied experiences classified as difficulty in workplace, safety and security, learners’ habitual behavior, DDU (depressed, dilapidated, & underserved) school, far from the town and difficult roads, poor learners’ achievement, teaching the basic literacy, learning modality as a challenge, observing health protocols, culture shock, good communication with the community of non-IP teachers, adjustment of married teachers, giving extrinsic motivation, complex work arrangement during pandemic, exhaustion, and support from external stakeholders.



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