The Lived Experiences of Out-Of-Field Senior High School Teachers
Keywords:
out-of-field teachers, lack of mastery, low self-esteemAbstract
This study focused on the lived experiences of out-of-field senior high school teachers. The research design used is a hermeneutic phenomenology. The participants of the study were senior high school teachers in Carigara National Vocational High School, Carigara Leyte and San Jose National High School. The data generated six themes which were difficulty due to lack of mastery, low self-esteem in teaching the subject, cramming/full of hassle, preparation was time consuming, challenging, preparation, sharing and activity-based. The study concluded that the teacher participants experienced difficulty in handling out-of-field subjects such as lack of knowledge, low self-esteem, cramming or full of hassle, and time consuming and the teacher participants managed to handle out-of-field subjects through preparation, sharing, and activity-based strategies.
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