Experiences of physical education teachers in District of Dinalupihan on students' performance assessment in times of covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought modifications to the world’s education system and not only in the Philippines and requires us to adapt to the change in the teaching-learning process which both teachers and students has to face for the quality education of the country. The radical shift to digital pedagogy followed by online assessments and examinations brought new experiences to both educators and learners like using different technological softwares. This study utilized a qualitative-phenomenological research approach that seeks to understand and describe the universal essence of a phenomenon. The approach investigates the everyday experiences of human beings while suspending the researchers’ preconceived assumptions about the phenomenon (Alchemer, 2021). This study was participated by the Physical Education Teachers from the Department of Education who experienced the new modalities of delivering the subject. The objectives of this study is to identify the problems that physical education teachers face while assessing students' performance, coping methods do physical education teachers use to deal with the challenges, and to look for intervention strategy can be suggested based on the study's findings? Two (2) themes were developed and 8 subthemes were revealed as a result of the data analysis. The themes revealed the most of experiences of the teachers on the assessment of students’ performance and how they respond to the challenges. As a result of these findings, the researchers created an Intervention Program to assist them in developing and improving their knowledge, skills, talents, conduct and teaching competencies to address the issues.