Perspective! TEACHERS AMID THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

7he author is 7eacher ,,,

ALVIN D. ISIP

(ducation plays an iPportant role in shaping the liYes of students ,n the process, teachers are one of the essential instruPents in deliYering Tuality learning 'ue to the ePergence of &29,' in the 3hilippines, a lot of changes happened in the educational landscape 2ne of these is the Pode of instruction that was iPplePented by the 'epartPent of (ducation 7he current &29,' crisis has obliged Post education systePs to adopt alternatiYes to face to face teaching and learning 0any education systePs PoYed actiYities online, to allow instruction to continue despite school closures 2(&', 7he shift of the teaching learning deliYery in schools to Podular distance learning Pade Pore challenging, on the part of the school personnel, the deliYery of basic Tuality education 7hat is why 'ep(d leaders are always finding aYenues to solYe the problePs and capacitating its teachers and school heads to becoPe Pore effectiYe in the field of Podular distance learning %agood,

7he self learning Podules are already considered learning packages containing pre test, discus sion, and a series of eYaluation assessPent 7hey are distributed to all learners with the Podular learning class schedule ,ndeed, this kind of instructional Podality has been followed by public school teachers all oYer the 3hilippines 7eachers play a Yital role in the continuous deliYery of Tuality education aPid the pandePic $ccording to the study conducted by /apada et al , teachers were highly aware of the presence and conseTuences caused by the &29,' pandePic 'espite the threats of the &29,' pandePic, teachers continue to serYe by forPulating Podules as the learning guide of students 7he teacher thus becoPes a facilitator in the deYelopPent of the student, both as a PePber of their coPPunity and a PePber of their society 0artineau et al , +oweYer, 0alipot stressed that teachers also air their problePs on Podular distance learning %agood highlighted that as front liners in the educational systeP, they haYe undergone Yarious training and sePinars to be Pore eTuipped in deliYering better education aPid the &29,' pandePic as it is a norP of the departPent to train teachers not Must for professional growth but to becoPe ready for une[pected circuPstances

%ased on the study conducted by $Pbayon , Podular instruction is Pore operatiYe in the teaching learning Pethod as eTuated to usual teaching approaches because in this Podular approach the students learn in their own stride ,t is unrestricted self learning panache in which instantaneous reinforcePent, a coPPent is proYided to practice e[ercise, which stiPulates the students and builds curiosity in theP +ence, this kind of learning Podality increases the student centered approach in learning +oweYer, the iPplePentation of Podular instruction fostered Yarious challenges to teachers, students, and parents 7he study of 'angle 6uPaoang showed that the Pain challenges that ePerged were lack of school funding in the production and deliYery of Podules, students struggle with self studying, and parents¶ lack of knowledge to acadePically guide their child children +ence, it is eYident that there are struggles associated with the use of Podular distance learning

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