Revisiting the curriculum: Insights from pedagogical competence and academic performance of preservice teachers

Figures & data

Table 1. Level of pedagogical competence of the preservice teachers along with the different dimensions as evaluated by their cooperating teachers and university professors

Indicators of pedagogical competence	Mean Rating			Level
	Cooperating Teachers	University Professors	Overall
Teacher’s personality	1.55	1.58	1.57	Outstanding
Lesson planning	1.55	1.57	1.56	Outstanding
Content	1.67	1.72	1.70	Outstanding
Teaching methods	1.62	1.62	1.62	Outstanding
Classroom management	1.61	1.72	1.66	Outstanding
Questioning skills	1.88	1.92	1.90	Very Satisfactory
Grand Mean	1.64	1.69	1.67	Outstanding

Legend: 1.00–1.79 Outstanding, 1.80–2.59 Very Satisfactory, 2.60–3.39 Satisfactory, 3.40–4.19 Fair, 4.20–5.00 Poor

Table 2. Level of academic performance of the pre-service teachers when grouped according to gender, specialization, and cooperating school

Profile Variables	Mean	Remarks
Gender
Female	1.98	Very Satisfactory
Male	1.92	Very Satisfactory
Specialization
Biological Science	2.11	Very Satisfactory
English	1.97	Very Satisfactory
Filipino	1.94	Very Satisfactory
Industrial Education	1.76	Outstanding
MAPEH	1.93	Very Satisfactory
Mathematics	1.80	Very Satisfactory
Physical Science	1.70	Outstanding
Social Studies	1.94	Very Satisfactory
Cooperating School
School A	1.97	Very Satisfactory
School B	1.90	Very Satisfactory
School C	1.90	Very Satisfactory
School D	2.05	Very Satisfactory
School E	1.94	Very Satisfactory
School F	1.94	Very Satisfactory
School G	1.81	Very Satisfactory
School H	2.04	Very Satisfactory
Grand Mean	1.93	Very Satisfactory

Legend: 1.00–1.79 Outstanding, 1.80–2.59 Very Satisfactory, 2.60–3.39 Satisfactory, 3.40–4.19 Fair, 4.20–5.00 Poor

Table 3. Relationship between and among the dimensions of pedagogical competence

Variables correlated	Correlation coefficient	p-values
Teacher’s personality and
Lesson planning	.427	.000**
Content	.543	.000**
Teaching method	.499	.000**
Classroom management	.196	.118
Questioning Skills	.499	.000**
Lesson planning and
Content	.525	.000**
Teaching method	.547	.000**
Classroom management	.262	.035
Questioning Skills	.616	.000**
Content and
Teaching method	.752	.000**
Classroom management	.374	.002
Questioning Skills	.730	.000**
Teaching method and
Classroom management	.461	.000**
Questioning Skills	.682	.000**
Classroom management and
Questioning Skills	.276	.026

**p<.001

Table 4. Relationship between academic performance and the profile variables of the pre-service teachers

Variables correlated	Correlation coefficient	p-values
Academic performance and Gender	−.207	.098
Academic performance and Specialization	−.301	.015*
Academic performance and Cooperating schools	−.325	.008**

**p<.01; *p<.05

Table 5. Relationship between pedagogical competence and academic performance of preservice teachers

Variables correlated	Correlation coefficient	Coefficient of determination	p-values	Degree of relationship
Pedagogical competence and Academic performance	.272	7.40 %	.028*	Slight/low

*p<.05