KATAGA WORKTEXT IN TEACHING FILIPINO: A WEALTH OF WISDOM IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM

Abstract

The general objective of the study is to ascertain the level of availability and use of Filipino references under the MATATAG Curriculum, in particular, the ones located in libraries, teacher-owned references, and student-owned resources. Validation of the KATAGA worktext shall also be studied by way of the standards of objectives, content, format and language, presentation, and exercises. The study also assessed the acceptance level of students and teachers relative to the quality and structure of KATAGA based on these standards. This research intends to find out if there is a significant relationship between the acceptance level of KATAGA and the availability of teaching materials in the Filipino subject.

The study followed a Research and Development (R&D) design, which focuses on a systematic way of developing, validating, and evaluating teaching materials. The research was conducted at the Junior High School of Koronadal National Comprehensive High School, involving selected teachers and students from the Special Program in Journalism through purposive sampling.

Using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the analysis, it was found that there is no significant relationship of the use of previous teaching materials of teachers with acceptance of the worktext by teachers and students. However, the study has essentially shown that the design, content, and presentation quality of KATAGA worktext are major factors affecting its acceptance. The major findings of the study reinforce that teaching materials must be of high quality and well-structured to facilitate the learning of the Filipino subject.