Exploring the Utilization and Effectiveness of the Practices of 21st-Century Teaching and Learning Skills of Pre-service Teachers: A Psychological Study

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the extent of utilization of the 21st-century teaching and learning skills of the pre-service teachers in their off-campus teaching and to what extent of effectiveness they perceived themselves on the use of these 21st-centuryteaching and learning skills. A total of 147 pre-service teachers of Eastern Visayas State University Ormoc Campus were randomly chosen as respondents of the study and taken from the different courses. An adopted questionnaire was used to answer the questions and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results of the study. The findings revealed that the pre-service teachers had utilized Always the different 21st–century skills except for Critical thinking and local connection which were often utilized, and global connections as sometimes utilized. The pre-service teachers perceived their extent of effectiveness in the use of the 21^st – century skills as Average. More has to be done in the performance of the 21^st – century teaching and learning skills for pre-service teachers. The teacher education department may further strengthen its program on teaching internship to better prepare the pre-service teachers for their role as 21st–century teachers.