Awareness and Use of Democratic Teaching Strategy of Basic Education Teachers

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study examined the teachers’ level of awareness and extent of use of democratic teaching strategy. This study focused on the four areas of democratic teaching: equality, freedom, justice, and participation. Moreover, this study investigated the correlation between teachers’ level of awareness and extent of use of the strategy. Data were gathered from the whole population of the Basic Education Department of a Salesian school in Negros Occidental. Data analysis using mean, t-test of independent means, One Way Analysis of Variance, and Pearson Product Moment of Correlation were utilized. Results revealed that teachers have a high to a very high level of awareness of the democratic teaching strategy and a great extent of its use. The findings of this study suggest enhancement of teachers’ awareness and practice of the democratic teaching strategy to address the gaps on the areas of equality, freedom, and justice considering different disciplines taught.