The Landscape of Teaching Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (MAPEH) in Times of Systemic Global Dysfunction

he covid-19 pandemic has caused numerous global issues and challenges. Many countries’ educational momentum has been poorly disrupted, forcing students to adjust to new learning modalities. This situation has triggered the researcher to study the landscape of teaching MAPEH in times of systemic global dysfunction among junior high school teachers in the second district of the Province of Negros Occidental. Specifically, this academic study investigated the teachers’ preferred teaching styles and learning delivery modalities. The study utilized a mixed-method design administered to the 135 Junior High School MAPEH teachers-respondents using the survey questionnaire developed by the researcher. The study’s findings revealed that the preferred teaching style of most teachers was the Hybrid or Blended. The most preferred learning delivery modality was Modular Distance Learning (MDL) regardless of the subject areas and the grade levels. On the other hand,qualitative responses indicate that teachers’ teaching styles have influenced in some ways to teachers’ LDM. Along this line, due to the variety of grade levels, subject areas, learning styles of students, and even learning outcomes, teachers have to deviate their teaching styles to consider all of these factors. Thus, it is implied that MAPEH teachers must shift their learning delivery modalities to complement the teaching styles to help students maximize their learning in the new normal.

Keywords – Global Dysfunction, Physical Education, Teaching