GSTHESIS Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Biological Science
University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal 2010

Title: AN APPRAISAL OF THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION TO THE TEACHING OF BIOLOGY

Researcher: Dela Cruz, Ginalyn C Errabo, Denis Dyvee R.

Type of Document: Undergraduate Thesis

Total no. of Pages: 77

Name and Address of the Institution: University of Rizal System Rodriguez School of Education Amityville Rodriguez, Rizal

Summary:

The study aimed to appraise the perceptions and attitudes to the teaching of biology by the students of the school of education. It was conducted during the second semester of the school year 2009-2010 at the University of Rizal System-Rodriguez

It employed the descriptive normative method of research. The subjects of the study were both third year and fourth year education students, with a total of 70 students Both took General Biology as course pre-requisite. The respondents were enrolled in the second semester of the school year 2009-2010.

The first group belongs to Bachelor Secondary Education Major in Biological Science while the other group is a combination of Bachelor of Elementary Education With General Education as their ares of specialization...

The data gathering instrument used in the study is a questionnaire checklist categorized into five variables which signifies the perceptions and attitudes and was patterned after the study of Teresita Chus in 1991 and Flocerfina Mesina in 2002.
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To determine the profile of the respondents, fresquency, percentage distribution and ranking were used

In sex the majority with 48 frequency or 68.6 percent are females while the males have 22 frequency or 31.4 percent. In year level the majority with 41 frequency or 58.6 percent are third your while the fourth year have 29 frequency or 41.4 percent. In major, the BEED general Education with 39 frequency or 55.7 percent comprised the majority. while the Biological Science had 31 frequency or 44.3 percent. In the previous grade in biology, the majority of the respondents had 2.0 a frequency of 29 or 41.4 percent

To determine the respondents' perceptions about the subject the arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used.

Data revealed with the mean with 4.18 at a standard deviation of 51 that the subject is boring. Data with the mean of 4.10 and a standard deviation of 57 showed that subject is difficult. The mean of 4.10 with standard deviation of 62 manifested that the subject is important. The mean of 4.48 with standard deviation of 30 revealed that the subject is interesting. As easy the data revealed the mean of 4.43 and a standard deviation of 38

To determine the respondents' attitudes about the teaching of subject the arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used.

Data revealed with the mean of 3.38 and a standard deviation of 83 that the respondents moderately agreed that the teaching of Biology is boring. The mean of 3.43 with standard deviation of 3.47 showed that the respondents moderately agreed that the teaching of Biology is difficult. The mean of 3.24 with standard deviation of 52 revealed that they moderately agreed that the teaching of biology is important. As interesting, the