Coming-Out from the Comfort Zone: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of Public Elementary School Teacher-Broadcasters in the New Normal

Abstract

This qualitative-phenomenological study described the lived experiences of Teacher-Broadcasters in Radio and Television-Based Instruction in the New Normal. This study was gleaned on Albert Banduras Social Learning Theory, Abraham Maslows Humanistic Theory in Psychology, and John Deweys Theory of Progressive Education in 1938. The participants of this study were the public elementary school teacher-broadcasters in radio and television-based instruction. Fourteen (14) teachers participated in the in-depth interview and focus group discussion. They were selected using the purposive sampling method. There were challenges emerged namely: struggles for being inexperienced in broadcasting challenges in facility and technical application stress, hesitations, and pressures due to overloaded tasks and roles time constraints and sacrifices along the process happiness and sense of fulfillment on the experience and discontentment on the finish product or recording. To address those challenges, they mentioned their ways of coping: doing necessary preparations having positive disposition allocating time properly having cooperation and support among the team exploring different means to improve quality output and being open for corrections and improvements. They also cited insights they could share to others: passion towards the task given provision of resources provision of trainings and seminars call for support from members of the academe and provision of rewards for being broadcasters. With the results, it was revealed that teacher-broadcasters need sufficient training and resources to be able to function effectively on the different roles they portray in broadcasting. They also asked for support from their fellow broadcasters, colleagues, and school heads not just on the material resources but also moral support for the attainment of the purpose of radio and television-based instruction in the new normal. Furthermore, the results emphasized that teachers should be passionate to their profession and tasks given to them so that learners may receive the quality content material that may help them in acquiring the competencies to learn meaningfully.