Philippine Higher STEAM Educators Proficiency

This study determined the national STEAM Education proficiency level of Philippine Higher STEAM educators in terms of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) dimensions and Philippine Professional Standards of Teachers (PPST) domains. Sampled (Tier 1: stratified random sampling of 156 Philippine Higher Education Institutions [HEIs] distributed in 17 regions, and Tier 2: Complete enumeration of STEAM educators in the sampled HEIs) 1940 STEAM educators of the Philippine Higher Education (PHE)  took the online survey in January to December 2018. Data analysis (i.e., programmed scoring framework, descriptive statistics, percentile rank, and t-test) determined that self-rated proficiency define the teaching and learning competence of PHE STEAM Educators. In terms of PPST and TPACK framework, STEAM educators perceived themselves as within the range of Highly Proficient to Distinguished, leaning on the Distinguished self-perception as a STEAM educator. Males and females do not register significant differences on how they perceive themselves (PPST domain-wise and TPACK dimension-wise), except in one or two (i.e., learning environment, diversity of learners, pedagogy), which by nature favor the female gender. Similarly, school type (private and government-owned) do not index significant difference as well, except on Community Linkages and TPACK as a whole. These findings may inform different agencies and universities for policy creation to improve and/or sustain these proficiency levels and help build stronger Philippine Workforce 4.0.