ADOPTION OF TEACHING APPROACHES, CHALLENGES, AND PREPAREDNESS IN MODERN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Evelyn B. Villaber
Bohol Island State University—Bilar Campus, Zamora, Bilar, Bohol, Philippines
Abstract
The main thrust of the study was to assess the adoption of teaching approaches, challenges, and preparedness of modern agricultural education on secondary schools in Carlos P. Garcia, Ubay, and Bien Unido (CUB) Districts in the academic year 2025-2026. This employed a quantitative descriptive survey design using correlational method. The districts of Carlos P. Garcia, Ubay, and Bien Unido (collectively known as CUB) served as the locale of the study. The researcher selected the 250 public the secondary school teachers from these districts. Stratified random sampling was applied in selecting the research participants. The findings revealed that among 250 teachers, the profile peaks with those aged 31-40 years, females, Teacher IIIs, Master's units holders, and less than 10 years of teaching experience, reflecting a mid-career, qualified workforce. Teachers fully adopt agricultural education approaches like advanced technologies, sustainability, interdisciplinary collaboration, agribusiness shifts, enrollment solutions, and inclusive access, strongly support future directions such as digital innovation and climate resilience, yet face highly challenging obstacles like tuition barriers. Profiles significantly link to adoption via age, designation, attainment, and experience (not sex), but show no associations with challenges/future directions, nor correlations among adoption, challenges, and visions, accepting null hypotheses. It concluded that teachers predominantly aged 31-40, female Teacher IIIs with Master's units and ≤10 years of experience form a mid-career, qualified workforce poised for innovation while needing novice retention, fully adopting agricultural approaches like advanced technologies, sustainability, collaboration, agribusiness, enrollment solutions, and inclusive access despite highly challenging tuition and underinvestment barriers, and strongly supporting digital innovation, partnerships, and climate resilience. Profiles significantly influence adoption via age, designation, attainment, and experience (not sex), but show no links to challenges or visions, with no correlations among adoption, obstacles, and aspirations, underscoring needs for systemic reforms beyond demographics to align practices with goals. Recommendations urge teachers to mentor novices using mid-career expertise for sustaining advanced technologies and agribusiness while pursuing digital development against retention risks. Students may engage inclusive, interdisciplinary projects for climate-resilient skills and enrollment appeal via peer sustainability successes; school heads to prioritize Teacher III/novice retention through industry partnerships and resources bridging underinvestment. DepEd officials to enact tuition/infrastructure reforms and universal AI training independent of profiles; communities to foster agribusiness networks, microcredit, and internships for perception shifts and inclusive reinforcement.
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EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)
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Published on : 2026-05-24
| Vol | : | 12 |
| Issue | : | 5 |
| Month | : | May |
| Year | : | 2026 |