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Challenges and Opportunities in Emergency Remote Teaching on Secondary Biological Science during ECQ Implementation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
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This paper is rooted in the pedagogic data and self-narration on challenges and opportunities of the researcher associated with teaching secondary biological science during the enhanced community quarantine implementation due to COVID-19. The essence of this paper provided implications that can be used as teachers moved into the new normal in education, optimizing online teaching experience. Thus, the researcher’s emergency remote teaching experience is summarized in an acronym PROACTIVE. Which stands for- Preparation and plan on “new normal” in education; Responsive on the needs of the learners; Openness to communicate, giving feedbacks, collaborating to students, parents and other teachers; Authentic and reflective evaluation to have meaningful learning for students; Create engaging, contextualize learning materials and connect; Teach and align the essential competencies; Integration of values; Vibrant goal on teaching and learning process; Exploring tools, methods and other possibilities on online class.
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