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Teachers’ Specialization Mismatch: Struggles, Opportunities and
Adjustments of
Industrial Education Teachers Teaching Elementary

Joyna B. Gamilla, Joan E. Edoria, Ana May R. Frias, Leah N. Pejida,
Maria Magdalena S. Closas, Marissa Joyce R. Vasay, Erika Anne M.
Salvador and Katrina S. Vergara

Cavite State University-General Trias City Campus, Cavite

This study was conducted to determine the struggles, opportunities and
adjustments of teachers who are currently teaching out-of-their-field or
experienced specialization mismatch. Purposive sampling was used to
select the participants. Criteria and qualification were set. Participants
should be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education (BSIE)
with their respective specialization and currently teaching in elementary level,

regardless of sex, age, years of teaching, public or private institutions as
long as willing to participate in the study. Adapted demographic profile survey
form and self-made interview questionnaire, which underwent validation, were
used to answer the research objectives. Results reveal that handling the
pupils and teaching the subject matter that is mismatched from their

expertise are the main struggles teachers’ encountered. Moreover,
opportunities such as learning and gaining new expertise in teaching is one of
the opportunities experienced by most of the teachers and they adjusted
through their passion, coping and loving their work. Therefore, it is
recommended to hire and select qualified and appropriate teaching personnel
to teach elementary pupils. Also, teachers who are involved in specialization
mismatch should engaged themselves more on seminar-workshops which

tackles classroom management, organizational measures and trends in education
to effectively adjust on their situation.

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