by: Jhonmark D. Barruga

Through the years, teachers face different challenges for all the changes in the system. These challenges serve as a tool to measure the strengths and weaknesses of educators. They define their worth as catalyst of change by giving quality education. As a teacher you should always have a passionate heart with so much patience that will guide you to love your learners with their uniqueness and differences.

Transfer of Learning to various types of learners with diverse behaviors and needs without seeing them demands adjustment and courage in facing the challenges of letting them understand the lessons this time of Pandemic.

Teaching Science is quite difficult when you create and adopt different teaching techniques tailored fit to your imaginary learners. Sacrificing your time, effort and sometimes wallet to uplift the teaching-learning process is needed. It is an investment that will somehow grow with so much happiness on the faces of learners as they enlightened with the knowledge they learned through hands on experiments at home guided with Do-it-yourself instruction. Applying Constructivism which is one of the philosophies in Science as a systematic knowledge-based subject needs more creativity and discipline to present the lessons effectively. Kids have many surprises that need to be nurtured to help them to learn and understand the academic concepts.

Technology somehow offers the best possible option to guide the learners to fully understand the concepts in acquiring new lifelong knowledge this pandemic. Science is a practical subject that needs skills and application. Learners may find it easy to learn the said subject since the topics cover the existence of life which typically defines the everyday life of every organism. In times of difficulty, downloaded videos may help to upgrade the learning of every learner which offers experienced-based concepts and instruction. Television and Radio-Based Instruction will also help the learners to clarify some misconceptions and elevate learning experience to higher level. Teaching Science this pandemic is about finding ways on how learning may take place as one discovers new learning style and ideas from new generation, the hope of the future.