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    Computer education I in selected public secondary schools of La Union: Basis for a three-year action plan.
    (Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University -Open University System, 2007) Runas, Viena Lyn A.
    The study aimed to develop a Three-Year Action Plan in Computer vEducation I for public secondary schools of La Union, School Year 2006-2007. Specifically, this study determined the following: profile of teachers in Computer Education I in terms of their age, sex, civil status, highest educational attainment, major and minor fields of specialization, number of years teaching computer education and trainings attended related to computer education for the last two years; profile of students enrolled in Computer Education in terms of ownership of computer, software/programs used, extent of exposure to Internet services such as chat, digital research, games and e-mail; profile of the schools in terms of the extent of adequacy of know are/ peopleware, software and hardware; level of attainment of objectives of computer education based on the Philippine Secondary Schools Learning Competencies (PSSLC), extent of utilization of teaching strategies/methodologies; and capabilities and constraints of computer education in selected public secondary schools of La Union. The descriptive research was employed using the questionnaire as the main data gathering tool. The respondents of this study were the 30 Computer teachers from the nine selected national high schools in the Division of La Union and 345 students in fourth year who finished Computer Education I during their third year. Descriptive statistics was used in the analysis and interpretation of the data. Statistical tools used were frequency counts, percentages and mean. The results of the study showed that 50% of the teacher respondents were within the age bracket of 36-40; 73.30% were female and married, 56.70% were BS with MA/MS units while 10% with units in Ph. D. /Ed. D, 70% of the teachers taught computer subject for 1-3 years and 93.30% had attended the division level. As to students profile, 30.5% owned a computer while 69.57% did not. Most of the students used MS Word and MS Excel and chat has the highest extent of exposure among the IT services. The extent of adequacy of know are/peopleware was moderate. The ratio of teacher to student was 1:65; ratio of computer to student was 1:11 and teacher to computer was 1:6. The level of attainment of the objectives of Computer Education I in selected public secondary schools of La Union based on the Philippine Secondary Schools Learning Competencies (PSSLC) was moderate. The extent of utilization of teaching strategies/methodologies was moderate. The capabilities were on the adequacy of monitors, scanners, floppy diskette and compact disc (CD); on the other hand, constraints were on the adequacy of know are/peopleware, software and computer peripherals; the level of attainment of objectives in computer education and the extent of utilization of teaching strategies. A Three-Year Action Plan in Computer Education I was proposed for the public secondary schools in La Union. Based on the findings, the following conclusions were deduced: The profile of Computer Education I teachers contribute in facilitating knowledge and skills in computer. Majority of the students who own computers can learn better the skills. Know are and software are very much wanting. Computer Education I in public secondary schools is implemented in spite of the dire need for more hardware and more skillful know are. Computer teachers in the selected public secondary schools used varied teaching strategies/methodologies in teaching, thus, the teaching-learning situation in Computer Education is effective. Capabilities for Computer Education are assets in teaching-learning but may still regress considering the many constraints. The proposed Three-Year Action Plan in Computer Education I may improve the teaching-learning environment of the said subject.