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1. Dissertation Proposal
ROGER S. SEBASTIAN
researcher

2. The Philippine Education System, in its thrust of
being globally competitive, continuously upgrades its
various program and curricula. In 2001 -The introduction
of the Special Program in the Arts as a curriculum became
a National Program for students who have demonstrated
talents or potentials in arts. One pilot school in every
region was selected to implement the program.. After the
five year implementation of the program to the 17 schools
of the Philippines from 2001 to 2005 several schools
followed in the full implementation of the program.

3. This curriculum innovation is the creation
of a change and innovative culture that provides
students to be more creative ,self-directed, talented
individuals to become knowledge workers in the
global market, thus , it was launched to prepare
students for a wide range of challenging careers, not
only for careers in the arts. Students who aspire to be
writers, actors, musicians, dancers, painters, or
animators, for example, are not the only ones who
can benefit from study of the arts.

4. The efficient and effective implementation of
the Special Program in the Arts curriculum depends
a great deal on the support system that is provided to
the schools. There is a need therefore to conduct
monitoring and assessment of the program
particularly on the attainment of objectives, teacher
competence, methodology, learning resources, venue
and evaluation process in order to assess progress
and provide intervention when necessary.

5. Figure 1. Research Paradigm
INPUT PROCESS
OUTPUT
A.Profile of the respondents involved A. Evaluation on the extent
in the SPA of implementation of SPA
Age Objectives Efficient and Effective
Gender Implementation of the
Teacher competence
Civil status
Methodology SPA
Highest educational attainment Learning resources
Number of years in service Venue High quality Education
SPA subjects being taught Evaluation
Membership to organization rel.to B. Figuring out of the
arts Action plan to improve
problems encountered in
Relevant trainings rel. to arts the implementation of SPA the delivery of the
Awards received rel. to arts C. Evaluation on the Special Program in the
possible solution to solve Arts
B. Guidelines set by the Department the identified problems
of Education in the implementation of
the Special Program in the Arts
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6. Statement of the Problem
1. What is the profile of the Special Program in the
Arts teachers and secondary school principals in
terms of :
1.1 age
1.2 gender
1.3 civil status
1.4 highest educational attainment
1.5 number of years in service
1.6 SPA subject being taught
1.7 membership in organization related to arts
1.8 relevant trainings related to arts
1.9 awards received related to arts

7. 2. How do the teachers and principals evaluate the
implementation of the Special Program in the Arts
as to:
2.1 objectives
2.2 teacher competence
2.3 methodology
2.4 learning resources
2.5 venue
2.6 evaluation
3. Is there a significant difference between the
evaluation of teachers and principals with respect
to the variables mentioned in problem 2?

8. 4. Is there a significant difference in the evaluation
of the implementation of the Special Program in
the Arts by the respondents when grouped
according to school?
5. What problems are encountered by the
teachers and principals in implementing the
Special Program in the Arts?
6. Based from the identified problems, what
action plan can be proposed to further improve the
implementation of the Special Program in the
Arts?

9. Hypothesis
1. There is no significant difference between the
evaluation of the SPA teachers and secondary school
principals on the implementation of the Special
Program in the Arts in terms of :
a. objectives
b. teacher competence
c. methodology
d. learning resources
e. venue
f. evaluation
2. There is no significant difference in the evaluation
of the implementation of the Special Program in the
Arts by the respondents when grouped according to
school.

10. This study will focus on the assessment on the
implementation of the seven Special Program in the
Arts secondary schools of Region 2 .
The respondents in this study are
seventy four (74) teachers.
seven (7) school principals of the SPA schools
as of school year 2011-2012

11. The schools implementing the SPA in Region 2 are:
•Nueva Vizcaya General Comprehensive High School
in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya ;
•Maddela Comprehensive High School in Maddela,
Quirino;
•Cauayan City National High School, Cauayan City;
•Dona Aurora National High School, Aurora, Isabela;
• Isabela National High School, Ilagan, Isabela;
•Cagayan National High School, Tuguegarao City;
•Lallo National High School, Lallo, Cagayan.

12. Methods of Research Used
The study will use the descriptive –evaluative
method of research utilizing a questionnaire to get
the assessment of the respondents on the extent of
implementation of the Special program in the Arts
in the secondary schools of Region 2

13. There are seven (7) secondary schools offering
the Special Program in the Arts curriculum in
Region 2 that are recognized by the Department
of Education Region 2.
All the seven principals and the 74 teachers of the
special arts courses will be considered
respondents in the survey.
Hence, purposive sampling procedure will be
used in the selection of the respondents.

14. The instrument to be used in this study is the
Questionnaire which will be accomplished by the
school heads and SPA teachers. The first part will
extract the profile of the respondents .
The second part will gauge the extent of
implementation of SPA curriculum along the areas of
attainment of objectives, teacher competence,
methodology, learning resources, venue, and
evaluation

15. A five point Likert Scale will be used to indicate their
assessment using the following verbal description, data will
be treated by means of frequency counts and assignments
of weights to each category of responses. The categories of
responses, weights, and scale of interpretation as follows:
Point Scale Interpretation
5 4.50 – 5.00 Highly Implemented
4 3.50 – 4.49 Moderately Implemented
3 2.50 – 3.49 Implemented
2 1.50 – 2.49 Slightly Implemented
1 1.00 – 1.49 Not Implemented

16. 1. Computation of frequencies, percentages, ranks and
means will be used to present the profile of the
teachers and principal respondents.
2. To determine the extent of the implementation of
the program with regards to selected variables which
are as follows: objectives, teacher competence,
methodology, learning resources, venue, and
evaluation, frequency of items and means will be used.

17. 3. The Likert Scale based from the study conducted by
Dela Roca (2008) on the Implementation of the Basic
Education Curriculum of Batangas City, will be used.
4. The Analysis of Variance ( ANOVA) will be used
to determine the significance in the evaluation of the
implementation of the Special Program in the Arts by
the respondents when grouped according to school.

18. 5. t – test. This will be used to compare and to find
out if significant difference exists between the
evaluations of the two groups of respondents on the
extent of the implementation of the Special program
in the Arts curriculum with regards to the objectives,
implementing guidelines, methodology, learning
resources, teacher competence.
6. Ranks in question number 2 will be used to
identify the problems