Exposition of Improved Practice on Technology Embedded Approach to Learning Exemplars Demonstration for Science Investigation

To enrich the acquisition of the 21st century learning skills and continuously nurture the science literate in the country, the Philippine basic education curriculum necessitates the development of several programs capitalizing on the learners' inquisitiveness through problem solving. However, while programs constantly developed, teachers as curriculum implementers suffer from social injustice through the demands of each task. The development of Learning Exemplars (LE) is essential process of articulating standards from program to pedagogy. The utilization of LE effectively facilitates teachers' empowerment to manage curricular delivery. Hence, this study aimed to assess the validity of the developed Science investigation LE using the technology embedded approach (TEA) a ubiquitous technology aided platform specifically to determine LE unpacking, acceptability and expose improved practice along with the validation process. The participatory action research was used as the design using one cycle of the plan-do-study-act cycle with second person positionality. The data revealed that through TEA the LE have found an overall acceptable value in terms of the unpacking with respect to the indicators: organization and sense making; development and transfer; methods and facilitation; and creation. The same value was obtained in terms of the acceptability. Similarly, the data showed that TEA can ensure systematic, efficient and cost-cutting strategy towards LE demonstration. Moreover, the development of LE using TEA is described as empowering by allowing the participants to write comprehensively, reflect on the comments and feedback, and choose relevant learning activities relative to Science investigation. TEA indeed is practical, empowering, systematic and democratic processes.