Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception on the Viability of the Proposed Teacher Education Curriculum in Islamic Studies

Abstract

This study determines the acceptability of the proposed curricula for Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) and Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEEd) courses major in Islamic Studies. A questionnaire composed of open-ended questions was administered to the pre-service teachers of the Teacher Education unit of the Mindanao State University in Southern Philippines. From 250 distributed questionnaires, 164 were retrieved and analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. Findings showed that majority of the pre-service teachers strongly favored for the immediate implementation of the proposed curriculum. The study did give some recommendations.