DepEd NCR Opens Regional Science Process Skills Training at Green Sun Hotel
DepEd NCR through its Curriculum and Learning Management Division (CLMD), successfully opened Day 1 of the Regional Training on the Implementation of Science Process Skills Enhancement at the Green Sun Hotel, gathering Grades 3–6 Science teachers, Education Program Supervisors, Public Schools District Supervisors, School Heads, and learning-resource personnel from across the region.
The training is anchored on the need to strengthen learners’ foundational scientific thinking, particularly observation, inquiry, reasoning, and evidence-based explanation. National assessments and international studies consistently highlight that improving science outcomes requires a deliberate shift from content-heavy instruction toward the systematic development of science process skills, especially in the elementary years where scientific habits of mind are formed.
The Opening Plenary was delivered by Rolando Tan of the University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP NISMED). His lecture set the conceptual direction of the training, emphasizing that science process skills are not supplementary competencies but the core tools through which learners construct understanding. Drawing from classroom research and international benchmarks, he underscored how inquiry-based teaching enables learners to meaningfully apply scientific knowledge to real-world contexts.
Following the plenary session, participants moved into breakout sessions facilitated by UP NISMED specialists Princes Raymunda Gatan, Maria Michelle Junio, and May Chavez. These sessions translated theory into practice, guiding teachers and supervisors on how to intentionally embed basic and integrated science process skills into lesson planning, classroom activities, assessment tasks, and learning resources.
Parallel breakout sessions were likewise facilitated by Division Education Program Supervisors Genovie Tagum, Hernan Apurada, Manolo Davantes, and Maripaz Mendoza. Their discussions focused on the LAC resources, contextualizing science process skills within local classrooms, strengthening instructional supervision, and ensuring coherence between teaching practices, school leadership, and learning-resource development.
The active participation of teachers, school leaders, supervisors, and learning-resource personnel highlighted the training’s systems-based approach. By involving multiple governance and instructional levels, DepEd NCR aims to ensure that reforms in science instruction are sustained through aligned leadership, support mechanisms, and classroom practice.
As Day 1 concluded, participants shared a renewed commitment to teaching science as a process of inquiry rather than mere content recall. The succeeding days of the training are expected to further deepen this work through hands-on workshops, collaborative lesson design, and concrete action planning, reinforcing DepEd NCR’s commitment to improving science learning outcomes by strengthening foundations at the classroom level.
The Regional Science Process Skills Training is organized by the Department of Education National Capital Region – Curriculum and Learning Management Division (CLMD).
