TY - BOOK AU - Seloterio,Anna Marie M. TI - Musical competencies and challenges experienced by elementary school teachers in teaching music PY - 2023///. CY - Midsayap, Cotabato PB - : Notre Dame of Midsayap College KW - Music teachers KW - Philippines. KW - Music KW - Instruction and study KW - Philippines N1 - Thesis (Master of Arts in Education major in Educational Administration) -- Notre Dame of Midsayap College, May 2023 N2 - This descriptive correlational study focused on the teachers' competency in music and the challenges experienced in teaching music. Complete enumeration was the sampling design used in this investigation. The study was conducted in the Municipality of Alamada in the Province of Cotabato, composed of 306 elementary school teachers. Results revealed that majority of the respondents are 31-40 years old, female, Master's Degree holders, and 3-10 years in service. They consider themselves moderately competent in basic knowledge, musical ability, and pedagogy ofteaching music. They experienced challenges in the areas of imparting knowledge, strategies, instructional materials, and assessment; however, engagement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is o e of their coping mechanisms utilized to address those challenges. It was revealed that there is no significant difference between the teacher's competency in teaching music by age group, sex, and length of service. Also, there is no significant difference between the teacher's competency in terms of musical ability and assessment when grouped according to the highest educational assessment. However, there is a significant difference between basic knowledge and assessment regarding teachers' highest educational attainment. Keywords: Teachers' Competency in Music, Challenges in Teaching Music, Coping Mechanism, Elementary Teachers UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=e31e8b542f05222f9c5b779f0ba717a5 UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=390fd7bfde48107177f11d0f5eeadf7b ER -