IJECE Published Articles

Abstract This study developed a Science Education Program Framework anchored on the teaching readiness of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Science pre-service teachers at North Eastern Mindanao State University. Using a quantitative descriptive-correlational design, the study surveyed 263 third year and fourth-year pre-service science teachers and analyzed the data through descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. Teaching readiness was examined across six domains: Science Content and Application, Scientific Inquiry and Research, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Learning Design and Assessment, Ethical, Social-Responsive, and Community Collaboration, and Technology and Innovation. Results showed that the respondents were highly ready across all six domains, with Learning Design and Assessment, Ethical, Social-Responsive, and Community Collaboration, and Pedagogical Content Knowledge obtaining the highest mean scores. The measurement model demonstrated acceptable reliability and convergent validity, while discriminant validity results indicated empirical overlap among several pedagogical domains, supporting the treatment of teaching readiness as an integrated higher-order construct. Structural model results revealed that all six domains significantly contributed to Overall Teaching Readiness, with Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Ethical, Social-Responsive, and Community Collaboration emerging as the strongest contributors. The model also demonstrated acceptable fit, as indicated by SRMR = 0.06. Based on these findings, the proposed Science Education Program Framework positions science content application as the foundation, core pedagogy and ethical responsiveness as the central instructional engine, and inquiry, research, technology, and innovation as advanced professional catalysts. The study provides an empirical basis for strengthening curriculum design, practicum preparation, mentoring, and quality assurance in pre-service science teacher education.