SEDULOUS: PHENOMENAL STUDY OF WORKING STUDENTS

A Research Presented
to the Faculty of Senior High School
Koronadal National Comprehensive High School

In Partial Fulfilment of the

Requirements for the Practical Research I
(Qualitative Research)

By

Laurence L. Pajarillo
Rafael Clyde M. Larid

March 2018
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

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Background of the Study

“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your

thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get

there, you can move mountains”. It is quoted Steve Jobs being an American

entrepreneur, a co-founder, and CEO of Apple. These days, people tend to make

things complicated although the issues could be simple and need hard work do it.

Every task and job, also needs hard work for the impossible to be possible that

can change one’s self and also a person’s life.

A new study from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the

Workforce finds that, over the past 25 years, more than 70 percent of college

students have worked while attending school. While the percentage dipped

slightly during and after the recession; the overall number of working students

has increased over the past quarter-century, say, researchers. Students over the

age of 25 accounted for more than 40 percent of college enrollment growth from

2000 to 2011, according to an analysis of National Center for Education Statistics

data. "More students are non-traditional now and fewer are coming to college

directly from high school," said Kim Oppelt, education and outreach manager

with education technology firm Hobsons. She noted that more students are also

coming from the military or maybe first-generation Americans — and in both

cases, are expected to help support their families financially. Students are
working an average of 30 hours a week, Georgetown researchers found, but

about 25 percent of working students are simultaneously employed full-time and

enrolled in college full-time (Rapacon, 2015).

There are lots of students in the Philippines who work while enrolled. They

work to support their studies and because their parents couldn’t give up their

needs due to limited income. One example of a hardworking student is Jay

Torres Solitana because, unlike other students who usually spend four to five

years in college, Jay Torres Solitana waited 10 years to earn his bachelor’s

degree. It was a decade filled with challenges as Solitana struggled to finish his

studies while providing for his family and fortunately, Solitana’s hard work and

sacrifices paid off. Through hard work and dedication to one’s goal, nothing is

impossible and this applies to all of us. As Solatina always say, "walang mahirap

sa taong may pangarap” (Eagle, 2016).

The undergraduate experience is greatly enriched by attaining research

experience early and often. Recently this has been demonstrated empirically and

discussed at length in a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to

engineering, medicine, biology, physiology, neuroscience, psychology, as well as

in multidisciplinary discussions in prestigious journals. However, while the

benefits of undergraduate research are numerous and far-reaching, the majority

of articles on the topic focus on a retrospective viewpoint of undergraduate

research initiatives at specific universities. This paper looks forward, to offer the

students’ perspective on how academic advisers can advocate for undergraduate

research and engage junior and senior undergraduates in research, as well as

how advisers can promote undergraduate research within the faculty (Madan &

Teitge, 2013).

Working while enrolled could be very hard. It was not easy to provide for

one’s needs without others’ knowing about what you are doing. Without any

support or guidance in dealing with this kind of situation could be very difficult to

surpass. With the help of this research, it could at least give people knowledge

about working students. Provide support and guidance to those students that

were striving to have a better future.

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Statement of the Problem

This study would like to understand/find out the effects of insubordinate

students on the teaching performance of Koronadal National Comprehensive

High School teachers.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What are the effects of insubordinate students on the teaching performance of

KNCHS teachers?

2. What are the factors caused by the insubordination of students which in turn,

affect the teaching performance of teachers?

3. How do teachers generally cope with such effects?

Significance of the Study (SAMPLE 1)

The researchers believe that understanding this topic in more depth will

allow people to understand any changes in performance a teacher may have due

to insubordinate students. It can be taught to students via classes or seminars

and these will make students understand how their actions can affect their

teachers, thus possibly reducing the chances of insubordination occurring among

the students of the school. This can also help other people understand teachers

dealing with insubordination. They will know how severe this problem can be and

realize that they should contribute to solving this problem. This can result in the

school putting more time and effort into dealing with this problem.

Significance of the Study (SAMPLE 2)-MUCH BETTER TO FOLLOW

This study would be significant to the following groups of people in the field of

education.

As learners of the twenty-first century under the K12 curriculum, students

will be provided with a learning package that is suitable to /her learning

preferences and their needs as modern-day learners. Through this study,

students will be provided an appropriate strategy that could be of help to uplift

their learning performance and academic performance as well.

As the facilitator of learning, teachers will be given insights on what

strategy is best for their students which could help augment student learning

outcomes.
 The results of this study will be serving as a guide to the school

administrator to reexamine their policies, particularly the six (6) key strategies for

teaching English subjects in a K12 curriculum. This can help improve school

planning which is geared towards the improvement of school performance

indicators in terms of student outcomes and eventually higher job performance of

teachers.

The finding of this study will make the parents aware of the parents’

current condition of the school’s total operation and the special service it provides

to the students with the use of six (6) key strategies.

The findings of this study may enhance the researcher’s capability as well

as the curriculum designer in searching for more teaching strategies in teaching

the English language other than six (6) key strategies of the K12 curriculum. This

study may serve as a basis of reference for future related studies and courses of

action that will be undertaken for the improvement of teaching English subjects.

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Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The main focus of this study was to know and understand the effects of

insubordinate students on the teaching performance of KNCHS teachers. The

parameter of this study is set on all advisory teachers of grades 9 to 10 in

Heterogeneous sections of NHS. The researchers will only focus on the teachers

affected by the phenomena, and not on the students causing the phenomena.

The researchers will not spend resources on the students for they will not be
conducting any interviews or observing them in any way for they are not needed

for the study. The researchers hope to get a sample of the parameter with a

population of 15 teachers.
 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
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This chapter presents the definition of terms, related literature, and studies

that are significant in the study. These consist of books, thesis, and articles from

the internet written by both foreign and local authors.

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Insubordination

Insubordination is one of the many issues that are always present in the

workplace, regardless of the culture of camaraderie, ethics, and teamwork being

cultivated. There is always one employee with a bad attitude who always refuses

to work for the errands that they signed up for.  It is just too bad that the

recruitment officer did not see the disruptive behavior behind an employee’s

smiling and friendly facade before they were hired. For example, a task was

given to a student, it was given and the student understood what was being

asked of him yet he refused to obey a direct order by his refusal explicitly or

through non-performing. This is what usually occurs with an insubordinate

student.

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Effective Teaching Performance

 We know intuitively that these highly effective teachers can have an

enriching effect on the daily lives of students and their lifelong educational and

career aspirations. We now know empirically that these effective teachers also

have a direct influence on enhancing student learning. They might make or break

the child’s future for their job is indeed crucial. Years of research on teacher

quality support the fact that effective teachers not only make students feel good

about school and learning but also that their work results in increased student

achievement. Studies have substantiated that a whole range of personal and

professional qualities are associated with higher levels of student achievement.

For example, we know that verbal ability, content knowledge, pedagogical

knowledge, certification status, ability to use a range of teaching strategies

skillfully, and enthusiasm for the subject characterize more successful teachers.

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Definition of Terms

The following terms are defined conceptually and operationally in the

study:

Insubordination – refers to an act of being disobedient.

Effective Teaching Performance – refers to a teaching performance of

teachers that can be very helpful to the

education and growth of

students.

Wrathful – refers to a feeling of intense anger.

 CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
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This chapter discusses the research methods available and what is

applicable for it to use in response to the statement of the problem in Chapter 1

which is directed towards the effects of insubordinate students on the teaching

performance of KNCHS teachers.

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Research Design

The researchers chose to make use of a qualitative research approach. It

is because the data the researchers gathered are immeasurable and cannot be

quantified, hence the said approach. Further, the researchers chose a

phenomenological design to find out the effects of insubordinate students on the

teaching performance of KNCHS teachers. Because the researchers considered

the case of having insubordinate students to be a phenomenon faced by the

teachers of NHS. The data were gathered through interviews and the
observations of the researchers. The questions were organized and uniform to all

the participants.

Research Locale

The study was conducted in Koronadal National Comprehensive High

School, found in the City of Koronadal, in the Province of South Cotabato,

Philippines.

Figure 1. Location Map of the Study. KNCHS 2017.

NHS is the school where the researchers finished their junior high school.

A public high school that is now handling more than 7,000 students. This school

was established in 1947, occupying at first a dense coronal area of 79,000

square meters. Its first name was Koronadal Junior High School and later
Republic Act 5550, a bill sponsored by James Chiongbian, converted Koronadal

Junior High School, to Koronadal National Comprehensive High School on July

1, 1970.

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Participants of the Study

The target population of this study was Grade 9 and 10 heterogeneous

advisory teachers of Koronadal National Comprehensive High School (NHS) for

the school year 2016-2017. The sample of that population was taken from

teachers truly dealing with insubordinate students. The population of the sample

was 15 teachers. The researchers first asked a teacher if he or she is dealing

with insubordination. If the answer is yes then he or she became a participant in

the research. The researchers also considered the availability of the teachers in

choosing participants.

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Data Gathering Instrument

The researchers prepared questions related to the statement of the

problem to be asked to the participants. The researchers prepared questions and

translated them to the language the participant is most comfortable with, unless,

the language cannot be used by the researchers. They also used observation to

gather information about what the participant was feeling during the interview.

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Data Gathering Procedure

First, the researchers asked permission from the principal of Koronadal

National Comprehensive High School. After the permission was granted, the

researchers proceeded to the selection of participants for the study. The

researcher then got a list of all Grade 9 and 10 teachers and their advisory

classes. After that, the researchers found and asked the Grade 9 and 10

heterogeneous section advisory teachers if they were dealing with

insubordination. Then the researchers asked them if they were available for

questioning. If both of the questions were answered yes, then the researchers

proceeded to the interview. The researchers asked them prepared questions to

be answered orally. As the researchers listened to the answers, they also

observed and took note of how the teacher answered. The researchers repeated

this until they reached the desired sample population.

Permission from School Principal of

KNCHS or his next-in-command

Selection and Identification of Sample

Participants

Data Gathering through Structured

Interview
 Analysis and Interpretation of the
Gathered Data

Figure 2. Flow Chart of the Data Gathering Procedure. KNCHS 2017.

Sampling Technique 20172017

The researchers used a non-probabilistic method of sampling to choose

their participants, specifically purposive sampling. The researchers used the

quota sampling method in choosing the representatives of the whole target

population. Aside from this, the researchers also used the availability sampling

method because not all participants can be available for questioning.

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