Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Pablo Borbon Main I
College of Engineering, Architecture,
and Fine Arts

Mechanical Engineering Department

ABSTRACT

Social media has gained credibility over the years as a

trusted source of information and platform where

organizations can interact with audiences. We are seeing

education institutions adapting these developments into

their systems and relying on group resources and mechanisms

to improve the student life. The use of social media in

education provides students with the ability to get more

useful information, to connect with learning groups and other

educational systems that make education convenient. This

research was conducted to find out the effects of social media

to the learning strategies of the first year Mechanical

Engineering students in Batangas State University. The

researchers utilized phenomenological research design aim to

identify structure of experiences described by the

participants with regards to social media and its effects on

their learning strategies. The researchers have explored the

individual experiences and expertise of the key participants

through unstructured interviews. This study utilized 30

first year Mechanical Engineering students of Batangas State

University who are often engage in social media as a means

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of their learning techniques and strategies. The

participants were purposively selected based on their

qualified experiences with regards to the study. The

researchers utilized those participants to ensure credible

responses that support their study. The responses of the

individual participants were analyzed and categorized to

design a framework necessary to determine the effects of

social media to the learning strategies of first year ME

students in Batangas State University. The result revealed

that social media have several effects with regards to the

learning strategies of the 21st century learners.

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Pablo Borbon Main I
College of Engineering, Architecture,
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Mechanical Engineering Department

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Social media has gained credibility over the years as a

trusted source of information and platform where

organisations can interact with audiences. We are seeing

education institutions adapting these developments into

their systems and relying on group resources and mechanisms

to improve the student life. The use of social media in

education provides students with the ability to get more

useful information, to connect with learning groups and other

educational systems that make education convenient. Social

network tools afford students and institutions with multiple

opportunities to improve learning methods. Through these

networks, you can incorporate social media plugins that

enable sharing and interaction. Students can benefit from

online tutorials and resources that are shared through social

networks and LMS’s. There is valuable knowledge to be gained

through social media such as analytics and insights on

various topics or issues for study purposes. Social media is

also a medium where students can establish beneficial

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connections for their careers. As an educational

institution, it is crucial to be active in many social

platforms possible, this helps create better student

training strategies and shapes student culture.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine

the possible effects of social media to the learning

strategies of first year Mechanical Engineering students in

Batangas State University.

Statement of the Problem

Social network tools afford students and institutions

with multiple opportunities to improve learning methods.

Through these networks, you can incorporate social media

plugins that enable sharing and interaction. Students can

benefit from online tutorials and resources that are shared

through social networks and LMS’s.

The researchers decided to make a study regarding

social media in order to determine how does it affect

students’ way of learning and strategies due to the commotion

that social media according to many serve as a distraction

to students nowadays. The researchers are to find out whether

the people’s current assumption is true or not.

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Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

First year Effects of Social

Mechanical Media to the
Engineering Interview Students’ Learning
students Strategies

Scope and Limitations

This study was focused on the investigation of the

lived experiences of first year Mechanical Engineering

Students of Batangas State University specifically on their

engagement to social media as to determine its possible

effects on their learning methods and strategies. This study

was limited to only 30 key participants who were purposively

selected and interviewed for data gathering purposes until

they reached the saturation needed in their study.

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Significance of the Study

This study is significant to the development of concept

necessary to determine the effects of social media to the

learning strategies of ME students in Batangas State

University. Along with the reason is the desire of the

researchers to inform the society about the effects of social

media to the 21st century learners. This investigation will

lead to the understanding of the role of social media and to

the clarification of the people’s usual assumption on how

social media really affects every students learning methods

and strategies.

Definition of Terms

Mechanical Engineering. It is a field of engineering

that deals with problems with the help of Physics with

incorporation of Chemistry and Mathematics.

Student. This is any person that goes to school for the

sole purpose of learning. This person is also part of the

school institution which means they are expected to abide by

the school policies but it still depends on them whether or

not they will conform to the set of rules made by the

institution.
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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Related Literature

According to Jenkins (2007) of notable significance is

the school ability to control an individual’s behaviour

regardless of other significant background factor’s

influences. In other words, while the school represents one

of several social institutions to which youths become

connected, its effect in decreasing crime is independent of

the others. For instance, the school can have an independent

inhibitory effect on delinquency regardless of youth’s

family structure (Wade & Brannigan, 2008). Despite the

positive findings of the school environment as a site for

positive intervention, an individual only gains from such

programs if they are actually present in the school. Indeed,

those who are more likely to need delinquency intervention

(i.e. those individual with apparent discipline issues) are

often excluded from school via out of school suspension and

expulsion.

Perhaps the only topic of school discipline that

produces a consensus in the United States is that students

are increasingly out of control (Brookover, 2012). School

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violence and ineffective disciplinary practices have become

perennial problems in public schools (Devine, 2006). School

violence (inclusive of disrespect for authority and school

procedures) fighting, gang-like behaviours, and bringing

weapons or drugs to school, are catalysts to disciplinary

actions. Studies indicate that nationwide as many as 3% of

boys routinely carry guns to school and in 1997, 20% of high

school students had arrived a gun to school (Mercy &

Rosenberg, 2008). These student’s behaviours have placed

students, parents, teachers, administrators, and staff in

constant fear. Students have impeded the educational process

through severe behaviour infractions warranting

disciplinary responses. In an attempt to rectify the

imbalances, the federal government proposed to spend $ 566

million on safe and drug-free schools during the 1999 fiscal

year alone (Federal Assistance Monitor, 1998)

According to Dunlop and Fox (2011), challenging

behaviours are connected to foreseeable consequences. For

example, suspensions and expulsions may satisfy the goals of

students who violate school policies. Some students may

welcome exclusions from schools that enable them to avoid

challenging environmental factors. Understanding how

exclusionary discipline practices influence student

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behaviours may lie in existing theoretical and conceptual

frameworks. For example, a behaviourist theory that may

explain this phenomenon operant conditioning, a term coined

B.F. Skinner (Ramnero & Torneke, 2011) and defined as

“behaviour controlled by consequences” (p.80). Watson, the

founder of behaviourism, believed that behaviours are

acquired through conditioning or interactions with

environment (Ramnero & Torneke, 2011). Therefore, when

students misbehave, they may be trying to change existing

circumstances (Ramnero & Torneke, 2011).

Student’s discipline is a prerequisite to almost

everything a school has to offer students (McGregory, 2006).

Seifert and Vornberg further link discipline with both the

culture and climate of the school thus according to them in

order for a satisfactory climate to exist within a school,

a certain level of discipline must exist. In schools where

discipline is a serious problem, for example, where students

bully others, parents can transfer their children to “better”

schools. Since the well behaved students usually perform well

their transfer can affect the overall performance of that

school. However punishment can aggravate behavior instead of

curbing it (Rigby, 2007).

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According to India Parenting online Ltd (2007) the

standards of discipline were reported to be deteriorating in

Indian secondary schools. The study pointed out that there

was need to find a lasting solution to the problem of

indiscipline. The solution to the issue of indiscipline would

make students‟ education and schooling experience more

productive. Cases of indiscipline have also been noted in

England. There was a case in one school where a student

happened to be carrying a gun in direct contravention of

school rules which prohibits carrying of any form of weapon

to school. He used it to shoot a fellow student. The

government then planned a crackdown on school indiscipline

by giving schools powers to search pupils for weapons

(British Broadcasting Corporation, 2014).

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CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This study is qualitative research. According to

McMillan and Schumacher (2013), a qualitative research is

primarily an inductive process of organizing data into

categories and identifying patterns (relationships) among

categories

Specifically, this study utilized phenomenological

research design. The researcher develops an understanding of

a subject’s “reality” however he, she, or they so perceive

(Leedy, 2007).

This study utilized the design since the researchers

want to investigate about the lived experiences of students

about the effects of social media on their learning

strategies.

Participants and Sampling

This study utilized 30 first year students belonging to

Mechanical Engineering Department. The participants were

purposively selected because of their qualified experiences

with regards to the study. The researchers have interviewed

30 key participants until they reached the saturation needed

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in their study. The researchers utilized those participants

to ensure credible responses that support their study.

Data Gathering Procedures and Techniques

A protocol consisting of unstructured interviews were

used to obtain the data. The interview was conducted to ask

the participants to explain their ideas in detailed manner.

The researchers used a non-directive style of interviewing

using open-ended questions allowing the participants the

freedom to control pacing and draw out clarity on subject

matter being discussed. The researchers’ list down the

participants’ responses from the interview. This process

helped the researchers to gather enough data that support

their study.

Analysis Strategies

The data was analysed using text analysis. The researchers

list down all the responses of the participants and analysed

the data collected from the interviews to get a general sense

of the whole and ideas presented. Significant statements and

phrases pertaining to their perceptions were extracted and

written accordingly to the participant’s response in the

interview to avoid data manipulation and falsification. The

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researchers send their transcript to the corresponding

participants for review and verification. Each participant

was asked to agree with his/her transcript. Purposeful

sampling in this case increased in-depth understanding by

selecting rich-information from participants’ perception.

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CHAPTER IV

DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS

Result and Discussion

Domain 1: Common School Policies they know

In terms of the school policies they know, the

participants seems to answer in common. According to them

they are familiar to these following school policies that

were implemented in their school.

 No I.D. No Entry

 Proper uniform

 Proper Haircut

 Going to school early

 No vandalism

 Tardiness

 Respect to teachers

Domain 2: Response Towards the school Policies

In terms of response of the participants towards the

school policies, they mostly answer yes Thus, the

participants are all following the school policies that was

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implemented in their school and no one of them try to violate

the rule with regards to it.

Domain 3: Effects of disobedience

The participants have cited several effects in regards

to disobedience and not following the school policies. Just

like the “No I.D. No Entry” policy, if they did not follow

that policy, they will not be able to enter the school.

Disobedience will lead to having a record in the school

guidance, be reprimanded and will receive certain punishment

for the major or minor offense. One the participants said that

they will receive consequences as per written in their

handbook. One said that he will not be a whole person as a

student if did not follow those policies.

Domain 4: Reasons in violation

In regards to the question “Why there are students who do

not follow school policies?”, the participants answered: (1)

they have other things that they want to do and it is the

opposite of what is in the policy; (2) there are many

anti-social who do not want to follow the policies; (3) some

just do not care about the policies and (4)they are not aware
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of the policies. Three of the participants shared similar

answers and another two shared shared similar answers

Domain 5: School policies in developing students discipline

The participants have stated several responses on how the

school policies help them as students.

The participants said that school policies help them

improve their discipline as a student and it can be applied

inside and outside the school. Thus, they are all getting

advantages in following those school policies implemented in

their school. One of the participants said that the school

policies have been very helpful for him to be more organized.

One told that because of the school policies, “I became more

aware on everything I do.” One said that the school policies

lead them in the right way.

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CHAPTER V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Conclusion

The research was conducted to find out the perception of

students on school policies and its effect to the development

of student’s discipline.

The result of the study showed that some students have the

same perception in regards to school policies. The

participants revealed that there are various reason behind

their disobedience in terms of following school policies.

There were five common codes formulated, such as: (1) they

are not comfortable with the policies; (2) they are not aware

of the policies; (3) they ought not to respect their school;

(4) they can’t express their true identity as following those

policies; and (5) they are naturally disobedient.

Based on the study, researchers identified that there are

some advantages of having school policies as part of

developing student’s discipline.

Recommendation

The researchers recommend to study the perception of

teachers and other discipline councilor to verify their views

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in terms of the implementation of such policies in their

institution. At the same time, the researchers recommend to

create a mandate to inform every student to the good

implementation of having school policies connected to their

behavioural aspects.
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