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Chapter I-III
Chapter I-III
A Research Proposal
Submitted to the Faculty of the
Senior High School
Lyceum of the Philippines University Cavite
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements of the Subject
Practical Research 1
Hernandez, Joshua C.
Lelis, Kathleen T.
November 2017
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
can be globally competitive. Some of the schools do not offer Senior High School
resulting to congestion of K-12 accredited schools. Most of the accredited schools were
private and they offer voucher to help students those from public schools in their
finances, for them, to driven transfer in it. A student, especially the ones who came from
public school who is used with the system of his/her old school may develop a certain
feeling of unfamiliarity and uncertainty to the new things being presented to the student
who transferred to the new environment with a new set of boundaries and traditions. It
will somehow cause them huge challenges like culture shock and need them to cope up
regarding the said problems, specifically the ABM students from the academic track of
identify the reasons of culture shock and give notice on the strategies that a student can
do in dealing with culture shock when transferred from public school to a private school.
Coping up with the new set of rules and regulations, traditions, activities, teaching
methods and etc., may give difficulty to the students and that is why the researchers plan
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to conduct this study for the good not only of the students but also for the people around
them.
Dealing with culture shock could be difficult for some students especially when
they have not experienced it before. The researchers decided to take advantage of this
phenomenon to help students in this problem. Thus, resulted into different problems that
might be answered at the end of the research. The main problem is that the researchers
need to find out what can be the possible strategies to overcome culture shock. Moreover,
there are three specific problems that came up from the given major problem.
The researchers will look for answers that may help to solve the following
research questions:
Major Problem: What are the outlooks of ABM students about culture shock?
Minor problem:
2. What are the common preparatory measures done by transferees from public
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Conceptual Framework
transferee from public school, experiences culture shock. Furthermore, the researchers
will attain data through conducting interviews to the respondents. Moreover, the
researchers will interpret the data gathered to come up with a conclusion for what causes
the respondents to experience culture shock. Additionally, the researchers will give an
insight to the readers on how to be able to cope up with the new environment.
The research will focus on the reasons why culture shock is experienced and how
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite from public school cope up with culture
shock. This study focuses on the culture shock mainly happens and experiences by the
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students when they transfer to different school. Basically, the researchers want to know if
there is significant effect to the students who transfer from public school to Lyceum of
The respondents of this study are the students who transfer from public school to
Lyceum University of the Philippines–Cavite. Old students and transferee from other
private school are not included as respondents. The parameter of the locale is within the
University of Cavite only. Other branches of Lyceum are not part of the study.
The findings of the study may provide awareness to everyone on how they can
adapt when transferred to a different set of community. The study could help in the
improvement of the performance of every student especially those who came from public
schools. Based on the study of Eastern Michigan University about culture shock, “is to
examine the culture shock experienced by the students in order to get a better
understanding of the issues involved in this process and be able to find ways to respond
The findings of this research will be a great benefit, specifically, to the following:
Students. In order for the students to easily cope up in their new environment, this
study could enlighten and give background on what life they would possibly experience
when they decide to transfer from public school to a private school and vice versa. In this
Parents. The result of the research may help the parents of every student in such a
way of having a background of what could be the life and effect in their child if they
transfer them in a private school and in what way they can help their child. This can
lessen as well the unawareness of themselves when it comes on things their child dealing
with.
Teachers. This study may help the teachers in a way that this would be their guide
to know how they will approach and cope up with their transferee students from public
school in order for the students to be comfortable with the new environment they have
been experiencing.
Other researchers. This study will provide another information and ideas to other
Definition of Terms
Management).
K-12 program- the K-12 program covers Kindergarten up to 12 years of basic education
(six years of primary education, 4 years of Junior High School, and another 2 years for
Senior High School). This program helps the students to master their chosen field or
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track.
Voucher- enables students to claim a “discount” or a deduction from the cost of tuition
and other fees charged by a non-DepEd SHS where he or she will enroll.
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter presents a review of relevant literature, studies and concepts essential
to the development of the conceptual framework and the direction of the study.
Synthesis
them huge challenges like culture shock and the need to cope up with the changes. For
may occur (Jibreel, 2015). This chapter will provide a background upon the phenomenon
of culture shock and the reasons why it is experienced by transfer students. It also
includes the different strategies that may use in order for the students to deal effectively
with culture shock. Furthermore, in this chapter, the theses, articles, and journals of
authors and researchers are showed to provide an overview about what can be the
Related Literature
a private school and public school. He mentioned five differences, they are: class size, the
staff, parental contact, facilities, and consequences. He elaborated these five differences
in a way that it can help the student or parent who wish to go either themselves or their
child to a public or private school. He also added some advices to make the student’s
transition a lot easier, “consider these tips for a smooth transition: be open to change,
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together; encourage risk taking; but, stay in line; and, emphasize strengths”. Those
differences that are stated can cause the students some problems like culture shock and
overcome". Culture shock will be experienced by the student, it may not be right away
but sooner or later it will happen. Culture shock, as discussed by him, is a sudden loss of
everything familiar which result to confusion and difficulty in adjusting to a new place or
about culture shock: it is not unusual; it will not last; and, support is everywhere.
On the other hand, in the journal of Xia (2009) mentioned that, “when people
encounter a new culture and experience culture shock, change and unfamiliarity
includes a large and diverse set of symptoms. Although not everyone will experience all
the symptoms, almost all people will experience some parts. Culture shock has negative
Furthermore, Furnham (2012) added that, “going to ‘strange places’ and losing
the power of easy communication can disrupt self-identity, world views and indeed all
systems of acting, feeling and thinking”. There are long lists of the symptoms of culture
shock that include cognitive, emotional, physiological and other reactions. Also,
according to his article, he stated that many researchers have attempted to predict the
factors that why individuals suffer from culture shock. There are a lot of possible factors
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why culture shock is experienced, but the researchers will try to narrow it down to the
common factors.
In addition, the findings of Wu et al. (2015) in their research article states that,
“they have to deal with the people, society, school, psychological status, and behavioral
changes in order to adapt to the new environment”. Even though they experienced culture
shock, students are motivated by these challenges to develop strategies to solve problems.
The adjustment and adaptation really takes time and effort, and need a lot of support from
different aspects.
More importantly, Keller, (2014) gave tips on how to prevent or minimize the
effects of culture shock. She said that, "before you go, inform yourself about the place
you will be going to for example by reading books, looking up information on the
internet, talking to students or other to that place and etc.”. Keller (2014) explained that,
in this way you can your experience and even prevent culture shock. This study is
connected to our present study in a way how to decrease the effect and cope with culture
shock. As said in this related literature, one must know the information about the place
you are going to. It is not only preventing or diminishing the impact culture shock but it
One article also showed strategies on how to cope up with culture shock. It
explained that students might be exposed to many new customs, habits and ideas. One tip
gave by the author is to be patient (Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, n.d). Be
patient because you cannot realize the culture of your environment easily it requires a lot
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connected to our current study because it explains the strategy clearly and these strategies
can also help students to overcome or cope up with culture shock. As said in the example
In general, these academic texts are related to our present study in a way that it
tackled what culture shock is, who may experience it and how to overcome it. Also,
culture shock is inevitable, it may not be experienced right away but sooner or later it will
happen. Meanwhile, in most cases, the influence of culture shock on individuals has
not always related to negative effects, it also has some positive effects.
Related Studies
strain and anxiety resulting from contact with a new culture and the feelings of loss,
confusion, and impotence, which are due to loss of accustomed cultural cues and social
rules”. The study of Baier (2005) is to examine the culture shock experienced by the
students in order to get a better understanding about this issue. Moreover, Baier (2005)
contribute to culture shock of students. The main objective of the study is to determine
the three main factors and these are: cultural differences and misunderstanding; the
language and fear of contact; and, societal differences. Although, he analyzed that there
are different factors that can contribute to culture shock but these were the main answers
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of the respondents. In the same way, the researchers aim that the reasons of why culture
On the other hand, according to Jibreel (2015), “coming to a new culture can be
very distressing which can harm an individual’s mental health due to the cultural shock”.
The discomfort caused by cultural differences might not always be noticeable among
students. Also, some of the misconceptions that others have about certain cultures could
also be the root of the misunderstanding. Identifying what are the possible causes culture
shock is experienced will somehow provide awareness to everyone on how can they
The study conducted by the said researchers (Baier, Pelling, and Jibreel) is related
to the present study because the former researches and the present study focus on the
reasons of having culture shock of students. In fact, the findings of the researchers have
determined the main factors why culture shock is experienced by the students
Furthermore, the researchers will able to predict what would be the findings of the
present study and somehow be a guide to the students experiencing culture shock.
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter gave an outline of research methods that were followed in the study.
Research Design
The quote, “we know not through our intellect but through our experience”
(Merleau-Ponty, n.d.), explains that we are gaining more intellect through our
experiences. Since, this study aims to obtain information from different respondents as to
why they experienced and how they overcome culture shock in transferring from a public
to a private school, the researchers will conduct interviews to their respondents who are
connected or related to our topic and will use phenomenological method for their
perception and experiences of the respondents in a more detailed way. Thus, the
researchers chose this design because it will help them in understanding the data they will
Locale
The site selected as the place of study is the school where the researchers are
currently enrolled in. The school is named Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite,
graduates. The institution is located at Governors drive, General Trias City, Cavite and is
headed by Mr. Mhar Angelo Bayot, the Headmaster of the International School. The
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school was chosen due to the surge of new students brought by implementation of K-12
curriculum; these new students, specifically, the students who came from public school,
Sources of Data
For the study purpose, both primary and secondary sources are used. The primary
data collected are from grade 11 Accountancy, Business and Management students of
data collected are from the previous study of other researchers. Moreover, these primary
and secondary sources cover all aspects of the study. The primary data are connected
through the experiences and the way of response of the respondents. Furthermore, the
secondary data conveys the former studies that the researchers can use to make the study
more credible. Overall, these data collected will serve a purpose in our research study.
Research Instruments
The researchers decided to use interviews as the data collection instrument for this
study. The grade 11 Accountancy, Business and Management students from the Lyceum
of the Philippines University-Cavite are the target respondents of the research. There
transferee students from public school intended to be interviewed. The sampling method
probability sampling that is used to choose people through their distinct characteristics
that were set by the researchers. There are at least 10 questions that the researchers will
ask to the respondents. The interview questions aspire to attain appropriate information
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regarding culture shock from the response of the interviewee. The reasons of culture
shock from transferring to public school to a private school as well as the possible
strategies that can be done during the dilemma will be answered through the list of
questions. The interview questions can be found at the appendix part of the paper.
The researchers will write a letter asking for the permission of the headmaster to
have a proper permit to interview some of their Accountancy, Business and Management
students as part of the study. Right then, they will request for the approval of the current
teacher of the student that they were going to interview and if some instances rise they
will go for the second option which is the interview of students during their free time.
The respondents of the interview are those transferee Accountancy, Business and
Management students who came from public school and transferred to Lyceum of the
Philippines University-Cavite.
Data Analysis
The researchers will collect data through interviews that will be validated using
content validity. This type of validity will be used to determine whether the information
given by the students able to provide necessary information. This instrument was
developed through the guidance of Mr. Lord Jeseas Conwi, a Psychology Major Graduate
1113 section for the betterment of the interview questionnaires. They did not serve as
respondents of the study. The result of the pre-test will be analyzed to ensure clarity and
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to determine whether they could yield the data needed in the study.
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