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A New Chapter in Our Book: Identifying the Perks of Work Immersion among
Science and Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Students for
Higher Education
Saquillo, Lyza
2020
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Table of Contents
I. Abstract…………………………...……………………………………………………….3
Ii. Introduction…………...……………………………………………………………..…….4
a) Research Designs………………………………………………………..…..……...…9
b) Flowchart of Methodology………………………………………………….…….....10
c) Research Instrument………………………………………………………………….12
IV. Results…...….…………………………..………………………………………….…….12
V. Discussions…………….……..……………………………………………………..…...18
Vii. References…...…………………..……………………………….………………………20
Viii. Appendices………………………….…………………..………………………………..21
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Abstract
The Philippines is now on its 7th year implementing the K-12 program. Since then the program
is expected to have progress overtime including one of its main highlight, the work immersion.
This requirement is only offered among Grade 12-Students which also serves different tasks
according to the strand and track that a student belong; it is made in this way to prepare the
students in the real work place area in the near future. Therefore, the researchers focused on one
of the Senior High School Strands, the Science and Technology Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) Strand. The researchers’ goal is to identify the benefits or the perks of the said Work
Immersion among the Grade 12-STEM Students of San Pedro Relocation National High School
(SPRCNHS). By constructing survey forms to get the corresponding answers in connection to
the following respondents the researchers have gathered the needed data in able to answer the
essential question of the research paper. The research design of the study falls in the
classification of phenomenology since it studies about a group that deals or have experienced on
a one specific event. The respondents have clearly testified their answers according to their work
immersion experiences and it turns out that the Work Immersion among Grade 12-STEM
Students is really beneficial, because it clearly helps the students to have knowledge for their
desired future profession, it also improves one’s analytical, sequential, and interpersonal skills,
and lastly the knowledge gained by the students from their chosen strand (STEM) is applicable
in the work place. Therefore, Work Immersion among the Grade 12-STEM Students of San
Pedro Relocation National High School (SPRCNHS) is beneficial.
A New Chapter In Our Book: Identifying The Perks Of Work Immersion Among Science And
Technology Engineering And Mathematics (Stem) Students For Higher Education
After the signing of Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 by Former President Benigno
Simeon Aquino III, Work Immersion has been added to the curriculum of K-12 Program and
became compulsory for every Grade-12 Students to take in able to complete the corresponding
High School Requirements. Thus, the implication of the additional course will only be credited
for Grade-12 Students and will not affect the Grade-11 Students yet. Work Immersion is one of
the things to look forward in accordance to the implementation of K-12 Program; students that
will undergo this course will give them a glance to their postsecondary profession. Similar to the
On the Job Training (OJT) in colleges, students will be given an 8-hour work shift to comply in
various companies that are inclined to their desired career. Work Immersions vision is to provide
an in-depth learning experience in work-nature among the learners of Senior High School.
The research that will be conducted aim to distinguish the possible effects of the work
immersion which is included in the curriculum of the K-12 program. This study will use the G-
12 STEM students in San Pedro Relocation Center National High School as the respondents.
From this study, it might develop and improve the work immersion program in the country. As
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the students undergo in the program, the result will show if work immersion does really help the
students.
Moreover, the Department of Labor and Employment (2017) has released a statement
that job-skills mismatch plays a role in accordance to unemployment. Therefore, the department
suggests to implement such programs and activities to hone the following skills: (i)
execute accurate industrial skills under the supervision of industry experts and workers; (ii)
acknowledge the importance of moral practices and application in schools and; (iii) improve
their social relation skills; (iv) develop their technical knowledge and skills; and (v) develop
outstanding work habits, attitudes, appreciation, and respect for work. Furthermore the K-12
Program of DepEd deals with all the properties needed for work advancement by the presence of
Work Immersion. But the question here is how Work Immersions help the Grade-12 STEM
Students of San Pedro Relocation National High School.
In addition to this Bebida, Dularaya, Doria, Lubiano, Malaborbor, Rivera and Zarsuelo
(2019) stated that when skills and knowledge are utilized within an organization it will lead to a
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better service quality, customer satisfactory and loyalty, enhanced productivity and higher
knowledge skill.
The article was all about the experience of a STEM student during their work immersion
and according to the Business Mirror (2018) it is said that for the senior high school student's
first impression, work immersion might just be an addition to the workload they already have.
But because of the curriculum, the students are required to experience the actual training of their
desired field. The perspective of the student about it was positive. For them, work immersion is a
journey with full of adventures. As they travel in their place, they were fascinated about the fact
that science is not just a concept that was taught in school and it is fun to apply the things you
learned in the real world. They were able to use the knowledge they acquired during the class.
The experience of their work immersion was enjoyable and they learned more information and
gain knowledge about their field. Because for them, experience is indeed the best teacher.
This study aspired to examine the selected grade 12 students specifically STEM students
to identify the Advantages of Work Immersion. It also includes the profile of the selected grade
12 students of academic year 2019-2020.
1. What are the grade 12 students of SPRCNHS preferences about work immersion?
2. Is work immersion an effective way to picture out your dream future work?
The goal of this study is to give information and most importantly is to pin point the
Perks of Work Immersion among Science and Technology Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) Students for Higher Education. The following individuals below will also be beneficial
on the result of the said study.
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The research will be credited for the teachers to use as a guide in engaging the students to
the expected nature of the Work Immersion. The new discovery and knowledge that the paper
delivers will be sufficient for them as facilitators to educate and help the students in improving or
enhancing the ability and effectiveness of work immersion. On the other hand, this study will
also serve as a tool to use in able for them to give a better outlook on how immersion works and
for them to have a deeper study about the perks of work immersion itself. In a more specified
perspective, the study will be beneficial for those students who are taking STEM Strand as their
Senior High School Strand. In this manner, students will be more knowledgeable about the
Strand and its Work Immersion as well. Furthermore, the study conducted by the responsible and
rightful researchers will also be helpful for the following future researchers; since they have the
chance to have a further study all about the content and direction of the said research paper.
From here they can produce other findings that will help to give more benefits on work
immersion's function and also to have a monitoring process on how Work Immersions become
beneficial to STEM Students.
This study was conducted to pin point the things to consider to the problems all about the
benefits of Work Immersion to the Grade 12 Science and Technology Engineering Mathematics
(STEM) students that are going to move up to the next level this school year of 2019-2020. Any
other issue that are not mentioned will not be included in our research topic
Definition of Terms
Work Immersion - a K-12 academic requirement which goal is to give the Grade 12 students a
hands on activities and closer view on the work nature.
K-12 Program - a term used in education and educational technology in the United States,
Canada, and possibly other countries including Philippines, is a short form for the publicly-
supported school grades prior to college. These grades are kindergarten (K) and the 1st through
the 12th grade (1-12).
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Senior High School - the additional two-year academic courses among junior high schools which
presents different tracks and strands with more specific subjects that will help learners to hone
their skills.
Course - an academic path primarily viewed as a choice for further education that provides
specialized subjects connected to a specific profession.
Conceptual Framework
In this study the researcher determined the benefits of work immersion among the Grade
12 Science and Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students of San Pedro
Relocation National High School.
Identifying the perks of Conducted a survey through Help the junior high
work immersion among questionnaire regarding the schools to have an advance
Science and said topic amidst Grade 12 look on how work
Technology students of San Pedro immersion works on the
Engineering and Relocation National High past years. And to also give
Mathrmatics (STEM) School S.Y. 2019 - 2020 certain points on improving
for higher education Applied Minimal Statistical and maintaining the quality
Treatments of work immersion.
Analyzed and Interpret the
Gathered Data.
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Figure 1.A New Chapter in Our Book: Identifying the Perks of Work Immersion among Science
and Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Students for Higher Education,
Shows the paradigm of the study all about the significance of the benefits of the Work
Immersions among the Grade 12-STEM Students.
Research Design
This study is conducted in able to gather the following perks or benefits given by the
Work Immersion among the Grade 12-STEM Students of San Pedro Relocation Center National
High School (SPRCNHS).
This research is made under the process of phenomenology, wherein a specific group’s
experience to a detailed event is tackled. In this case the study focuses on the experience of the
chosen Grade 12-STEM Students as respondents in connection to their work immersion
experience is recorded in able to get a result as the main answer in the question that the said
research paper have.
To make the research happen, the researchers have constructed survey forms in able for
them to conduct a survey to 36 Grade 12- STEM Students for the section which have already
done to their Work Immersion.
Flowchart of Methodology
Construct a framework or outline that pin points the direction of the study.
Create survey forms
For clarification, this study is a qualitative research but the researchers conduct a survey
and use a minimal statistical treatment because it will be more effective for them to gather the
data; and they saw that in this practice it is more suitable for their research topic. After the
application of statistical treatments the researchers analyzed and interpret the results from the
following gathered data
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Research Instrument
This study is produced by using the means of survey forms; the researchers have
formulated questions that will give answers in connection to the benefits of work immersion
among Grade 12-STEM Students. Afterwards, these questions are compiled and reproduced to
distribute evenly among the chosen 36 respondents. The survey forms or questionnaires are
divided into two parts; the choices type and the open-ended questions part.
Results
I. The following statements below are the corresponding answers of the Grade 12-STEM
Students of San Pedro Relocation National High School from the given survey sheets as
part of the conducted research all about the Benefits of Work Immersion among Grade
12-STEM Students which are also accompanied by the respondent’s tally of votes. This
first part mainly focuses on the student’s view to the work place and the work immersion
as well with provided choices or guides to choose from.
1. Would you recommend the place where you did your work immersion?
I think so 36
I don’t think so 0
According to Table 1.1, all Grade 12 STEM students said that they recommend the place
where they worked at.
2. Does work immersion help you to widen your knowledge in the field/ degree you want to
take?
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Yes 33
Only a little 2
No 1
According to Table 1.2, majority of them said that work immersion helped them to widen
their knowledge in their future field or work. But some of them said it will probably help
them. And only one person said it will not help him/her.
Easy 4
Average 31
Difficult 1
According to Table 1.3, most of them said that the level of difficulty of their work
immersion is average. Some of them said it is easy and few of them said it is difficult.
Strongly Agree 33
Strongly Disagree 0
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According to Table 1.4, most of them said that they are strongly agreeing that work
immersion will help them to improve their skills and some said they are not sure about it.
Yes 35
I don’t know 1
No 0
According to Table 1.5, most of them said that work immersion is an effective
preparation for their chosen field or work and only one person said he/ she doesn’t know.
Yes 29
No 7
According to Table 1.6, most of them said that the company or workplace they worked at
satisfied their expectations but some said that the workplace they worked at didn’t reach
their expectations.
Strongly Agree 35
Maybe 1
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Strongly Disagree 0
According to Table 1.7, most of them said that they are agreeing to the concept of work
immersion and only one people said he/she disagree to this concept.
Yes 36
No 0
According to Table 1.8, all of them said that work immersion helped them to improve
their social and communication skills.
II. The second part is the open-ended question type of the survey sheets. And these are the
following insights of the students in connection to their work immersion experience.
It will be difficult. 15
It will be exciting. 4
It will be fun. 4
It will be easy. 3
It will be satisfying. 2
I was pressured. 3
Based on the Table 2.1, majority of Grade 12 STEM Students have an impression for
work immersion that it will be difficult, since this is a first time experience. There are
also students who view the said activity as an exciting and enjoyable requirement. On the
other hand, minority of the students have a first impression on work immersion that it
will be easy; part of it states that this activity will deliver pressure to students. But some
students agree to the view that work immersion will provide knowledge to every Grade
12 STEM students.
It is good. 9
It is fun. 10
It improved my skills. 6
I gained knowledge. 7
• Based on the Table 2.2, majority of the, STEM students have a fun and good experience
after their participation to the work immersion. In connection to this, many Grade 12
STEM students have testifies that they have gained knowledge and also improved their
corresponding skills due to the presence of the said requirement. Minority, of the group
stated that work immersion for them is mind blowing. On the other hand students also
said that their companies turned out to be hospitable for them which become beneficial
for them to learn technical drawings.
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Yes 31
I think so 1
No 4
Based on the Table 2.3, majority of the respondents said that the company where they
had their work immersion practices the right business ethics. While minority of the result
concluded that the company did not practice it
4. Are you able to use the lesson you have learned in the strand of STEM in your work
immersion?
Yes 30
Some of it 3
No 3
Based on the Table 2.4, most of the Grade 12 STEM students, which are the respondents,
answered that they are able to use the lesson they had learned in the strand of STEM
during their work immersion. On the other hand, few of them said they were not able to
apply all of the things they had understood during the class.
Discussions
According to the results gathered from the given data produced by the cooperative
respondents, it is clearly manifested that the Work Immersion is successful in completing its goal
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to give benefits among the chosen Grade 12-STEM Students of San Pedro Relocation Center
National High School (SPRCNHS).
On the other hand, in spite of the negative answers presented by the respondents;
majority of the Grade 12-STEM Students have given a positive response on the constructed
questions based on their experience.
By looking at the result of the two divided groups of questions (choices type and open-
ended type) it is accepted as a success since there is a higher positive response from the group of
respondents.
From here, the researchers have evaluated that the Grade 12-STEM Students of San
Pedro Relocation National High School have a high rate of preference to their Work Immersion.
Because according to the respondents, it improves their skills in different fields that will be
applicable in the work place and they stand to agree for the said concept of the work immersion
among Grade 12 students, especially among STEM students.
The respondents have also testified that Work Immersion is an effective way to picture
out their dream future work since the tallies presents that it really helps them (the Grade 12-
STEM Students) to have a preparation for their future field.
Conclusion
In connection to the following results gathered by the researchers, the following perks of
the Work Immersion are as follows: (i) It widens the student’s knowledge in their future field or
work; (ii) It engages the students in effective preparation for their chosen field or work; (iii) It
will help them to improve their skills especially in analytical and sequential manner; and (iv)
They testified that the Work Immersion plays a big role in improving their social communication
skills (Interpersonal Skill).
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To give additional findings from the gathered results, the Grade 12-STEM Students said
that they are able to use the lesson they had learned in the strand of STEM during their work
immersion.
Recommendation
Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, the following ideas below were
displayed to serve as guides on what the future researchers can perform:
1. Pin point the hindrances that the school faces in choosing a company for the
Grade 12-STEM Students’ work immersion
2. Find other school activities or requirement that will engage STEM students in
having the skills beneficial in their work immersion.
3. Identify possible problems that a student face upon doing his/ her part in a work
immersion?
References
Bebida, Z.Y., Daluraya, J.C., Doria, D.L., Lubiano, D.R., Malaborbor, M.A.Z., Rivera, G.C.,
Zarsuelo, E.Z. (2019). Influence of Work Immersion on Enhancing the Knowledge and
Skills of Selected Grade 12 Students in Luis Palad Integrated High School (Unpublished
Dissertion) Luis Palad Integrated High School, Tayabas, Philippines.
Business Mirror. (2018). Student’s work immersion: A journey through S&T. Business Mirror
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/03/11/students-work-immersion-a-journey-through-
st/?fbclid=IwAR16osymncnrdlFvuRG073K7Y5Re4xhzBad7xmpYMVV-
Ke8nHKVuIfmsadE
Department of Labor and Employment. (2017). DOLE forms TWG to protect K-12 senior HS
during work immersion. https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/dole-forms-twg-to-protect-k-12-
senior-hs-during-work-immersion/
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The Australian Embassy – The Asia Foundation Partnership in the Philippines. (2018). Work
Immersion: Real Work Experience at Senior High. CfC Reform Story 8 Work
Immersion Real World Experience. p. 03.
https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CfC-Reform-Story-8-Work-
Immersion-Real-World-Experience.pdf.
Appendices
Questionnaire
Dear Respondents:
Greetings!
We are the STEM students of San Pedro Relocation Center National High School who are
recently enrolled at Practical Research I. Presently, we are conducting a study entitled “A New
Chapter in our Book: Identifying the Perks of Work Immersion among Science Technology
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Students for Higher Education”. With this regard, we
are asking for your precious time, and effort to answer all the questions from this questionnaire
that is important for the completion of the study.
Rest assured that all the data gathered from you will be kept in the highest level of
confidentiality.
Your positive response in this request will be a valuable contribution for the success of
the study and will be highly appreciated
Sincerely,
Researchers
Gender: _
I. Direction: Please check (√) the box that corresponds to the answer that suits you.
1. Would you recommend the place where you did your work immersion to others?
2. Does work immersion help you to widen your knowledge in the field/degree you want
to take?
Yes No
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Yes No
II. Open Ended Questions: Please answer the following questions honestly.
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3. Does the company you worked for practice proper business ethics?
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4. Are you able to use the lesson you have learned in the strand of STEM in your work
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