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INTRODUCTION
The Department of Education has made work immersion a requirement for graduation.
DepEd specified that for a Senior High School student to graduate, he/she must undergo work
immersion in an industry that directly relates to his/her postsecondary goal. The said activity is
an opportunity for the students to experience a work-related environment that is based on their
field of specialization.1 In essence, work immersion is a preparatory step for graduating Senior
This research is able to provide ideas and suggestions for recommendations that the
school may consider in order to improve the efficacy and accuracy of the work immersion, as
well as prove that the said activity really is an essential and necessary step in preparing
conduct this research since it can effectively benefit the upcoming grade twelve students of
Cherished Moments School in terms of easing their expectations in undergoing the work
immersion. Having prior knowledge about what they may expect on the said activity can
possibly help them in achieving a stable mindset prepared to undergo work immersion.
Some Junior High School students worry that becoming grade twelve students and
undergoing the work immersion will become a difficult challenge that will cause them more
stress to add up with their school works. It is also the opinion of other Junior High School
students that the work done during the said activity is not entirely related to their chosen field of
specialization. With this in mind, the idea of having to go through it in the future leaves burden to
1
DepEd, https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Work-Immersion.pdf
the students. However, before finding a solution, an important question has to be answered:
how does the work immersion in the K to 12 program affect the grade twelve students of CMS?
1. What are the realizations of the students after undergoing work immersion?
3. What experiences affected the student’s mental, emotional, and physical ability?
C. Hypothesis
Cherished Moments School conducts work immersion for grade twelve students to
prepare them for higher education or employment. It develops the students’ working capacities
and skills and teaches them proper work habits. Thus, the work immersion conducted in CMS
can be considered as an essential step that can accurately and effectively develop the students’
skills relating to their chosen field of specialization. However, alongside its efficacy comes stress
The research targets the grade twelve students of Cherished Moments School in
gathering data and opinions. The research is limited to the work immersion conducted by
Cherished Moments School in specific sites in Manaoag, Mangaldan, Bonuan, San Jacinto, and
Dagupan – thus, it does not cover other students or schools who conduct work immersion on
The study aims to understand if the work immersion conducted in Cherished Moments
School accurately hones the skills of the grade twelve students with regards to their chosen
fields of specialization or not, or if it causes stress to the grade twelve students or not. The
All upcoming grade twelve students. Through this research, all upcoming grade twelve
students can gain an idea about what they might expect from the work immersion conducted by
the school. Furthermore, the results of the research could help the upcoming grade twelve
students in preparing themselves for when they undergo the said activity.
Cherished Moments School administrators. The results from this research can provide
the school’s administrators with recommendations that they may take into account or consider
to improve the work immersion’s efficacy and accuracy and to alleviate the possible stress that
Work Immersions prepare students for the real-world challenges they may experience or
encounter by training them how to work in a company to strengthen their knowledge, skills and
work experience and eventually excel in a specific career. This is why on-the-job trainings and
immersions are provided by educational institutions to help prepare students explore their
chosen careers and acquire 21st-century skills. The school needs to ensure that its students
gain various competencies that would have these future professionals ready for employment. In
this way they will not have much difficulties in planning for and choosing the right course in
college. 2
2
Victory Christian International School (2015) “Immersion: Preparing High School Students for Employment”.
https://vcis.edu.ph/index.php/student_news/immersion-preparing-high-school-students-for-employment/
In the Senior High School Work Immersion Forum, REX Book Store encouraged
everyone to participate in its Isang Nayon initiative and become Whole Partners for Whole
Education who dedicate themselves to nurturing the Filipino Whole Child. It called everyone to
help nurture a Joyful Young Person who is ready to contribute to the community and build the
nation. Through this, the participants of the forum hope to intensify the work immersion program
which Senior High students must experience to open them to the genuine working environment
setting and improve their abilities learned in school.4 In addition, Jan Ryan V. Malang stated that
the 80-hour Work Immersion integrated in the K-12 Curriculum serves as a training ground for
Senior High School students as they choose to head on to either one of the three (3) exits which
are college, employment, or entrepreneurship. Also, it helps in shaping their work ethics and
values as they are expected to act as professionals in their respective host training
establishments. Students were assigned to different public and private institutions depending on
their strand for them to have a glimpse of actual professional work environment. They also had
the opportunity to apply their learning experiences inside the academe and in return will help
them gather meaningful experiences that will be of great help in the near future.5
Dual immersion students are scoring higher than their mono language peers in every
subject. State Sen. Howard Stephenson, who championed the legislation that started dual
immersion in Utah, says “brain researchers are looking into that wondering what is going on.”
3
Rex Book Store (2017) “Senior High School Work Immersion Forum Kicks off New Partnerships for Whole Education”.
http://www.rexpublishing.com.ph/press-releases/2017/09/senior-high-school-work-immersion-forum-kicks-off-new-partnerships-for-
whole-education/
4
Cagayan State University – Carig Campus “12 objective of the work immersion the kto 12 basic”
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p2fc5hh3/12-OBJECTIVE-OF-THE-WORK-IMMERSION-The-Kto-12-Basic-Education-programs-
purpose/
5
Malang, Jan Ryan V. (2018) “Relevance of Work Immersion”. https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-
pampanga/20181212/281672551030541
The student’s brains are more activated.” Young dual-immersion students create a more elastic
brain, making even math and science easier to learn.6 “There is research that children who learn
or acquire two languages simultaneously, that their brains are stretched in the process and they
are actually better equipped in other cognitive areas because of acquiring two languages,” says
Work immersion is advantageous to students who want to experience and learn more
about the life of being employed. It prepares them to the bigger world after graduation and
makes them equipped with relevant skills. 8 Through Work Immersion, the students are exposed
to and become familiar with work-related environment related to their field of specialization to
enhance their competence. Specifically, the students are able to: gain relevant and practical
industrial skills under the guidance of industry experts and workers; appreciate the importance
and application of the principles and theories taught in school; enhance their technical
knowledge and skills; enrich their skills in communications and human relations; and develop
good work habits, attitudes, appreciation, and respect for work. These prepare them to meet the
needs and challenges of employment or higher education after graduation. 9 In addition, students
become good team players; a person who works well with others can go places. Students who
know this early on are better able to improve their communication skills and can be an asset to
the team in building projects. Also, students become financially aware at an early age; by being
exposed to the daily operations of a real work environment, students learn how to think like an
6
Hatch, Heidi (2015) “Dual Immersion students leave sixth grade fluent in two languages”.
https://kutv.com/news/local/dual-immersion-students-leave-sixth-grade-fluent-in-two-languages
7
Wimmer, Nadine (2011) “Utah leading the nation in dual immersion programs”. https://www.ksl.com/article/14481960
8
Pressreader (2018) “The advantages and disadvantages of senior school work immersion program”.
https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/panay-news/20180304/281560881294776
9
Work-Immersion (2017) “K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Senior High School”. https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-
content/uploads/2019/01/Work-Immersion.pdf
adult, manage their finances effectively, and be exposed to acquiring other related skills such as
Lastly, students become goal-driven; students have goals. Immersion trains them how to
achieve these goals by giving them an opportunity to work with and be supervised by
professionals and highly creative people. These people can inspire students to discover their
capabilities.10
If you’re a student and are still not yet convinced how this whole immersion thing will be
of help to you, here are five good reasons why this sort of on-the-job training stint works well for
you: first, you apply classroom lessons to real-life situations; by undergoing the work immersion,
you’ll have the opportunity to apply and appreciate concepts taught inside the classroom when
you do things first-hand in the field. Second, you learn from the experts in the field; under their
guidance, you can expect in-depth insights on how things work that no textbook can fully explain
in detail. Third, you may see yourself in the future; If you want to be a future engineer, scientist
or doctor, then this work immersion will give you a quick preview of your life years from now.
You’ll be familiarized to the working environment and tasks that will be expected of you
someday. Fourth, you prepare yourself for the work life ahead. Lastly, you get to explore
In line with the benefits that some students experience or undergo, there are also some
concerns and difficulties that they may encounter as they go on with their work immersion. One
of its downsides is safety. Since work immersion is done outside the campus, supervision from
10
Victory Christian International School (2015) “Immersion: Preparing High School Students for Employment”.
https://vcis.edu.ph/index.php/student_news/immersion-preparing-high-school-students-for-employment/
11
Cruz, Angel (2018) “Why the STEM Work Immersion Works”. https://blog.edukasyon.ph/senior-high/why-the-stem-work-
immersion-works/
teachers is necessary. Less or no supervision at all is risky on the student’s side and there are
cases that the school is not liable to anything that will happen to the student. This is not just a
burden to the parents but to the school as well. Another one is the variety of results. Though
one of the purposes of having immersions is for the student to develop its abilities and
capabilities related to the subject matter, we cannot deny the fact the development varies from
person to person. To some it might be a very productive immersion but to others, it might be
stressful. So constant evaluation and monitoring is needed.12 The three encountered problems
by the trainees are the time conflicts between classes and OJT schedule, lack of self-confidence
and the distance of the cooperating firm is too far from school.13
Moreover, another setback during work immersion are that there are problems on
professor’s instruction, problems with school adjustment and in adjusting to classmates and
board mates, and problems arising from over-extended schedule or workloads for practice in
money, lack of interest, negative attitude, poor study habits, and homesickness. Only few have
problems on involvement in school activities, not creative, having poor grammar and not being
resourceful. In general, the emotional problems encountered are stress, low self-esteem, and
G. Definition of Terms
12
Kristine (2018) “Issue and Problems Encountered of Work Immersion Students”. Retrieved from
https://brainly.ph/question/1306364
13
St. Mary’s College of Tagum “3 Problems Encountered by the Trainees During Their Work Immersion”. Retrieved from
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p15baeam/3-Problems-Encountered-by-the-Trainees-During-their-Immersion-The-three-most/
14
Ganal, Nicette N. & Guiab. Marissa R. (2014) “Problems and Difficulties Encountered By Students Towards Mastering
Learning Competencies In Mathematics”. https://www.academia.edu/16269152/ROBLEMS_AND_DIFFICULTIES_ENCOUNTERED
_BY_STUDENTS_TOWARDS_MASTERING_LEARNING_COMPETENCIES_IN_MATHEMATICS
15
Vocabulary.com. Retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/employment
Higher Education.16 It is the education provided by a college or university.
Postsecondary.17 It is anything relating to education taking place following graduation from high
school.
institution or may refer to the field in which a specialist practices. (Kytle, Jackson (2012))
Learning competencies.20 These are combinations of attitudes, skills and knowledge that
students develop and apply for successful learning, living and working.
Problems with School adjustments.21 The problems and difficulties with school adjustment relate
to adjustment to college life such as inability to do tasks well and poor relationship with school
The problems relate to many academic and non-academic tasks, projects, and home/family
responsibilities.
16
Vocabulary.com. Retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/higher%20education
17
YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/postsecondary
18
Vocabulary.com. Retrieved from https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/specialization
19
Problems on Professor’s Instruction. (2004) In Problems and Difficulties Encountered by Students Towards Mastering
Learning Competences in Mathematics. Ganal, Nicette N. & Guiab, Marissa R.
20
Learning competencies. (2016) Competencies Overview. The Alberta Education.
21
Problems with School adjustments. (2004) In Problems and Difficulties Encountered by Students Towards Mastering
Learning Competences in Mathematics. Ganal, Nicette N. & Guiab, Marissa R.
22
Problems arising from over-extended schedule/workloads for practice in different competitions. (2004) In Problems and
Difficulties Encountered by Students Towards Mastering Learning Competences in Mathematics. Ganal, Nicette N. & Guiab,
Marissa R.
Problems with regard to adjusting to classmates and board mates.23 This refers to acceptance,
winning the esteem, confidence and respect, and insecurity with other classmates or board
mates.
In this research, data is gathered through interviews and questionnaires or surveys. The
questions on these surveys involve the grade twelve students’ experiences during the work
immersion. The data gathered would inform the researchers of how the work immersion affects
Questionnaire:
1. Did the work immersion give you stress or burden? Was it challenging or difficult to cope
2. Were the activities you did on the work immersion related to your chosen field of
specialization? Please specify the activities you did, and your chosen field of
specialization.
4. Describe your work immersion site (both). Please consider the accessibility of the venue,
23
Problems with regard to adjusting to classmates and board mates. (2004) In Problems and Difficulties Encountered by
Students Towards Mastering Learning Competences in Mathematics. Ganal, Nicette N. & Guiab, Marissa R.
CHAPTER 2
This chapter of the research presents the interpretation of findings and results of careful
statistical analysis, which aims to determine the effects of conducting work immersion on the
grade twelve students of Cherished Moments School. It aims to present the data regarding the
opinions of selected grade twelve students under the following points for basis.
SAFETY
Very Safe
Somewhat Safe
Not Safe
Chart 1 summarizes the opinions of the students about safety, accessibility in terms of
transportation, and cleanliness of the work immersion venues. Based on the data gathered from
the questionnaires and surveys, there is an equally distributed consensus regarding the safety
In Chart 2, in terms of the cleanliness of the work immersion venue, many of the respondents who
have answered whether it is very clean or somewhat clean is almost equal, while the remaining,
not clean.
EASY
AVERAGE
DIFFICULT
As shown in Chart 3, the results varied because of the different answers of the
respondents. Most of them answered average, while a few answered that the given task or
activities were easy and for those who had a difficult experience had the least answers.
CLEANLINESS
RELEVANCE of ACTIVITIES
Very clean
VERY RELEVANT
Somewhat clean
SOMEWHAT RELEVANT
Not clean
NOT RELEVANT
In Chart 4, most of them answered that the activities or tasks they experienced were somewhat
relevant to their chosen field of specialization or strand. The respondents who have answered
them see work immersion beneficial to upcoming grade twelve students for they are able to
experience real world challenges and strengthen their knowledge and skills and eventually excel in
a specific career. Most of them believe that undergoing work immersion will help prepare students
in various ways. For instance, when finding for an occupation, socializing with others,
understanding life beyond a classroom, and in planning for and choosing the right course in
college. It will not just shape or strengthen the capabilities of a student but also their values and
work ethics since they are taught to act as professionals in their respective host training
establishments.
2. We chose that topic to know if the work immersion conducted in Cherished Moments School
accurately hones the skills of the grade twelve students with regards to their chosen fields of
specialization or not, or if it causes stress to the grade twelve students or not, as well as prove
that the said activity is an essential and necessary step in preparing students for higher levels of
education or for employment. Also, we chose this topic since it could benefit the upcoming
grade twelve students of CMS in terms of being knowledgeable with their expectations in
undergoing work immersion.
3. Although some experience stress or burden in undergoing work immersion, most of them see
work immersion beneficial to upcoming grade twelve students for they are able to experience
real-world challenges and strengthen their knowledge and skills, and eventually excel in a
specific career. Most of them believe that undergoing work immersion will help prepare students
in various ways. For instance, when finding an occupation, socializing with others,
understanding life beyond a classroom, and planning for and choosing the right course in
college. It will not just shape or strengthen the capabilities of a student but also their values and
work ethics since they are taught to act as professionals in their respective host training
establishments.
4. I had difficulty in making the RRL since I didn't have much background as to how it should be
done. So, I searched on how RRL is done in order to reduce the complexity of completing it.