Attitude and Performance of Grade 7 Students towards Electrical Installation and Maintenance Subject: Input to an Instructional Materials

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the most challenging subjects that a secondary school teacher instructs is Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE). Besides having four components, it really does focus on the holistic development of the students. From discovering future entrepreneurs, cooks, bakers, and designers, the teacher has to discover future artists and skilled workers. Hence, these teachers have to perform multifarious functions to bring out the best among the students.

METHODS

The researcher used the descriptive design and utilizes self-made questionnaire as the data gathering instrument. A questionnaire was a means of eliciting the feelings, beliefs, experiences perceptions, or attitudes of some sample individuals. The questionnaire was most frequently a very concise, preplanned set of questions designed to yield specific information to meet a particular need for research information about a pertinent topic.

RESULTS

Based on the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: The attitude and performance of the students towards electrical installation and maintenance as a subject in TLE poses positive outlook about the discipline since the subject itself does practical and skill-based subject. The students assessed the instruction of TLE teachers on electrical installation and maintenance as a subject in terms of teaching strategies, learning activity and facilities are significant in measuring the attitude and performance of the student towards the subject. The proposed instructional material may strengthen the electrical installation and maintenance instruction.

DISCUSSIONS

The conduct of this study was based on the observation of the researcher that grade 7 students and teachers in BNHS encounter difficulties in teaching and learning its content and application as part of the teaching, and learning process. They are also facing instructional challenges like lacking on instructional materials and equipment, school facilities and lack of teachers' competencies for better assessment of electrical installation and maintenance instruction. Most ofthe students easily feel the boredom in class as they are not interested to learn. As for the teacher’s experience, the students' motivational capacity is the factor that finds difficulty to facilitate learning.