Competency-Based Training in Teaching Technical Vocational Education

Abstract

Introduction

The study looked into the effectiveness of Competency-Based Training in the Technical Vocational Education for improving the performance and self-efficacy of Grade 8 students in their Beauty Care Services specialization.

Methods

The qualitative and experimental method was adopted in this study. There are 48 respondents grouped in Set A and Set B based on the teaching approach used the Conventional Teaching Approach and Competency-Based Training Approach

Results

The findings of the study revealed that the CBT approach produced higher students' performance and self-efficacy. Students' performance under the CBT approach was 86.65 while that of the Conventional Teaching Approach was only 80.03. Likewise, the students in the CBT group gained higher self-efficacy than those in the Conventional Teaching Approach

Discussions

Students performed better using the CBT approach as described as very satisfactory and had higher self-efficacy results closer to 130, which was the perfect score. The technical-vocational school must demand the use of the CBT approach in teaching TVE specialization.TVE teachers must undergo training in TM 1 and review the importance of CBT so they can able to apply to their class.