Passion on Everything: Lived Experiences on Work Immersion of Humanities and Social Sciences Students
Keywords:
Work Immersion, Senior High, K to 12, Lived Experiences, Humanities and Social SciencesAbstract
INTRODUCTION
To achieve greater congruence between basic education and the nation's development targets, Work Immersion, a required subject for Senior High of K to 12 Basic Education Program, has been incorporated into the curriculum (DO 30 s. 2017). This research was conducted to explore the lived experiences on Work Immersion of pioneer graduates of Senior High: Grade 12 Humanities and Social Sciences Students in Tagaytay City Science National High School, SY 2017-2018.
METHODS
One representative of each work immersion venue was invited to be interviewed for data collection, with a total of ten (10) participants sampled using random purposive sampling method.
RESULTS
Data collected from the interviews confirm the success of the Work Immersion execution, with all of the participants declaring that their experiences have met all the objectives of the subject. To this effect, participants requested longer work immersion hours.
DISCUSSIONS
It is recommended that the Department of Education shall review its guidelines for the improvement of work immersion hours. Borrowing the actual words of a student, Work Immersion helped "to put our hearts on what we are doing and to have passion on everything you're assigned to work on."
