Work Immersion Performance of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Students: Inputs for Improved Work Immersion Program
Keywords:
Work Immersion, Job Performance, Academic Performance, ICT students, Pre-Work ImmersionAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Work Immersion curriculum is designed to make students acquire relevant practical skills and to appreciate the significance of the application of principles and theories taught in school. This study aimed to determine the relationship between academic performance and work immersion performance of the ICT students in terms of job performance and attitude towards work. This study focuses on the work immersion performance of ICT students to further improve the work immersion program. Furthermore, it concentrates on the observable work performances of the students such as job performance and attitude towards work.
METHODS
A descriptive quantitative design of the research method was utilized in the study. This research involves Grade 12 Technical Vocational -Information and Communication Technology (ICT) students for the school year 2017-2018 of Tinga Sorosoro Integrated School who underwent work immersion.
RESULTS
Results showed that the students obtained outstanding performance ratings in terms of attitude towards work and very satisfactory on job performance. This study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between academic performance and the work immersion performance in terms of job performance, thus no significant relationship between academic performance and attitude towards work in work immersion.
DISCUSSIONS
There is a need to integrate work-related scenarios in teaching and learning activities in the core, applied and specialized subjects in consonance to the indicator of applying knowledge of content within and across curriculum teaching areas. More so, providing more case studies to analyze and simulate work instances would be considerable. It would be significant also to hold an industrial tour to familiarize students in the workplace settings prior to deployment of students. The proposed action plan for the Pre-Work Immersion Program may be utilized to further improve work immersion performance of students.
