Effort and Motivation of Technical-Vocational and Livelihood Students of Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School: A Basis for Academic Intervention Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The research aims to investigate the effort and motivation of the Technical-Vocational and Livelihood students of Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School. In this study, the researchers focused on the Bread and Pastry, Hairdressing, and Housekeeping students. Effort and motivation of technical-vocational and livelihood students’ needs to be investigated in order to help the teachers introduce appropriate interventions to help the students achieve their goals.

METHODS

A validated questionnaire composing of twenty-seven questions was used to determine the efforts and motivation of the student-respondents. The researchers used cluster sampling in the selection of their respondents. Twelve respondents each were selected from Bread and Pastry, Hair Dressing, and Housekeeping strands of the TVL track.

RESULTS

The data collected revealed that the Technical-Vocational and Livelihood students exert effort in and are highly motivated towards their studies. The Bread and Pastry and Hair Dressing students appeared to be exerting effort towards their studies most of the time, with a mean of 3.58 and 3.55. Housekeeping students always exert effort gaining a mean score of 4.23. When it comes to their motivation, the Bread and Pastry and Housekeeping students are the most highly-motivated with a mean of 4.34 and 4.68, respectively. Hair Dressing students are motivated with a mean of 4.20.

DISCUSSIONS

Findings of this study reveal that although it was reported that TVL students have a higher rate of dropping out of school (as compared to those enrolled in the academic track), students are still motivated and are perceived to exert efforts in their academics. This implies that an investigation on the factors as to why students from the TVL track are more likely to drop out should be conducted.