Seeing the Big Picture: A Phenomological Study in Strengthening the TVL in Automotive

Servicing & Electrical Installation & Maintenance Work Immersion Program through
School-Industry Partnerships in the Division of Antipolo

Francis A. Villamor, Maricel A. Cruz, Sheilah May Maguad Villamor

Background of the Study

Seeing the Big Picture builds not only the hopes and dreams of the future generations but

also gives meaning to educators. It makes the work more fulfilling and purpose-driven by highlighting

their capabilities and directing them to a positive skill and holistic growth and development. This

direction will help shape their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values, in defining their chosen path

through strengthening the industry partnership and linkages to further enhance the work immersion

program.

The researchers gained interest since there are only few studies about the impact of work

immersion program. Conducting this research may help the education administrators to strengthen

the work immersion program through school industry partnerships leading to the formulation of

related programs for its successful implementation. In reviewing and analyzing the core results of the

study, they may reflect the strengths and areas of improvement according to the perceptions and

experiences of students, teachers and administrators for future plans and programs.

For the past years, education and reforms of linking technical education with the industry

has been one of the most important innovations. As pointed out by Dhameja (2007) this linkage

between the institute and industry is recognized not only in the Philippines but also in ASEAN

nations as an essential requirement in training and developing the right kind of technical

manpower necessary to sustain and promote industrial and economic growth.

Because of this reform, there is a need for institutions to keep in tune with the changing

industrial requirements. Institutions should think of higher level technology based education

program to meet the demands of the industry, Along this line, Bullies (2009) stressed to be
successful in a particular technical field, trainees should immersed in the industry where certain

products are completed.

Borbye (2009) shared the view that the industry work environment has dramatically

changed during the last two decades because the skills needed in the industry today are very

much different. The technology skills needed by the industry have high level of technical

aptitude and multiple professional competencies which are interdisciplinary to meet the global

arena

In this globalization era, educational reform is inevitable as it happens at a global level,

and it does bring significant and direct impact at the school level. With the clamor of quality

education, the Philippines, in particular is untiring to look for more strategies to make

educational system more functional and realistic when applied to a real – world situation.

As stated in Article XIV Section 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution to wit:

“The state shall protect and promote the right of all

citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take

appropriate steps to make education accessible to all.”

In response to the challenge and clamor for change however, the Educational Act of

1982, Chapter 2, Sec. 4, the educational system is envisioned to:

“Respond effectively to the changing needs of the nation

through a system of educational planning and evaluation.”

As a matter of practice, the curriculum in the Philippines is revised every ten years, but

the rapid rate of change in education and the fast obsolescence of knowledge necessitates

continual revisiting and updating of the curriculum to make it responsive to emerging changes

and needs of the learners and the society. Educators in the academe believe that curriculum is

the core of the students’ development, it is a very reflection of the performance of the students,
that is why educators think of a creative and dynamic, structured, meaningful, referential and

interpersonal curriculum of framework of instruction.

II. Action Research Questions

The study aimed to determine the factors in strengthening Implementation of the TVL

Automotive Servicing and Electrical Installation Maintenance Work Immersion Program

through School Industry Partnerships.

Specifically, it aims to answer the following sub problems:

1. How do the students trainees assess the Implementation of the TVL Automotive

Servicing and Electrical Installation Maintenance Work Immersion Program through

School Industry Partnerships with respect to:

1.1 Industry partners selection

1.2 Work orientation

1.3 Work place Safety & maintenance

1.4 Training policies

1.5 Program Implementation

2 Is there a significant difference between the assessments of the three groups of

respondents in the Implementation of the TVL Automotive Servicing and Electrical

Installation Maintenance Work Immersion Program through School Industry Partnerships?

3. What are the problems encountered by students, immersion teachers and industry

supervisors in the Implementation the TVL Automotive Servicing and Electrical Installation

Maintenance Work Immersion Program through School Industry Partnerships.

4. What enhancement programs could be developed based on the results of the study?
Related Literature

The Industry Immersion Program is planned and closely supervised “hands-on-learning”

internship experience. Students are exposed to a wide range of real life-work experience

activities and opportunities to observe and perform operational and administrative duties in an

organization. These sessions serve the dual purpose of enabling learning exchanges with

leading industry practitioners, while at the same time providing an excellent platform for the

invitees to assess the caliber of the students at the institute, resulting in the invaluable

interchange both for the students and potential recruiters before the Campus Placement

Process begins as cited in the (http://www.rp.edu.eg/Schoolof Hospitality Industry Immersion

Program.aspx)

The objectives of the industry immersion program are a.)Facilitating students to gain

work experience in the field of students b) allowing students to adapt effectively to future

equipment c)Developing students’ good work , ethics and d) expanding students’ network of

contacts Understanding/hearing from the ground, engaging in good public relations being

cooperative and showing diligence in works will make the job easier and efficient.

(http;//www.rp.edu.sg/School of engineering/Learning_Experiences/Industry-

Immersion_Programme _(IIP).

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are actively seeking effective approaches to

improve the benefits gained from the internship program. Despite this trend, logistics firms are

still facing difficulties on logistics graduates who are unable to apply knowledge gained into

working environments. Advantages of internships for students increased career opportunity,

higher salaries, quicker job offers, faster promotion rates, job satisfaction, ease of transition

from college to work, better communication skills, working and applying knowledge gained from

classroom. Internship provides benefits for colleges and universities. The institution builds a tie-
up with companies that may eventually employ their graduates by offering on-the job training

opportunities. The data and other advantage is that it maintain and makes revisions or proposes

modifications the curriculum current to satisfy the requirement of industry. (Chavez, 2014)

According to Ebreo et.al, (2014) that On-the Job Training is always a part of the Higher

Education curriculum which aims to harness the knowledge, values and skills of students

before they partake to the challenges of the work environment. According to them, this is a great

opportunity for students to understand the theories and principles better. Through experience

and practice. Learning by doing is a tested approach in education to get greater output from the

trainees and develop their potential to become future assets of the organizations. An internship

combines the theory that the students learned in school with practical work experience.

According to Hernandez, et. al (2014), remarked that OJT program is a great resume-

builder, since one of the biggest challenges facing new graduates was the lack of real-life

experience. On-the-Job training opportunities could benefit an internship program that would

help a college graduate in looking for a job in the course of the summer or semester.

Another relevant study was conducted by Buted, et.al (2014) entitled “internship

Performance of Tourism and Hospitality Students “Internship Performance of Tourism and

Hospitality Students: Input to Improve Internship Program. “The study assessed the level of

performance of the interns as a result of the evaluation by the manager or immediate

supervisors of the different establishments where the interns were deployed.

Another related study was conducted by “Martinez, et. al (2014) which determined the

correlation of the On-the-Job Training performance of the AB Mass Communication students

during SY 2013-2014 in terms of their personal characteristics, attitudes towards the job, job

performance, adherence to the company policy and competence with their academic

performance in Advertising Principle and Media Marketing. On-the-Job training provides various

real life learning experience that could be a great help towards the achievement of greater

knowledge, skills and values necessary for job placement.

 The study of Martinez and the present study are very much related since the current

study is concerned on job satisfaction and employability as basis for the immersion program

improvement and their attitudes towards work. They differ in terms of respondents, student,

course, and the other variables of the study.

Chavez (2014) conducted another related study about “Developing Students’

Competencies and Academic Performance through Academe-Industry Partnership of the

Lyceum of the Philippines University in Batangas City. The descriptive type of research revealed

that the Engineering interns have very high competencies in terms of attitude and high

performance in personality.

The study of Chavez is very much related to the present study since it also focused on

the OJT of students’ trainees’ job performance and competencies. They only differ in terms of

the respondents in which the later study focused on engineering interns while the present study

is concentrated in the Automotive Servicing students. Another difference was on the venue and

the respondents of the study. The present study respondents will be from the selected Senior

High School students in the Division of Antipolo while Chavez respondents’ were from Batangas

City.

Bernardo, et. al (2014) had a study which determined the On-the-Job Training

Performance of the students from AB Paralegal Studies in terms of personal characteristics,

attitudes towards the job, of performance , adherence to the company policy and competence.

The study used descriptive-correlation type of research method. The 14 On-the-Job student

Trainees from the Paralegal Studies were the participants of this study. The Student Office

Trainees’ Performance Appraisal Report was used as the instrument of the study which is

consistently used by the College of Education, Arts and Sciences (CEAS) to assess the

performance of OJTs. Pertinent data were gathered through the documentary analysis of the

submitted appraisal report from the CEAS. It is found out that there is a need to enhance the

communication skills of the students by giving them more verbal exercises as teaching and
learning activities as well as giving more to analyze and stimulate for better understanding of the

subject. Training effectiveness was also found to cause behavior ( i.e skill transfer for job

performance). Thereby resulting in organizational performance achieving organizational

objective and improves work quality.

The study of Bernardo is also related to the present study since it is also concentrated

on the job and employment satisfaction of student trainees in the immersion program and their

attitudes towards work. They differ in terms of classification of respondents, student, venue, and

scope of the study.

Another relevant study was conducted by Quinzon (2015) entitled “Assessment of the

Technical Teacher Education Curriculum and its correlation to TESDA Standards: Input to the

Proposed Curriculum Policy Articulation. The study assessed the Bachelor Technical Teacher

Education (BTTE)) major in Drafting Technology and Food and Services Management, in the

State Colleges and Universities at the National Capital Regions (NCR) offering the program ad

its correlation to the TESDA standards.

Using the descriptive method, the study gathered the data from the 28 SUCs instructors

teaching Drafting Technology 28 instructors’ teaching food and services management, 55

drafting students, 41 food and services management, and 41 industry partners in drafting and

food service and management. A Curriculum Policy Articulation was proposed based on the

result of the study regarding the four components which are the general education component

and professional education component.

The reviewed study is quite related to the present study since it also involved student

trainees and industry partners as respondents in evaluating the industry competency standards.

It differs in terms of content variables and the main problem.

In the study conducted by Antonio (2014) on “Curriculum Review and Industry

Employability Competencies of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Students: Inputs to

a Curriculum Enhancement.” The study determined the extent of the curriculum review of the
Bachelor of Science and Technology (BSIT) program of thee selected State Universities in

Region 2 and its relation to the employability competencies of the students in the industry.

The study revealed that the three group of respondents were satisfied by the BSIT

curriculum, majors in Automotive Technology and Foods and Service Management; the SUC

Faculty, TESDA trainers and industry partners had a similar perception of the extent of the

curriculum review of the BSIT , major in Automotive Technology and Food Services

Management, in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude competencies strongly correlated with

the employability competencies needed by the industry.

The study of Antonio and the present are somewhat similar to each other because there

respondents were technology students and industry partners in determining competencies,

satisfaction, and performance needed by the students in preparation of the world of work. They

differ in terms of locale study of other components of the study.

The Dean of the College of Technology and Automotive Instructor of the Marikina

Polytechnic College finds the need to conduct the study in order to find out if the On-the -Job

Training (OJT) or the industry Immersion Program, (IIP) is really meeting its intended purposes

knowing the status of the industry immersion component of the technology program will improve

its implementation (Bungag, 2017)

In the study conducted by Belle (2014) e-How contributor said, “in educational

institutions, success is measured by students’ academic performance, or how well a student

meets standards set out by the local government and the institution itself.” He further remarked

that as career competition grows ever more fierce in the working world, the importance of

students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents, legislators and government

education department alike.

 Sudario (2012) had also conducted another related study on the effectiveness of school

correlates of school improvement and its influence on the teaching performance which served

as basis of training program performance which served as the basis for training program for

perceptions of the teachers and school head respondents on the level of satisfaction of teacher,

the significant relationship between the schools Continuous Improvement Methodology

Implementation and the level of teachers’ job satisfaction and the level of school performance

and for the Continuous Improvement Methodology Implementation of the schools.

Sudario’s work is related to the present study in terms of one of the basic steps, He

emphasized the roles of the school administration on how to motivate teachers to further

improved the performance of school for teachers’ growth and development while the present

study wanted to know the factors that would intensify the work immersion program of TVL

Automotive Servicing and Electrical Maintenance Installation to help the student trainees and

immersionist to direct them to their chosen career path and bigger chance for employability.

This will also help the immersion teachers to make community as laboratory of learning through

students’ actual and authentic work experiences. Lastly, the company or industry will also can

contribute and extend their help through school linkages in which they can absorb potential

students who cannot afford to continue his or her studies or will help them to earn and save

money if the students decided to go back to college.

In the study conducted by Bungag (2017) the quality of education institutions in the

country is one of the basic goals for national development. A relate issue of the continuing

concern is the kind of the educational preparation related to industry and work. An educational

forum on current problem in food service identifies its key role in bridging the gaps between

manpower requirements and the present acquired skills. The role of educational training

program is as major factor in developing competencies needed by the industry and the

academe must be integrated and unified. In context of bridging the gap between the industry

need and the knowledge and skills provided by the technical education institution
 The study of Bungag is also related to the present study since it is also concerned on the

job preparation, knowledge, skills and attitudes toward works, employee satisfaction and most

importantly, students’ preparation in the life-long learning skills. They differ in terms of

classification of respondents, student, venue, and scope of the study.

III. Proposed Innovation, Invention and Strategy

1. Intensify the Stakeholders Summit through print, oral and digital presentation

2. Collaborate with the industry partners and introduce the Work Immersion curriculum

guide for planning and development of programs and projects.

3. Expand school linkages through social media facebook or web page to showcase the

previous achievements and performance of the school. This will give the future

industry partners to design a programs and projects that will further benefit the

trainees.

4. Tap the LGUs or NGOs to support the school immersion teachers and trainees to

contact nearby companies suited for their chosen career paths

IV Action Research Methods

a. Participants and other sources of data

The respondents of the study were 70 grade 12 enrolled in Dalig National High

School and Antipolo National High School Antipolo City during the school year 2019 -

2020, 4 school immersion teachers, 10 industry supervisors.

b. Data Gathering Methods

This study will utilize qualitative design using the framework of phenomenological

inquiry. All the data will be gathered through semi-structured face-to-face interview with

a total of purposively selected ten (30) senior high school students who were taking

Automotive Servicing and and Electrical Installation Maintenance under the technical
 vocational track within the division of Antipolo City. For the researchers to accumulate

the necessary data about their experiences they will use self- constructed interview

guide referenced from literature reviews and will be validated by research and language

teacher experts in school. During the interviews, they will provide the participants

informed consent form and recorded the interview through a phone recorder.

c. Data Analysis Plan

To analyze the data gathered, the researchers will employ thematic analysis

through systematic manual coding. Triangulation will be observed through

conducting subgroup coding. Themes will emerged by means of synthesizing the

sub-group coding results into clusters.

The researcher will used thematic analysis in order to analyze the interview result.

The following steps will used in the treatment of data (Braun and Clarke, 2006): (a)

create initial codes based on the audio recorded interview, (b) revisit initial coding, (c)

develop initial list of categories, (d) modifying initial list based on rereading, (e) revisit

categories and subcategories (f) create themes from the revisited categories.

` Ethical Issues

Ethical issue that could possibly emanate from the conduct of the research, one

is the confidentiality of the data collected. There was a proper coordination with the

schools division office, school heads, work immersion teachers, student respondents.

Letter of permission will be given to the parents or legal guardians and the students’

names of the will be replaced with codes such as letters or numbers. The activity will be

scheduled after class hours and no disruption of classes nor interferes with the regular

activities of the school and participation to this activity is strictly voluntary. Written

consent from respondents will be secured and observe policy on “Time-on-Task”

Conceptual Model of the study

The conceptual model which guided the study in conducting this study is presented in

Figure 2

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Validation,
Assessed
Administration and
Respondents Industry
Retrieval of
Immersion
Questionnaire
Program
Checklist
4 Focal person/ Level of
Immersion graduates
Teachers employability
Statistical
Treatment of Data and job
100 Graduates of
satisfaction
TVL-Automotive
Analysis and
Servicing Formulation of
Interpretation of the
Data the proposed
Survey
immersion
Questionnaire
program
improvement

Figure 2. Conceptual Model of the Study

 V. Action Research Work Plan and Timelines

ACTIVITIES May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

Pre-Planning

1. Brainstorming of the

Research Title, 3

formulated and days

presented to the

research adviser

2. Preparation of Action

Research Proposal

following the BERF

format DepEd Order

43,s. 2015.

3. Submission of

Proposed Action 5 days

Research in DepEd

Antipolo via email

Implementation

4.Administer the survey

questionnaire checklist, 1½

FGDD, interviews wk

Data Collection
Post-Implementation

Activities

5. Review of the 3

documentations and wks

Feedback system

6. Crafting of enhance 1 day

Action Plan

7. Seminar Workshop in

Strengthening Work 3 days

Immersion through

school industry

partnerships

VI. Cost Estimates

ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITY QUANTITY COST
EXPENDITURES

7 reams of A4
PHP 1,500.00
Bond paper

1. photocopy of the communication 10 folders

letters and qualitative questionnaire Supplies 10 brown

narrative questions envelopes, ball

pen, Pilot markers,

highlighters
2. Printing the manuscripts with Reproduction, questionnaire

Collected questionnaire from the printing and binding narrative

and interpreting its result costs questionnaire form PHP 5,000.00

3-Load cards and PHP 500.00

3. Communication & pre-paid pre-paid card for -

Communication
internet Expenses for the researchers for
expenses
researchers communication &

research purposes

4. Food for the participants

Food 200x 100
PHP 10, 000

5. FGD, interviews and

documentary analysis PHP 1000.00

School from San Jose NHS,

Antipolo City Senior High School 3 researchers

Domestic travel
and Dalig NHS to Division Office, Back and forth
expenses
Division Office to Department of

Budget, From Dalig NHS to other

District Partners School

TOTAL PHP 18,000

VII. Plans for Dissemination and Utilization

1. Letter of Intent and project proposal signed by the superintendent of the Division of

Antipolo or research planning coordinator.

2. Crafting of fliers and bulletin of information for strengthening work immersion program of

TVL Automotive Servicing & Electrical Installation Maintenance with the help of industry

partners through tarp, multimedia, facebook, etc.

3. Encourage an

4. d monitor massive participation of Parents and Teachers, school industry partners

5. Target: To get at least three division partners for the Project” Seeing the Big Picture”

Enhanced Project strengthening work immersion program of TVL Automotive Servicing

& Electrical Installation Maintenance in the Division of Antipolo

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INTERNET

http://www.rp.edu.eg/SchoolofHospitalityIndustryImmersionProgram.aspx