This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by senior high school students who work while studying. Specifically, it seeks to understand how working students manage their time, how work affects their studies, and the reasons why students work. The study aims to provide insight for aspiring working students, future researchers, educators, employers, and policymakers. However, the scope is limited to senior high school students at one school in the Philippines, so the findings may not be generalizable to all working student populations.
This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by senior high school students who work while studying. Specifically, it seeks to understand how working students manage their time, how work affects their studies, and the reasons why students work. The study aims to provide insight for aspiring working students, future researchers, educators, employers, and policymakers. However, the scope is limited to senior high school students at one school in the Philippines, so the findings may not be generalizable to all working student populations.
This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by senior high school students who work while studying. Specifically, it seeks to understand how working students manage their time, how work affects their studies, and the reasons why students work. The study aims to provide insight for aspiring working students, future researchers, educators, employers, and policymakers. However, the scope is limited to senior high school students at one school in the Philippines, so the findings may not be generalizable to all working student populations.
This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by senior high school students who work while studying. Specifically, it seeks to understand how working students manage their time, how work affects their studies, and the reasons why students work. The study aims to provide insight for aspiring working students, future researchers, educators, employers, and policymakers. However, the scope is limited to senior high school students at one school in the Philippines, so the findings may not be generalizable to all working student populations.
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The Difficulties Experience by Senior High School Working Students
Researchers:
Canlas May
Dadivas Ashlee Mae L
Dela Cruz Merielle Kate F.
Garcia Jervy
Santos Patricia L.
Yanga Kenneth L.
Senior High School within SBRES
Table of Contents Title Page……………………………………………………………………………..... 1 Table of Contents …. 2 ………………………………………………………………….. Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Introduction……………………………………………………. 5 ………........................ Review of Related Literature and Studies………………. 5 …………………… Research 10 Questions…………………………………………………………...... Significance of the 11 Study……………………………………………………..... Scope and 12 Limitations………………………………………………………….. Method………………………………………………………………..……………….. 13 Type of Research ………………………………………………………..……... 13 Respondents of the Study ……………………………………………………… 13 Sampling Method………………………………………………………………. 13 Sources of 14 Data………………………………………………………………… Instruments………………………………………………………………….... 14 ... Data Collection Procedure …………………………………………………….. 14 Ethical Considerations ………………………………………………………… 15 Data Analysis………………………………………………………………….. 15 References………………………………………………………………….. 16
The Difficulties experience by Senior High School Working Students
How does working while still in school affect students’ study habits and
routines? How do they manage their time efficiently despite juggling three things with
two hands? Why do they need to work and earn money? What is the cause and effect
of their work? Advantage or disadvantage, either way-- working while studying is a
common experience among students. It is not such an easy task, especially for full-time
students who work for more than eight hours. This can be a tough situation among
working students which needs balancing of time between studies and work. However,
issues about high school students with jobs while studying could frequently be heard all
over the world, term-time employment highly increased due to the financial pressure
and the costs of higher education. Despite of government tuition-fee education and
eagerness to pursue and finish school, they still are forced or willing to do jobs in order
to see themselves studying. Education is highly valued by a lot of Filipinos in spite the
fact that they reside in a poor country, reason as to why working students are driven
primarily by financial needs just to provide a great experience as a learner that’ll in
hopes help them towards their future goals. Students face financial difficulties even in
something as small as daily expenses, resulting in stress caused by these worries in
which results to deteriorating physical and mental well-being (Duterte, 2023). Being
financially stressed result to poor academic performance (Wynes, 2014). Nowadays, its
normal for students to work while pursuing their dreams (Villahermosa, 2015).
Review of related literature
A working student is someone who usually works while studying (Weilage,
2022). Since attending higher education cost a lot, many students work to pay for their
expenses (Perna, 2010). In the study of Ryan et al. (2020), some school already know
that there are working students who are at risk of having their educations interrupted.
Furthermore, Romel et al. (2022) stated that child laborers have experienced extreme
difficulties while providing a living and supporting their studies. In the study by Bennett
et al. (2015), a lot of students work while studying. Leads to students to develop stress
caused by financial struggles. They also stated that the more students are financially
stressed the longer they take up their working hours. In some instances, parents do not
earn enough money to support their children at school. As a result, students are
required to provide for their needs by becoming a working student (Curambao et al.,
2015). One of the issues of working students is mental stress.
According to Nancy, (2017), working while studying is exhausting but sometimes
the students need to work extra hours for their daily expenses. Students often find it
difficult to choose between working and studying. Working while studying greatly affects
their studies, sometimes it leads to failure when they are not able to finish their
assignment, projects, etc. On the other hand, Lumugdan (2022) said that even though
working while studying has its own struggles, it still has a bright side to it. For example,
working while studying gives you the experience of the real world that you’ll experience
once you graduate.
Similar to the study of (Mengesha, 2017), part-time job can help you become a
better student and get a jump on your career track. In the study of Le Barbanchon et al. (2019), they stated that aadditional income and work experience must be considered
along with the loss of study time. One of the disadvantages of a working student is that
they don’t have enough time for themselves and for their studies and maintain a healthy
diet (Gorgulho, et al., 2012).
In the study of Hovdhaugen (2015), it was emphasized that there are a lot of
reasons why students struggle and one of the factors is because they’re working while
studying. Parents and teachers must work together to motivate students to stay
focused. Likewise, Students who are working must be able to balance both their
professional lives and their student lives simultaneously in order to be able to succeed
(Freeman, 2016).
Effects of Working on Class Participation
In the study of (Acaso et al., 2019), it was found out that working while
studying has a big impact on the academic performance of students. It was emphasized
that it is possible for this condition to have both positive and negative effects. According
to Acaso et al. (2019), most common effect was poor participation in class activities.
However, they could relate their work skills to some school activities. In the same way,
students learn to balance time between work and study.
Lastly, the most common factor that affected them was family and how
that served as motivation to achieve and study hard. Academic achievement can serve
as a reward for hard work by providing high grades. A number of solutions have been outlined in the results to address the issue and avoid the negative effects of working
and studying at the same time.
Research Questions
This study aims to explore the difficulties and struggles experience by working
students that may affect their studies.
Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions:
1. How do working students manage their time?
2. How does working while studying affect students' studies?
3. What are the possible reasons why students work?
Significance of the Study
The importance of the study is to provide information on the situation of
working students. It will provide future students with information to help them be
prepared and open to the situations of working students. It will also help future
researchers analyze the situation of working students, as well as their financial
struggles and problems.
Specifically, this study will benefit the following individuals:
Aspiring working students
This study will provide aspiring working students with information on the
advantages of being a working student as well as the disadvantages. In this study,
researchers will also discuss how they intend to manage their time and consideration in
such a situation. It will be an inspiration to them.
Future researchers
This study will be helpful to future researchers because it will help them collect
data and information that will serve as a related study. By doing so, they can provide
evidence to back up their claims or research.
Educators and academic institutions
Educators and academic institutions can use the research findings to develop
policies and practices that support working students, such as flexible course schedules,
academic advising, and access to financial assistance.
Employers
Employers can use the research findings to develop workplace policies that
accommodate students' academic schedules and support their educational goals.
Policymakers
The study can provide insights into the challenges faced by working students and
help policymakers develop policies that support these students, such as financial aid,
tax incentives, and labor regulations.
Scope and Limitation of the Study
The aim of this study is to determine the struggles of working students while
studying. It will primarily focus on the difficulties experienced by working students; their
habits and routines as a student in Senior High School (SHS) within Sapang Biabas
Resettlement Elementary School (SBRES). The researchers main target are the Grade
11 working students in SBRES in the Academic Year 2022-2023.
Method
Type of Research
Qualitative research design, specifically, phenomenology research will be used in
this study to determine the objectives, the meaningful patterns, and to analyze a
particular phenomenon that will guide us throughout this study. This research design
has been chosen because it addresses the "why" and "how" questions while providing a
deeper understanding of experiences, phenomena, and context (Cleland, 2017). It gives
us researchers the freedom to be more speculative about which segments to investigate
and how to investigate them (Tenny et al., 2021).
Respondents
The target participants are male and female senior high school students,
specifically the employed individuals within Sapang Biabas Resettlement Elementary
school, Mabalacat city, Pampanga (SBRES). In order to acquire the most potential of
accuracy in data, participants should be aged 17 to 21 years and are Grade 11 working
students only. Sampling Method
Purposive Sampling method will be use in this study. Participants that will be
handpicked are within the set criteria: Grade 11 HUMSS students in Senior High School
(SHS) within Sapang Biabas Elementary School (SBRES) from sections HUMSS
101,103, and 104; should be aged 18-21 years and working.
According to Nicolopoulou (2022), in order to achieve the study's objectives, the
researcher must make appropriate judgments when identifying and selecting the
individuals, cases, or events that can provide the best information.
Sources of Data
Data information collected in this survey will be obtained from the responses of
selected HUMSS students in Grade 11, Sapang Biabas Elementary School, Upper
School. Apart from that, the researchers cited various sources that served as theoretical
references for their analysis in formulating their conclusions and recommendations.
Instrument
This study will use interview guide questions consisting of open-minded
questions to enable the respondents to freely express their answers related to the
experiences on the difficulties of being a working student. The guide questions will be
formulated by the researchers and will be validated by experts.
Data Collection Procedure
A interview guide will be distributed to Grade 11 working students. The study will
not be conducted until each respondent has approved the approval form. Afterwards,
the researchers will begin collecting data. Respondents should understand the flow of
the question and how they should respond honestly during the interview. In order to
record the conversation, the researchers will ask the respondents for their permission.
In addition to serving as a source of data, the collected data will be analyzed and
finalized by the researchers.
Ethical Considerations
This document certifies that this study’s purpose is to determine the level of the
working students in Senior High School with in Sapang Biabas Resettlement
Elementary school as a part of the requirements in our research. The researchers will
give the details of the experience of working students and written explanation to the
working students of the Senior High with in Sapang Biabas Resettlement Elementary
School of the purpose of the research, their right to refuse to participate, the
understanding of the boundaries of confidentiality of this study, and their right to have a
copy of the results of the study if they so wish it. The students will sign a consent form
as proof of their willingness to cooperate, and that they are not coerced in any way.
Data Analysis
Thematic analysis will be used in this study for it is a method that will help
analyze and look for the patters that will help the researchers This will help the
researchers to elaborate more on what the researchers want to portray in the study.
Thematic analysis is a method of analyzing qualitative data. Identifying themes involves
reading through a set of data and looking for patterns in their meaning. Researchers will
be able to get ideas from it. Researchers will closely analyze respondents' answers to
fully provide data before topics can be provided.
- References
Acaso, M., Insopido, A. H., Tan, M. G., Vega, R. F., Dela Fuente, A. L., (2019):The
Effects of Working while Studying to Senior High School Students
at Bestlink College of the Philippines Academic Year 2018-2019.
