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CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction, Background of the Study
Nowadays, senior high school students are facing different problems and
struggles in and out of school such as financial capability, family’s choice of
career for their child, quality of teaching and high and well-maintained facilities
and equipment. With this scenario, the next batches of senior high are
considering different aspects as to how should they decide for their next school
year, they may consider staying in their current school —National College of
Business and Arts— or they might want to transfer to other school within
Fairview. In consideration of these situations, it is the main objective of the
researchers to know how the next batch of Grade 11 students will decide for their
chosen school next year. Aside from that, the researchers will be searching other
school on their special offers and specialty in learning and teaching styles. As
students, they want the best for them and the best school that will suite their
interests, expectations and comfort.
The researchers are also curious as to how the students manage
themselves and come up with a decision on their own, because not all students
rely on the decision of their parents instead, they want to be independent and
trust the decision they make. Like what Tony Robbins said, “Your life changes
the moment you make a new, congruent and committed decision.” It signifies that
we must be responsible for our life and take charge of our goals and objectives
by being true to ourselves. Being courageous in taking a step forward by our own
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makes a little difference even though it may not seem to be that way, because
that is one way on how we can develop self-esteem and build up confidence
inside us.
Decision making is not just about your wants or how you want to
gain control over something but, it’s an ending cycle of identifying the problem,
analyzing the problem, developing alternative solutions, selecting the best
solution, converting decision into action, and follow-up of the action taken. In this
case, it’s not about selecting solutions but, selecting the best school that is
suitable for the needs of a student in order to learn more and be productive
through the school year.
A lot of article contains about “School Choice” yet, only few among
us know about this choice. So, school choice is an argument that provides
opportunities for parents to choose schools that best suits their children’s needs.
Competition of schools promotes innovation, motivated and well-prepared
teachers, and of course, improved academic and non-academic outcomes for
students to hone their abilities, strengthen their skills and mold their talents and
make efficient students for each year. How does this school choice affect the
decision of students? It improves the quality of schools in terms of facilities and
teaching techniques. It helps economic mobility. And it does not force any
students to be in failing schools. On the other hand, it has also some negative
effects. It drains money from public school that doesn’t have enough funds for all
their facilities, equipment and materials. And some parents don’t have enough
knowledge about the school for them to choose their kid’s school. However, even
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though some families want their child to enter school, they don’t have enough
budgets for school fees which are needed for a student to fulfill the requirements
of the school.
In psychology, factors that affects in one’s decision are as follows:
first is motivation, wherein it all begins with needs, second is perception,
according to consistency theory one mostly listen to things that support one’s
existing belief system such as selective attention, selective distortion, and
selective retention, third is learning process, people do change their beliefs, faith,
likes & dislikes which happens through learning, and last is the memory process,
this includes past experiences even the hearsay experiences.
The study will take place in National College of Business and ArtsFairview, an educational institution that focuses on business-related courses and
was founded year 1967. This research is mainly for the purpose of determining
the factors that would affect the decision making of the current Grade 10 student
of National College of Business and Arts in choosing their school for senior high
school.
Conceptual Framework
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The inputs of the study are the demorgraphic profile of the respindents
which include the ade and gender. The factors that may affect the
respondents’ decision making are also included in this part as well as the list
of the schools that offer ABM strand in Fairview, Quezon City. The process
includes the survey and questionnaire that will be answered by the
respondents for data collection and the frequency distribution technique for
the data analysis. The output are the possible outcomes that are anticipated
by the researchers. One of these is that the parents’ decision is the factor that
greatly affects the decision making of the students.
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Statement of the Problem
To determine the percentage of the factors that affect the Grade 10 NCBA
students' decision in choosing competing schools that offer ABM track in
Fairview, Quezon City
To determine how these factors, affect students’ decision making in school
choice
To identify the factors that greatly affect students’ decision making in school
choice in terms of:
a) Parents’ decision
b) Peer influence
c) School environment and quality of education
d) Personal interests
e) Affordability
f) School Policies and Philosophy
g) Other additional factors
Significance of the Study
The study aims to investigate the factors that affect the decision of
students in regards to choosing competing schools. The results of the research
will benefit the following groups:
a) Current Grade 10 students of National College of Business and Arts. They
are the main subject of this study and all the data that will be gathered in
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this study are all based on their experiences and perspective thus, help
their decision making be easier and better.
b) Undecided junior high school students on the track they will pursue on
senior high school; not only NCBA students but also other junior high
school students for they need to decide for their future school as well.
c) Parents and guardians of the students. This study would help them
identify the needs of their child and choose a school that will benefit them.
d) Teachers and school counselors, for it will help them to have
improvements in teaching and guiding students,
e) Schools that offer tracks for senior high school, for them to be
knowledgeable of the factors that affect students’ decision- making thus,
improving their overall performance to offer the best quality education and
services.
The research will be conducted to help these groups be aware and
knowledgeable of the factors that affects school choice of every student. This can
also be applicable to other students who are not decided on the school they
would like to enroll in.
In order to get the results, the researchers will list first all the schools that
are located in Fairview, Quezon City which offers ABM track. Then purposive
sampling of participants will be conducted on the Grade 10 students of the said
school. The chosen participant will answer sets of survey questionnaire and the
data collected will be analyzed and interpreted by the researchers.
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Scope and Delimitation
The study was delimited to the current Grade 10 students who are
enrolled at the National College of Business and Arts for the A.Y. 2017-2018.
Since there are numerous students that are currently enrolled, the participants
that will be chosen are 50. It would have been ideal to stretch the scope of this
study to cover more schools not just in Fairview, Quezon City, but for the
minimum resources available and time factor, the area of the study of this project
is delimited to schools that offers ABM track which are 10-20 km away from the
National College of Business and Arts.
Definition of Terms
Theoretical Definition
Operational Definition
Decision making - the thorough
process of selecting a logical choice
from the available options.
Decision making - the process of
choosing to what the students will do
when they're in senior high school.
ABM- the Accountancy, Business and
Management track. It's one of the
strand that the students may choose
when they're in senior high school.
ABM - the strand that the researchers
are focusing. One of the two strands
that national college of business and
arts offering.
Factors- something that help produce
or influence the results.
Factors - are the reason why the
students are deciding in choosing their
strand and school in senior high
school.
Competing schools - to try to be better
or more successful than someone or
something else.
Competing schools - it's the other
school that also offer ABM strand near
at national college of business and
arts.
Quezon city - is the most populous city
in the Philippines. Part of the metro
Quezon city - it's the city where the
National College of Business and Arts,
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manila.
Fairview branch located.
Senior high school - a secondary
school that students attend in the three
or four highest grades before college.
Senior high school - the stage where
the students will get b ready before
they attend in their college and chosen
course.
Hypothesis of the Study
The factors that are stated on this research will all affect the decision
making of the respondents of the study. The researchers portend that the
factors that will affect the student’s decision the most is the ‘Parent’s Decision
for Me’.
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