Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Capital Region
PASAY CITY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Piccio Garden, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City

Impacts of Work Immersion on the Adaptability and Interpersonal Skills of selected

Grade 12-HUMSS students of Pasay City South High School

Proponents:
Kieth Maui Alejandre
Mark Jayson Bajalan
Jamelah Olarte
Davis Gene S. Bergonio
Cherie Mae Becera
John Jumyl T. Catanus
Gerla Mae T. Cadangan

Mrs. Mary Anne E. Garcia

Research Adviser
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Philippines established a new education program which is the K-12 curriculum on the
year 2012. K-12 program commanded academic institutions to implement work immersion
programs to senior high school (SHS) education. Work immersion enables learners to
become familiar and to apply their knowledge and skills to the work environment. The
program is strengthened through the Department of Education (DepEd) Order no. 30, s.2017,
which aims to help develop life, career skills and prepare learners to decide their own
curriculum exits.

According to the Department of Education (DepEd) K-12 Basic Education

Curriculum, during their 12th year, the students will undergo work immersion that is related
to their track and strand. The venue might be in a boutique, banks, offices, and hospitals.
During this process, students will encounter different environment and tasks assigned by the
staff that orients the students on how the company is being run and how it actually works.
The students spend 80 hours with the personnel in the said partner company. With the help of
work immersion, students are expected to enhance their knowledge and skills, especially their
adaptability skills.

Adaptability skills refer to the capacity of a person to change. As mentioned by

Tlandinyane (2015), Adaptability skills refers to the ability of individuals to proactively adapt
to the changing circumstances and the way in which this attributes affects their engagement
to the environment or organization. Furthermore, the said skills can be learned by the students
in immersing themselves with a different environment that can be gasp through the 80 hours
spent in working immersion.

Interpersonal skills are the behavior and tactics a person uses to effectively
communicate to others. As stated by Lim (2019), in the business world, the term refers to an
employee’s ability to work well with others. Interpersonal skills range from communication
and listening to attitude and behavior.

Moreover, Work immersion increases the cultural sensitivity of the students by

giving awareness and showing more positive attitude towards different cultures which
enhances their interpersonal skills.

The proponents come up to a study on the impact of immersion to selected grade 12

HUMMS students of PCSHS which seeks to determine their adaptability and interpersonal
skills.
Statement of the Problem
This study aims to determine impact of work immersion on the adaptability and
interpersonal skills to selected Grade 12 students at Pasay City South High School.
Moreover, it seeks to find answer on the following questions:

1. What are the details of work immersion exposure of the respondents in

terms of:
a. Strand linkage
b. Length
c. Work Description
2. What are the effects of work immersion among the respondents
adaptability?
3. What are the effects of work immersion among the respondents
interpersonal skill?

Significance of the Study

The study will determine the results and provides basis for the awareness and better
understanding of how work immersion improved the adaptability and interpersonal skills. In
addition, the study will benefit the following:
a) To Teachers- This study also amends the teachers for better understanding among
students who undergo immersion, providing them with alternative tasks and
academic measures without sacrificing the effectiveness of teaching methods and
the quality of learning
b) To Students- This study will help the students to determine what are the impact
of work immersion to their adaptability and interpersonal skills provided by the
researchers.
c) To Future Researchers- The future researchers may be able to use the findings of
the study for further research and investigation particularly related to adaptability
and interpersonal skill since there are very limited local studies that can be found
exploring this particular subject or concern.
 d) School- This study is important for school because it tends to determine the
results and provides basis for the awareness and better understanding of how work
immersion improved the adaptability and interpersonal skills.
e) Industry- This study provides the industry a people with enhance adaptability and
interpersonal skills developed through work immersion that could fit in on any job
on the industry.

Scope and Limitation

This study only limited on selected Grade 12 Senior High School HUMSS Students of
Pasay City South High School. Only students who had accomplished to perform work
immersion are considered to be the participants of the study. Nevertheless, students who
didn’t yet able to perform work immersion would not be the participants of the study. This
study only limited to determine the adaptability and interpersonal skills developed by the
selected students during work immersion.