Academic Challenges and Coping Mechanisms among Senior High School Students with Overseas Filipino Worker Parents
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https://doi.org/10.11594/ijmaber.05.02.08Keywords:
Academic challenges, Coping mechanism, Lived experience, Overseas Filipino Worker, Parental absence, Senior high schoolAbstract
Students with Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) parents face a wide array of challenges that affect their well-being. The consequences of parent’s absence directly affect their child’s psychological state which can result to poor academic performance. This study aimed to determine the academic challenges and coping mechanisms of the Senior High School students with Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) parents through analysis of their lived experience. This study employed a phenomenological research design. In this study a purposive sampling technique was employed to select the six (6) respondents with OFW parents in Senior High School. These students were selected using the following criteria: (1) a senior high school student at Tairan National High School; (2) whose mother is working abroad; and (3) willingness of the respondents to participate in the study. The data collected from the interview were analyzed using thematic analysis. Three (3) subthemes emerged in the senior high school students’ academic challenges: (1) school-related problem; (2) lack of parent’s attention and guidance; and (3) communication. On the other hand, the coping mechanisms of the students include (1) reciprocating parent’s efforts; (2) understanding the parents’ reasons for working abroad; (3) building a circle of friends and family support system. Results showed that the parents’ absence affects the academic performances of the students. However, the students displayed strong commitment to do well in school to reciprocate parents’ sacrifices. Thus, this phenomenological study establishes the baseline in developing programs and support system to the students with OFW parents.
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Mica G. Taola, Senior High School Department Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM
Mica G. Taola is a senior high school student at Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM.
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Lorence James D.S. Sagdi, Senior High School Department Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM
Lorence James D.S. Sagdi is a senior high school student at Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM.
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Erwina E. Millado, Senior High School Department Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM
Erwina E. Millado is a senior high school student at Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM.
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Nurul Ain J. Harun, Senior High School Department Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM
Nurul Ain J. Harun is a senior high school student at Tairan National High School, MBHTE-Basilan, BARMM.
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Jayson V. Alviar, Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education-Basilan Schools Division-Tairan National High School
Jayson Virtucio Alviar is currently a PhD student at the University of the Philippines Open University under the Mathematics Education Program. He earned his Bachelor of Secondary Education and his Master of Arts in Education major in Mathematics at Western Mindanao State University in 2016 and 2022, respectively. At present, he is a Senior High School and Research Coordinator at Tairan National High School, Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) – Basilan Schools Division. His research interests include technology-enhanced mathematics teaching, flipped classroom, classroom response system, philosophy, theory, and history of mathematics education.
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