Wednesday, January 29, 2014
#Selfie: The Concept of Vanity According to Filipino Teenagers
This study is a qualitative research
entitled #Selfie: The Concept of Vanity According to Filipino Teenagers which
aims to elaborate the reason/s for the Filipino teenager’s Vanity, which mainly
manifests in photographs and/or Selfies.
Respondents
for this study are teenagers whose age is from 14-18, and adults from age 22-41
who all reside in Quezon City. The respondents were then interviewed in three
ways: first personal interview was conducted by the researchers so that they
may be able to review their conversation; second, through online chat and
through text. Then their answers were used and analyzed to conclude about the
reason/s for the Filipino teenager’s vanity.
Results have showed that teenagers’ vanity is
mostly affected by how family members take effect on their actions such as
their influence to developing ones’ vanity. It also showed that adults/ elders
do not percept negatively towards the manifestation of vanity for teenagers
because they see it as their way of building “self-confidence” at an early age.
After
the study, the researchers were able to find out that taking Selfie is a way
for teenagers to express how they feel, for they believe that it is easier to
show than to put it down in words. Data also shows that when a teenager has an
easier connection to any gadget and/or Social Networking Site/s, he or she
tends to be vain for he has an easy access to things, which may be used to
capture photos.
Home School Education vs. Classroom Based Education: Its Pertinence to the Filipino Learners
This mixed-method research is regarding on
why Filipino learners resort to home schooling compared to classroom-based
education which is entitled “Home School Education vs. Classroom-based
Education: Its pertinence to Filipino learners”
The researchers used both survey and
interview as an instrument to gather their data from homeschoolers and
classroom-based students upon their personal experiences affecting their
perspectives on education. These female and male respondents are ages ten (10)
and above years old who are Filipino students. The interviews were conducted
through recorded one-on-one encounters while the surveys were both individually
handed out personally and were also answered through ‘Facebook’. The
researchers have found out that the respondents have various reasons why they
have chosen their education system but majority of the classroom-based students
answered that it is because of the parent’s decision and personal decision
being able to provide better curriculum and experiences while on other hand,
home schooled students resort to their manner of learning because of
complicated factors in their life which leads to home schooling becoming a
solution.
The researchers have concluded that
students aim to prepare themselves to be who they wish to become by partaking
the educational system that they think suits them best. Results show that both
respondents from home school and classroom-based education appear to have
advantageous characteristics when it comes to learning. The researchers
recommend to be more particular on the age range of respondents and to be more
thorough with gathering the data.
Ang Mga Dahilan at Epekto ng Pagkahumaling ng mga Pilipino sa Social Networking Sites
Ang pag – aaral na ito ay layunin na alamin
at aralin ang mga dahilan at epekto ng pagkahumaling ng mga Pilipino sa Social
Networking sites.
Para sa pagkalap ng datos, ang pag – aaral
na ito ay ginamitan ng Quantitative Research at ang instrumentong ginamit para
rito ay pagsisiyasat. Nahahati sa tatlong pangkat ang mga sumagot ng
isinagawang pagsisiyasat. Ang pinakauna ay ang mga Pilipinong may edad 8
hanggang 11, sumunod ang may edad 12 hanggang 16, at ang pinakahuli naman ay
ang mga may edad 17 hanggang 21 at mga 22 pataas.
Lumabas sa mga datos na nakalap na
karamihan sa may mga edad 8 hanggang 11 at 17 hanggang 21, ang kanilang mga
kaibigan, pag-aaral, at trabaho ang dahilan kung bakit sila gumagamit ng Social
Network. Sa mga may edad 12 hanggang 16 naman; nakakuha ng may pinakamalaking
bahagi ng dahilan ng kanilang paggamit ay ang kanilang mga kaibigan.
Base sa mga nakalap na datos mula sa
isinagawang pagsisiyasat, makikita ang pagkakapareho at pagkakaiba ng mga
dahilan ng paggamit ng Social Network ng bawat pangkat, lalo na kung gaano
kahalaga ang mga kaibigan sa dahilan kung bakit sila gumagamit ng Social Network
Sites. Makikita mula sa mga datos na nakalap kung gaano kahalaga sa mga
Pilipino ang mayroong nakakasama.
Para sa mga nais na muli itong aralin, mas
makakabuti na damihan pa ang kakatugunin at lawakan pa ang sakop na lugar ng
mga katugon.
Perception of Fourth Year High School and College Students on Graduating as an Indication to Success in Life
A qualitative research on the
Perception of Fourth Year High School and College Students on Graduating as an
Indication to Success in Life, aiming to know whether both departments nowadays
believe that graduating will lead them to success.
This study is composed of ten
high school and five college students with a total of fifteen respondents; each
of them is located within Metro Manila. The researchers used interviews as an
aiding instrument for the study, after accomplishing the stipulated task; the
findings imply that nearly every respondent have the will to choose their own
course for college and that most of the participants are financially stable
while some have problems within their family or funds. Nearly every participant
had a hard time defining success, taking several moments to contemplate.
Majority considered graduation
as a key to success while there were five others that said that there are other
ways to attain this—gaining a degree that they worked hard for and a satisfying
job that will sustain their necessities. With the data gathered, the
researchers consider that each respondent see graduation a mandatory factor in
life and will continue to strive and endlessly yearn for it until they attain
it.
This research has publicized
perceptions of a small group of students, sharing their viewpoints about
graduation serving as a key to triumph and success. However, due to the scope
and delimitation and the limited time and resources of this study, the
researchers were not able to push their topic furthermore.
The Implication of Credit Card Use on the Financial Mind Set of Filipinos
This is a qualitative
research entitled “The implications of Credit Card Usage to Filipino mind set”
that aims to assess the interaction between Credit Cards and Filipino users.
The researchers have considered Quezon City as well as Caloocan City for ten respondents
of both genders and social classification (middle and upper class), with ages
ranging from fourteen to forty-five, to participate in a one-on-one interview
for the purpose of gathering the needed information to answer the queries in
this research, such as, “What are the implications of Credit Card usage on
Filipino mind set?” and “How does owning a credit
card affect an individual’s household living cost?”
Based on the accumulated
findings, credit card situations and encounters –be it negative or not-
contrasts among the respondents; which is due to the apparent differences in
their relationship with the credit card itself, as well as, their current
financial standings. Hence, in general, it can be said that how a credit card
affects a user varies directly on how they handle it; with accordance to
several purchasing factors, such as, the purpose and the frequency of usage. In
addition to that, the researchers would like to recommend the forthcoming
investigators to hope for more interviewees outside the urban areas to acquire
information from, as well as, a longer time duration to gather the said data;
as, this subject involves a social issue that concerns majority of a nation,
and can therefore not be thoroughly analysed with only few respondents.
Don’t Talk to Strangers: Perceptions of Filipino children on the concepts of ‘Strangers’ and ‘Danger’
This study is a qualitative research
entitled “Don’t Talk to Strangers” which would embark upon the strength of the
apprehension of Filipino children in terms of recognizing ‘stranger’ and
‘danger’.
The respondents who provided the data
needed in this research were comprised of six (6) male Grade One students and
(4) female Grade Students whose ages are from 6-7 years old and study at a
private school in Quezon City. They were then interviewed by the researchers
and were documented using an audio recorder.
Research shows that half of the respondents
are aware of what a ‘stranger’ is and the potential threat they might bring. It
has also shown that most of the respondents will not accept an offer from a
person they do not know. Moreover, the respondents have claimed that they
receive advices from their parents about the potential risk of interacting with
unfamiliar persons.
After analyzing the data gathered, the
researchers are able to infer that Filipino children have a strong
understanding of the potential danger a ‘stranger’ might bring and that they
are capable of knowing what to do on an actual encounter with a person they do
not know and how to deal in that kind of situation. The researchers have also
concluded that parents are the big factor to children’s grasp of ‘stranger’ and
‘danger’.
For the future researchers of this topic,
50-100 respondents is highly recommended.
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