Acquisition and Practice of Technical Skills Among Grade 10 TLE Students

Abstract

This study dealt on the strategies in enhancing the acquisition and practice of technical skills among Grade 10 TLE students in public high schools of Mapandan, Pangasinan. The study adopted the descriptive method using survey questionnaire determining the respondents’ profile, level of technical skills acquired and practiced in the given specialization, and the factors affecting students’ learning the technical skills. Data were analyzed using frequency count, percentage distribution, weighted mean, Chi-square and Pearson’s r. Majority of the respondents are aged 15-16, female-dominated, taking up Dressmaking, belonging to low-income families and have unemployed parents who graduated high school. Data gathered indicate that ICT is Very Highly Acquired but Highly Practiced; Cookery, Highly Acquired and Highly Practiced; Dressmaking and Welding, Highly Acquired but Fairly Practiced. Moreover, Student and Teacher Factors Very Highly Affected the students’ learning the technical skills while School, Facilities and Equipment Factors, Highly Affected. Findings disclose that there is no significant relationship between the respondents’ level of technical skills acquired and practiced and the identified profile variables Age, Sex, Mother’s Occupation and Educational Attainment; while there is a significant relationship between the respondents’ levels of technical skills acquired and practiced across Specialization, Father’s Occupation and Parents’ Monthly Income. Further, there is no significant relationship between the respondents’ level of technical skills acquired and Student, Teacher, School, Facilities and Equipment Factors. On the merit of the findings, the study recommended the actual use of the strategies proposed herein to improve the acquisition and practice of the students’ technical skills