The perceived academic self-efficacy of selected fourth year and fifth year accounting students of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila under work-based learning

ABSTRACT: It is important for employers that they are going to hire people who will be able to work with effectiveness and confidence in their companies. Work-based learning programs are the chance of students to discover things they cannot learn in a classroom, get inside information about the career they are interested in, or simply get a taste of what it really feels like to be on the job. It integrates academic learning with its application in the workplace, and provides good partnerships between all stakeholders, including local businesses and community organizations. The researchers chose to conduct this study to understand the perception of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila’s fourth year and fifth year accounting students. This study aimed to assess the perceived effects of Work-Based Learning on student’s academic self-efficacy. This research study used the mixed method type of research design. A mixed method research design is a procedure for collecting, analysing, and mixing both quantitative and qualitative research and methods in a single study to understand a research problem. The researchers used this type of research design to get accurate results based on both numerical and observation of human behaviour results. This research design was able to determine the perceived effects of work-based-learning programs on the respondents academic self-efficacy. Quantitatively, the researchers used Research Constructed Survey Questionnaire to gather the necessary data from one hundred eighty two (182) participating students in a public university in Manila. The survey questionnaire includes twenty five (25) 4-Point Likert-scales to measure the student’s perceived academic self-efficacy under work-based learning. Qualitatively, the instrument that was used by the researchers is an open-ended questionnaire to collect the necessary data from ten (10) partaking students. The interview questions composed of 7 semi-constructed questions to determine the accuracy of what was analysed in the quantitative analysis and to formulate a new idea or a new theory. The results of the study shows that there is a perceived effect of Work-Based Learning on respondents academic efficacy according to the questions answered by them. Therefore we can conclude that there is a perceived positive effect of Work-based learning on the academic efficacy of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila’s fourth year and fifth year accounting students.

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