Abstract
The study sought to determine the self–efficacy of Grade 11 senior high school students in the academic (mastery of experience, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and somatic-emotional states), and health component in an urban school in the Philippines. Using a ten-point self-efficacy scale, administered to a sample of 150 students from three public and three private schools in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the study reveals that senior high school students have a moderate level of self-efficacy. Also, the general self-efficacy of students does not differ across school type; however, a significant difference occurs within the component of self-efficacy, i.e., vicarious experience and verbal persuasion across school type. The analysis reveals that students from public schools have high self-efficacy level regarding vicarious experience as compared to students from private schools. On the contrary, students from private schools yield a much higher self-efficacy score than their counterpart in the verbal persuasion component of the self-efficacy scale. Also, a significant difference across tracks/strand occurs in the verbal persuasion component. As a conclusion, Grade 11 students have a moderate self-efficacy, implying that they are confident of succeeding academically. Second, for a homogenous group, age and self-efficacy are not associated. Third, merely belonging to a particular school and a specific track generates or boosts self-efficacy in one way or the other. Keywords: self-efficacy, senior high school, Philippine education, K-12, test and scale DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-8-02 Publication date :March 31 st 2019
Highlights
Perceived self-efficacy is centered on people’s beliefs on their capabilities to produce given attainments (Bandura, 2006)
The self-efficacy of senior high school students was gleaned in two components academic and health
The scale administered to n = 150 Grade 11 Senior High School students reveals in general that the students are moderately confident in performing both academic and health-related activities. This finding indicates that they have a firm belief that they will be able to hurdle the challenges of their schooling
Summary
Perceived self-efficacy is centered on people’s beliefs on their capabilities to produce given attainments (Bandura, 2006). In the context of schooling, self-efficacy is important as it is seen to be related to "higher achievement, better health and social integration (Schwarzer, 1992 & Bandura, 1997). The Philippines has implemented the Senior High School (SHS) program of the Department of Education (Dep.Ed.) across the country beginning School Year 2016-2017. This program is a two-year specialized secondary education. In these two years, Grades 11 and 12 students are allowed to choose a specialization based on their aptitude, interests, and capacity. The Academic track includes four strands; Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM); Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS); Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); and the General Academic (GA). Graduates of the K to 12 program are expected to have lifelong learning skills, competence to work and be productive, able to coexist in local and global communities, to engage in independent, creative and critical thinking and have the capacity and willingness to transform others and one's self (RA 10533, 2013)
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