Emotional Impact of New Learning System Towards Senior High School Students of Alubijid

National Comprehensive High School

Submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements in Practical Research I

Researchers:

Daffnea P. Marticio

Jan Carlo M. Nob

Angelica N. Ompoc

Kaye-Cee B. Nacalaban

Chynna Beth Marie A. Poblete

Jean Irish Tesocan

Khrizty O. Sabellina

Irish S. Dayata

Alubijid National Comprehensive High School

Poblacion, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, Philippines

October 2020

Sharinna Paula Akut

Practical Research I Adviser

 Chapter I

The Problem

Background of the Study

Around 9 months ago, the issue regarding the Corana Virus Disease 2019 commonly

known as COVID-19 spreads like wildfire worldwide. As days passed by, it was then declared as

a world pandemic as it affects billions of lives. Livelihood, economic growth, daily supplies and

necessities and other aspects of lives are conflicted due to this phenomenon. Also, this

pandemic poses serious concern to global education system.

In a summary made by Flapp (2020), he discussed that COVID19 or SARS-CoV-2, formally called

as NCoV or Novel Corona Virus, belongs to the family of Corona Viruses. It is a large family of

enveloped, non-segmented, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses. The Corona Viruses'

name was derived from the word "Corona" or "Crown" as their electron microscopic image

resembles a crown. People who are infected with the disease are present with fever, dry cough,

loss of smell or taste, shortness of breath chills, rigor, fatigue, myalgia, headache, sore throat,

and diarrhea.

As soon as this phenomenon blooms, every country is presently implementing plans and

procedures on how to combat the virus, and preparing all sectors of their government in order

to stop the fast increase of the infection rate of this disease in the world. Experts in the medical

field are also working hard in order to come up with the formula of the vaccine which is one of

the ways to finally put a period to this pandemic.

The aforementioned crisis has brought extraordinary challenges for everyone especially in the

educational sectors. The left and right lockdowns and community quarantines shall not be a

hindrance in sustaining and providing quality education for everyone. Hence, the Department

of Education seeks for ways to continue education despite the pandemic while considering the

new normal. Upon a span of time, the planning and implementation of the new normal

education policy or the new learning system takes place.

From the standpoint of DepEd, “blended learning” or “hybrid learning” is a fusion of online

distant learning and in-person delivery of printed materials to the homes of the learners

through the barangays for those who don’t have internet access and interactive facilities in the

comforts of their home. In localities where this is not possible, DepEd will use radio and

television to broadcast lessons, materials and instructions for the student (Custodio, 2020).

This pandemic made people learn and discover a lot of things. They are now doing things they

never thought they can do. But probably one of the most profound and significant learnings has

been around the role of teachers and the supporting role of parents. Some people may have

developed trauma or anxiety especially children or students. This pandemic is overwhelming

the functioning and outcomes of education systems—some of which were already stressed in

many aspects. Thus, the role of the teachers in reaching out their students virtually and

connecting with them though they are not seeing each other, and the support of parents in

guiding their children in studying is very relevant today.

The new learning system affects both students and teachers either positively and negatively.

Just recently, the #AcademicFreezeNow got trending for days in Twitter. Students are tweeting
their experiences, frustrations, struggles, and problems regarding the new normal education

policy. Calls for an academic freeze are nothing new as parents and students have earlier

expressed their desire to put a halt to this school year to make education more equal for people

for all walks of life since not everybody has access to the Internet and can afford to provide

each kid with a laptop or tablet.

As stated by Ong Ki (2020) in her blog, the main concern now for students is just how difficult

online schooling is compared to actual classes. Several students lamented that they are no

longer learning, as their focus has shifted to completing assignments on a daily basis. Even

students who love to study are struggling with online schooling.

Those concerns and the adaptation of students towards this new setup for learning creates a

big impact in their emotional stability. Some may be happy and optimistic in facing this

challenge but we can't deny the fact that negative feedbacks surpass the positive ones.

Emotional health can greatly impact one's mental health.

That impact on well-being and emotional health may be magnified by another effect of school

closures. According to the author of a recent study conducted in JAMA Pediatrics, schools are

“the de facto mental health system for many children and adolescents,” providing mental

health services to 57% of adolescents who need care. School closures may be especially

disruptive for children from lower-income families, who are disproportionately likely to receive

mental health services exclusively from schools. (Terada, 2020)

In addition, Golberstein (2020), the author of that study, said that this pandemic may worsen existing

mental health and it can lead to more cases among children and adolescents due to the one of a kind
composite of the public health crisis, social isolation and economical recession. Since most mental

health begin in childhood it is really important to be identified as early as possible. If left untreated, it
Independent Dependent Variable
can lead to more severeVariable
and serious mental and emotional problems.

Thus, this study focuses on determining the emotional impact Impact

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New Learning Students
towards students. ThisSystem
can also be a help in a way that parents, peers and teachers can know

how most of the students responds emotionally regarding this matter. Hopefully, this can be a

prop for the beneficiaries or readers of this Research to know how to approach and help other

students to cope up with this new setup and to lift up their emotions and reduce the rate of

mental problems.

Conceptual Framework

Figure 1-A. Schematic Diagram showing the relationship of the variables of the study

The schematic Diagram presents the independent and dependent variables considered in the

study.

New Learning System, refers to the new system in sustaining and providing quality education

for everyone amidst the COVID19 Pandemic. According to Department of Education (DepEd),
courtesy to Jorge's (2020) online article, platforms such as ICT4ALS, FB Chat, Google Classroom,

the Aral Muna app, and DepEd Commons emerged as the most common technological

interventions used. Also popular are the use of radio-based intervention — partnerships with

local radio stations to announce questions or lessons that can be replied to by phone. There are

also the door-to-door delivery of worksheets, take-home learning activity sheets, and take-

home portfolio completions. These modalities are being used and explored during the

quarantine period and will serve as key learning points for implementation in the bigger

education system.

Emotional impact is concluded as an important variable because emotions are conscious mental

reaction, such as anger or fear, subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed

toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in

the body as stated in Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The emotional impact to students of the

new normal are caused by the struggles, problems, challenges and frustrations gained upon

continuing attaining academics. It is very important to know the emotional impact of the new

learning system towards students so that in a way, people can be informed on how to approach

students and help them cope up with the new learning system.

Statement of the Problem

The interest of this study was to determine the emotional impact of the new learning

system towards students specifically to the Senior High School Students of Alubijid National

Comprehensive High School. Furthermore, this study aims to answer the questions that follows.
 1. How does students respond to the New Learning System emotionally?

2. What are the factors that make students looks negatively to the New Learning System?

Examples are:

a) Internet Access

b) Financial Stability/Capacity

c) Teaching Approach

d) Lack of Learning Materials

e) Affordability of Gadgets

3. How about factors that make students looks positively to the New Learning System?

4. What are the emotional effects of the New Learning System towards students?

Hypothesis

Alternative:

There is a significant relationship between the new learning system and its emotional impact to

students.

Null:

There is no significant relationship between the new learning system and its emotional impact

to students.

Significance of the Study

The findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study are envisioned to benefit the

following:

Students: They will benefit from this study in a way that they will know or rather assess

theirselves if they are emotionally stable or if they are responding negatively or positively or

neutrally towards the New Learning System. Also, they can be aware that there are students

who are sharing the same thoughts or experiences identical situations like them.

Parents: Parents will benefit in this study in a manner that they can be informed and aware

how students respond to the new learning system. It can help them know how to reach out

their children and guide them while studying. Also, they can know how to support their children

in a way that they are helping to maintain their emotional and mental health.

Teachers: This beneficiary can get an advantage upon knowing what does this study all about.

Teachers can know how their students response to this matter and learn how they can connect

to them. They play a significant role during this pandemic in terms of sustaining and providing

quality education. Knowing their students' emotions is a benefaction to them to get to know

how to deliver lessons to their students. Also, they can also be a help in giving students a

healthy emotional and mental welfare.

Peers: This beneficiary also share almost the same experiences with their co-peers or co-

students. This study is can be a help to them in a way that they can know that they are not

alone in this journey and there are other students who are experiencing the same fate as them.

It may be a way for them to develop empathy and look positively to the New Learning System.

Also, they can help their peers to maintain a stable emotional and mental health.
Future Researchers: They can benefit in this study in a way that this can be a guide or a

resource for them to supply facts and information to their future researches related to this

study.

Scope and Limitations

This study is concerned only to the emotional impact of the new learning system towards senior

high school students of Alubijid National Comprehensive High School in the school year 2020-

2021. Hence, the conclusions derived from this study may or may not apply to other schools

and facilities. Only selected senior high school students of ANCHS are the respondents included.

The identities of the respondents are confidential and cannot be exposed to the public. The

study will be conducted through an online survey through Google Form. This was measured

through a reseacher-made questionnaire consisting 10 questions.

Chapter II
 Review of Related Literatures and Studies

Introduction

This year is really extraordinary for everyone as it is like a whole new world. People are

refrained from doing things they normally do as this pandemic teaches everyone the art of

adaptation, renewal and adjustment. This pandemic just broke human's tradition and changes

how they lived. This is where the new normal entered-from people's daily lifestyle, livelihood,

daily necessities down to education.

Corona Virus Disease 2019

Around 9 months ago, the issue regarding the Corana Virus Disease 2019 commonly known as

COVID-19 spreads like wildfire worldwide. As days passed by, it was then declared as a world

pandemic as it affects billions of lives. Livelihood, economic growth, daily supplies and

necessities and other aspects of lives are conflicted due to this phenomenon. Also, this

pandemic poses serious concern to global education system.

In a summary made by Flapp (2020), he discussed that COVID19 or SARS-CoV-2, formally called

as NCoV or Novel Corona Virus, belongs to the family of Corona Viruses. It is a large family of

enveloped, non-segmented, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses. The Corona Viruses'

name was derived from the word "Corona" or "Crown" as their electron microscopic image

resembles a crown. People who are infected with the disease are present with fever, dry cough,

loss of smell or taste, shortness of breath chills, rigor, fatigue, myalgia, headache, sore throat,

and diarrhea.
In a study posted online written by Chaplin (2020), he stated that last December 31, 2019, the World

Health Organization (WHO) was formally notified about a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City,

home to 11 million people and the cultural and economic hub of central China. By January 5, 2020, 59

cases were known and none had been fatal. Ten days later, WHO was aware of 282 confirmed cases, of

which four were in Japan, South Korea and Thailand. There had been six deaths in Wuhan, 51 people

were severely ill and 12 were in a critical condition. The virus responsible was isolated on 7 January and

its genome shared on 12th day of January 2020. The cause of the severe acute respiratory syndrome

that became known as COVID‐19 was a novel coronavirus, SARS‐CoV‐2.

As of October 22, 2020, courtesy to Worldometer, there is a total of 41,459,280 COVID19 cases

worldwide with 1,135,646 deaths and 30,900,241 recoveries. In addition, there are 9,423,393 active

cases wherein 99% of the active cases are mild and runs up to 9,349,209, and the remaining 1% is the

composition 74,184 critical cases.

COVID-19 in the Philippines

Running a month after the outbreak in China, the infectious disease reached the Philippines. According

to the report of the World Health Organization (WHO), last January 30, 2020, the Philippine Department

of Health (DOH) reported the first case of COVID-19 in the country with a 38-year-old female Chinese

national. WHO is working closely to the DOH in combating the COVID19 as the local transmission was

confirmed last March 7, 2020.

Due to the outbreak of the disease, quarantines and lockdowns were implemented to several provinces

nationwide wherein COVID19 cases are reported. In an article written by Tomacruz, Sofia (2020), she

reported that President Duterte announced that Metro Manila will be under a partial lockdown at the

beginning at midnight on March 15, 2020 that will cover 16 cities and a municipality. Domestic travels

from Manila and vice versa thru land, water and air are prohibited and suspended until April 14, 2020.
Last March 16, 2020, President Duterte declared Philippines to be under a 6-month state of calamity. It

was recommended to the President by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

(NDRRMC) and was issued through Proclamation No. 929 signed last March 16, 2020. His Excellency

freezes the government offices and local government units (LGU) to use resources to address the

COVID19 threat. Likewise, the Philippine Nation Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines

(AFP) were tasked to keep peace and order in the affected areas (Kabiling, 2020).

In the same proclamation, the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon is officially imposed in the

beginning of March 17, 2020 until April 12, 2020. It is said that it is unless earlier lifted or extended as

circumstances may warrant. Strict home quarantines, suspension of transpirations, travel restrictions

and work-from home arrangements were called for this Luzon-wide quarantine (Kabling, 2020).

COVID19 in Region X

In the eleventh day of March, 2020 the first case in Mindanao was confirmed. It was a 54-year old

resident of Lanao del Sur who doesn't have an international travel history but has recently went for

work in Metro Manila. The said patient was admitted to a private hospital in Iligan City and was later on

transferred to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City last March 8.

Camiguin confirms it first case last March 28, 2020 (Mascariñas, 2020) while Misamis Occidental

confirmed it first case in Ozamiz City last March 29, 2020 (Agonoy, 2020). According to CCN Philippines,

the case was then followed by a confirmed case in Bukidnon last April 9, 2020 and Lanao del Norte has

also resported at least one case. Later on, Misamis Oriental authenticate its first case last June 12.

New Learning System in the Philippines

This pandemic creates a big impact to the educational sectors around the world. It has brought extreme

challenges that made our daily lives revolves and met the new normal. Not even a single person can tell
when will this pandemic will end and up til now, the making of vaccine is still on process. All countries

worldwide are doing their best to combat the said disease, they implement plans, sustain their

constituents' daily basic needs and create new orders to prevent the fast growth of the disease. In line

with this, the pandemic will never be a hindrance towards sustaining quality education for all. Because

of that, here comes the new learning system.

In the words of the Department of Education (DepEd), “blended learning” or “hybrid learning” is a

fusion of online distant learning and in-person delivery of printed materials to the homes of the

learners through the barangays for those who don’t have internet access and interactive

facilities in the comforts of their home. In localities where this is not possible, DepEd will use

radio and television to broadcast lessons, materials and instructions for the student (Custodio,

2020).

However, this blended learning may not be applicable for all areas in the Philippines. One

instance is the lack of signal and the capability to access the Internet. Also, online education

was hindered by poor infrastructures including, network, power, inaccessibility and

unavailability issues and poor digital skills. (Onyema, Nwafor, et.al, 2020). Although nowadays

technology became a big part of our lives, there are those people who are still adapting this

change.

Furthermore, this new learning system involves parents as they are the one who will teach and

guide their children in studying. Unfortunately, there are numbers of parents who are illiterate

or busy with their livelihood to sustain daily needs. This is a sad reality for the poor although

there are countermeasures taken to solve this problems, but it is really hard for them.
Emotional Impact of the New Normal Towards Children and Adolescents

Children and Adolescents are the most vulnerable to the sudden changes due to this pandemic. Some

may be happy and optimistic about this matter and looks positively that this challenge will end soon. But

then, there are people who are having difficulties adapting the changes in their daily lives. The new

normal really affects one's mental health and emotional stability.

That impact on well-being and emotional health may be magnified by another effect of school

closures. According to the author of a recent study conducted in JAMA Pediatrics, schools are

“the de facto mental health system for many children and adolescents,” providing mental

health services to 57% of adolescents who need care. School closures may be especially

disruptive for children from lower-income families, who are disproportionately likely to receive

mental health services exclusively from schools. (Terada, 2020)

In addition, Golberstein (2020), the author of that study, said that this pandemic may worsen existing

mental health and it can lead to more cases among children and adolescents due to the one of a kind

composite of the public health crisis, social isolation and economical recession. Since most mental

health begin in childhood it is really important to be identified as early as possible. If left untreated, it

can lead to more severe and serious mental and emotional problems.

Just recently, the #AcademicFreezeNow got trending in Twitter for weeks. Most of the students are

using this hashtag to elaborate and express their negative feedbacks towards the new learning system,

their struggles, frustrations and pointed out the problems they have encountered during online classes.

One of the tweets stated that "Hindi na po ako natuto. Parang nagcocomply lang kami ng requirements

kasi kailangan dahil deadline na". The author of that posts complaints that she is no longer learning and

just passing requirements because it's needed and due.

This is true across the world and affects all children, though to differing degrees depending on multiple

factors—including the country/region where they live, as well as their ages, family backgrounds, and

degree of access to some “substitute” educational opportunities during the pandemic.

The 2020–2021 school year is now underway, and with many schools remaining physically closed as the

2020–2021 year begins, there is more we need to understand and think through if we are to meet the

crisis head-on. If students are to not see their temporary interruptions become sustained and are to

regain lost ground, if teachers are to do their jobs effectively during and after the pandemic, and if our

education system is to deliver on its excellence and equity goals during the next phases of this

pandemic, it will be critical to identify which students are struggling most and how much learning and

development they have lost out on, which factors are impeding their learning, what problems are

preventing teachers from teaching these children, and, very critically, which investments must be made

to address these challenges. (García and Weiss, 2020)

Traditional Learning System

Traditional education is defined as teacher-centered delivery of instruction to classes of students who

are the receivers of information. Traditional schools generally stress basic educational practices and

expect mastery of academic learning in the core subjects of math, reading, writing, science and social

studies. (Huson, 2020)

Huson (2020) also added that choices in education abound, and many parents are curious about

exploring all the options. However, the traditional model of classroom education is what's familiar to

most. Despite the criticism this model of school receives from some, the classroom headed by one

teacher within a school community has specific advantages that explain the reasons for its widespread

appeal. Most children benefit from and thrive in this form of education.
Online Classes

Online classes are typically a mix of video recordings or live lectures supplemented with readings and

assessments that students can complete on their own time. But nothing is typical about education in

2020 as the coronavirus has forced a sudden migration to online learning with little time to prepare for it

(Friedman and Moody, 2020).

As the pandemic accelerated, colleges shifted into emergency mode, shutting down campuses in an

effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – the disease caused by the novel coronavirus – and moving

academic life online.

Online classes may be convenient in many aspects like it prevents students, teachers and stakeholders

go to school, plus everything are one touch away and you can do it in the comforta of your homes. In

this way, people can follow the health protocols by staying and working at home. In addition, it can help

it preventing the unending growth of the COVID19 cases worldwide.

On the other hand, online classes also have its flaws and difficulties. Not all people are capable in

providing theirselves phones,laptops orany gadgets that they can use for online classes. Next, not all

areas have strong signals and another factor is the financial stability of families. Looking to this aspect,

people can say that it is really hard and indeed unfair for others especially for those who are living in

poverty.

Traditional Learning Vs. Online Classes

As we face this new normal, people can't help but to compare things they used to do and things that

they need to adapt in the present. A big comparison between the past and present and maybe a

hypothesis for the future.

 Many people especially students are used to tradional learning or being in a classroom with a

teacher guiding and teaching students. But now given our current situation, we continued sustaining

quality education by doing things or having the education virtually.

In a survey blog conducted by Tierney (2020), she stated that today, many institutions, from elementary

schools all the way to universities, have made classes available online for students to finish the

semester. Online learning has been around for a while. Many schools use some method of “blended

learning” — a combination of technology resources and in-classroom learning — to provide instruction.

One study found that 59 percent of teachers say their students are more motivated to learn when in a

blended environment. Some students prefer in-person interaction with their peers and teachers. Others

learn by doing, like during a science lab, which can be difficult if there isn’t someone in the room to ask

for guidance or give a demonstration. In those cases, it might be more beneficial for students to learn in

a traditional classroom environment.

 Chapter III

Research Methodology

This chapter presents and describe the research design, research setting, sampling procedure,

data gathering procedure, scoring guidelines and statistical treatment of data.

Research Design

This study makes use of the descriptive research design. According to Manuel and Madel

(1976), descriptive research involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation of

the present nature, composition, or process of the phenomena. The focus is on the prevailing

conditions, on how a person, group or thing behaves or functions at the time of the study.

Accordingly, this study will involve a description of the emotional impact of the new learning

system towards students. Moreover, to describe that impact if it is either a positive, a negative

or a neutral one.

Research Setting

The municipality of Alubijid is located in the weather coast of Misamis Oriental. Seven (7) years

after the declaration of the Executive Order No. 296 or the granting of Alubijid as a

municipality, signed by His Excellency Manuel L Quezon, concerned laymen, education experts
and local political leaders have foreseen the significant role of the municipality in the future

academic aspiration of it's people. Then they picked up the broken pieces of structure from the

war- which devastated thousands of lives, and made use of those pieces in the building of

Alubijid High School in 1947. In the same year, classes in the first and second year levels began.

Year after, the third year class was opened and followed by the fourth year in the succeeding

year. During school year 1943-1944, the said school became Alubijid Provincial High School.

Since then, the school continued to respond with prudence the challenges of the times. A very

remarkable turning point in the history of Alubijid National Comprehensive High School in its

commitment to upgrade the quality of education to a certain degree is it's conversion to a

National Comprehensive High School. By virtue of Republic Act 2877, approved last June 18,

1964 during the third session of the fifth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, Alubijid

Provincial High School in the province of Misamis Oriental was converted into a Comprehensive

High School.

Students from the above-mentioned school were involved in the study as they are the

respondents of the Research. Also, the researchers are studying in that school. However, during

the survey, they made use of an online survey format- the Google Form. The survey was

conducted online and virtually.

The Respondents

The respondents included in this study were the Senior High School Students of Alubijid

National Comprehensive High School in the academic year 2020-2021. They are coming from

grades 11-12. The students from senior high schools came from different strands; (1) Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), (2) Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS),

(3) Accountancy and Business Management, (4) Technical-Vocational Strands- Cookery, SMAW.

Most of the students are residents of (1) Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, (2) Laguindingan, Misamis

Oriental, and (3) El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental.

The identity of the respondents are purely confidential and it cannot be exposed to the public.

Furthermore, there were no potential risks associated with this research whether it be physical,

psychological, social, legal, or economic to the students that were involved in this study.

Sampling Procedure

Table 1. Population Distribution of Sample Sizes

Data Gathering Instruments

The researcher-made questionnaire with 10 questions was used to gather information needed

in the study. It assess the emotional impact to students of the New Learning System. It includes

questions regarding their feelings, struggles and people around them as factors of their

emotional stability.

Since we are in the middle of the pandemic where face to face surveys and interviews are not

allowed, the Researchers conducted the survey online and virtually. With the help of the

Google Forms, the survey will be answered by the students there.

Data Gathering Procedure

In the gathering the data needed for the study, letter to the ANCHS' SHS registrar were sent for

the determination of the population of Senior High School Students in the said school. Also, the

Researchers attached reminder to the respondents that if they are 18 years old below, they

shall seek permission from their parents or guardian or any of their family members who are

above 18. Meanwhile, student respondents who are above 18 may proceed in answering the

survey automatically.

The responses of the student respondents were kept confidential and cannot be exposed to the

public. They may also see the results of the study as soon as the Researchers comes up with the

results, findings, summary and conclusion.

Furthermore, there were no potential risks associated with this research whether it be physical,

psychological, social, legal or economic to students involved in this study.

Statistical Treatment

The study utilized the conveniences provided by descriptive statistics under the qualitative

research to include frequency, distribution and deviations in establishing the profile of the

respondents. It is also employed in describing the emotional impact of the new learning system

towards senior high school students of ANCHS.