CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

During socialization, people learn the language of the culture they are born as well as the

roles they are to play in life. Generation Z is the generation of people that are expected to be active

and participative in different kind of aspects. In school, students have different behaviors as they

involve themselves into various kinds of activities to learn, explore, experience, and some are just

to go with the flow. These various kinds of activities are the practices that students do to belong

and be part of something such as group or organization moreover, the socialization practices.

According to P. Mooseman, socialization is the process by which individuals learn the skills

and knowledge to be effective members of a particular group or society. It is all the lessons taught

every day, all day long, through a person’s environment. As we all do not just know and observe,

we actually engage ourselves with this process every day and people learn certain things because

of this. Hodges also defined socialization as a procedure of development, building up a person in

exceptional, procedure of advancement in identity and it is accepting a person into a society. As

Epitacio Palispis and Elias Sampa mentioned in an article, the process of socialization is the key

why the society continues. In personality formation and development of an individual, the process

of socialization plays a very essential role. The long period of being dependent allows people to

learn things they need to know in order to care for themselves and become members in this

society.

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 While school can be a positive social experience for many children, for others it can be a

nightmare. School is not only a place where children learn reading, writing and math, it is also a

place where they learn to get along with other people and develop social skills. As Lawson

mentioned, social skills are the skills we need to interact adaptively in our culture environment.

According also to Dombeck, being able to socialize well is one of the main reasons that

having good social skills is important. Time spent socializing can help build your confidence (or at

least keep it from sinking lower), strengthen your sense that life has meaning and purpose, raise

your spirits and confidence and help protect you against the effects of stress and loss.

Moreover, socialization at school includes the different kinds of behavior that students

practicing in order to get involve and these might both positively or negatively help them in boosting

their academic performance since this socialization is important in the process of personality

formation. That is why socialization practices must be chosen and practiced properly and

accordingly because it will probably affect student’s academic performance, for what you practice

is what you learn, and what you learn is what you get.

Background of the Study

It has been studied that socialization practices help in the formation of personality thus

resulting to your relationship with your fellow. Some of the problems of the students at school is

having a hard time of befriending or socializing other students. This affects their behaviour that is

why there are students who just choose to be quiet than being participative in class because they

cannot find their belongingness to the group. The researchers believe that applying a good

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socialization practices could help them grow in their relationship among their peers and improve

their academic performances.

These are the reasons why the researchers conducted this study titled Socialization

Practices of Senior High School students in Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS) in

order to address the issue and make necessary recommendations to concerned institutions or

individuals in order to achieve improvement of the SHS students in SPSPS and to other stake

holders.

Statement of the Problem

This study focused on the different Socialization Practices of Senior High School students

of Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS) and specifically aimed to answer the

following:

1. What are the factors that affect the SPSPS SHS students’ socialization practices?

2. What are the effective socialization practices in improving the academic performance

of SHS students of SPSPS?

3. How these socialization practices influence the academic performance of SHS

students in SPSPS?

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Objectives of the Study

The general objective of the study was to determine the different socialization practices of

Senior High School students of Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS). In addition, the

study aimed to:

1. Identify the factors that affect the SPSPS Senior High School student’s socialization

practices.

2. Determine the effective socialization practices in improving the academic performance

of Senior High School students of SPSPS.

3. Find out the socialization practices that influence the academic performance of Senior

High School students in SPSPS.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

In general, this study focused only on determining the socialization practices of Senior

High School students in Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS). The study,

furthermore was only limited with the Socialization Practices of the Senior High School students

including the practices they do to interact with other students and the practices to be considered

upon achieving a good academic performance. It only conducted during the 2nd semester of

School Year 2018-2019, at Saint Paul School of Professional Studies, Palo, Leyte, with the Grade

11 and Grade 12 students as the respondents.

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Significance of the Study

This study is intended to be beneficial to the following stakeholders:

To the Society. This study can serve as a source of information about the subject matter, which

would expectedly improve student’s behavior especially in school, and further lead government

agencies and other institutions to do more on their counterpart in achieving betterment of the

nation.

To the Students. particularly SHS in SPSPS, for them to be aware of the different socializations

existing, which will eventually and lead them to know what practice/s will help them improve

themselves and they would be able to come up with their own decisions with regards to their

school participation.

To the Teachers and Administrators of SPSPS. For them to have knowledge about the

socialization practices that the students do in school, in order to make necessary adjustments and

guidance, in order to make students-teachers relationships better, attaining a more effective

approach of learning.

Definition of Terms

The following were terms used in the study with its corresponding meaning:

Academic Performance. The extent to which the student, teachers or institution has achieved their

short-term or long-term educational goals (Source: www.google.com/academicperformance). On

the other hand, it is operationally defined by the researchers as the final grade of the respondents

for the 2nd semester.

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Senior High School Students. The last year of compulsory secondary education or “high school”

(Source: www.google.com/seniorhighschool). The researchers defined this as the grades 11 and

12 in Saint Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS).

Socialization Practices. These are practices associated with the process by which individuals learn

the skills and knowledge to be effective members of a particular group or society (Source: P.

Mooseman). However, the researchers defined this as the practices of the respondents relating to

how they deal with other people and the way they behave and perform in class.