Adaptability of First Year Criminology Student to the Learning Environment in CDK

Chapter 1
 INTRODUCTION

Rationale:

The adaptability of contemporary college freshmen using the sustainable development

education paradigm was evaluated in this study. Revision and compilation of China's College

Student Adjustment Scale(CCSAS). These five characteristics—personal emotional adaptability,

learning adaptability, interpersonal adaptability, university identity, and living adaptability—are

examined in this essay. The study derives the subsequent conclusions by employing a sample of

640 freshmen (from more than 30 colleges) and accounting for the three factors of gender, major,

and origin. Although there were some notable outliers, most freshmen were adept at adapting. In

terms of major, there are no appreciable disparities; in terms of gender, there are differences in

physiology and psychology between males and girls; and in terms of the students' countries of

origin, there were some notable deviations. ( Huaruo Chen, Ling Ling, Yonghui Ma, Ya Wen,

Xiyuan Gao, Xueying Gu, 2020)

In the Philippines, low academic adjustment of college students of result to poor academic

achievement (Alipio, 2020; Calaguas, 2011). It was found out in the study of Hernandez (2017)

that first year students from the selected higher-education institutions in Calapan City have poor

social adjustment. They can easily adjust to college life in terms of academic and emotional as well

as being attached to their institution but it takes them a while to be socially adjusted (Alipio, 2020).

The researcher recommends that the guidance counsellors of higher education institutions may

create a guidance program specifically designed for first year college students. This program may

include seminar, workshop, psychological testing and counselling that aims to facilitate their
transition and adjustment to college, as well as the enhancement of self-esteem. It also addresses

personal, emotional, and psychosocial development of the students.

The issues stated above are clearly present among Colegio de Kidapawan students,

particularly among those who are first-year college students. It is extremely difficult for students,

especially those getting ready to go to college, to transition from traditional face-to-face instruction

to distant learning via modular distance learning and online distance learning. The criminology

professors observe certain adjustments in the first year students’ behaviour. As such, according to

Alvin Tugon, LPT, the instructor in criminology department, states that the participation of the

students in online classes is generally low, while in face-to-face classes they engage more in class

because they are being monitored by their instuctors. Cherry Mae B. Tobias, one of the first year

criminology instuctors, also states that the sudden transition from online class to face-to-face

class affects the students adjustment behaviour, due to the fact that some of the students are

having a hard time catching up in their academics. Also, they must communicate with their

professors and peers.

As a result, this study is carried out to determine whether the academic performance of first-

year college students in criminology is affected by their adaptation to the new learning environment

in Colegio de Kidapawan.

Research Objectives

The study’s overall goal was to help students navigate times of novelty, variability, and

uncertainty, such as those they encountered during the pandemic.

Specifically the study aimed to:

1. Determine how students can easily adjust due to changing circumstances/new normal.
2. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of new learning system in terms of student’s

academic performance.