LOURDES COLLEGE

9000 Cagayan de Oro City

Higher Education Department
Guidance Center

Embracing Uncertainties Plus Resilience: A Mindset to a Challenging Landscape

INTRODUCTION

A talk on building resilience and dealing with life’s uncertainties was

conducted last November 15, 2023 at the LC Auditorium given by the Guidance
& Counseling Center with Mr. Edgar Namuag, LPT as its resource speaker.
College students who attended the event were given a lecture on how to
bounce back from setbacks and manage changes and challenges in their
academic lives. The activity started at 10 in the morning of said date.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The study will answer the following questions:

1. What is the mean rating of the respondents on the activity in terms of:

1.1 Content
1.2 Speaker/Facilitator
1.3 Group Interaction

2. What are the respondents’ Comments and Suggestions?

METHODOLOGY

In this survey, there are one hundred sixty-four (164) students who
responded to the given evaluation forms. The respondents rated the activity by
the scale of 1 to 5; 1-Poor, 2-Below Average, 3-Average, 4-Above Average, and
5-Excellent. Data responses gathered and were computed.
The mean ratings on each of the following components of the activity: content
coverage is relevant to the objective of the activity, topic is useful to my
development, content coverage in thorough, Organization, Knowledge of
subject matter, Clarity of voice and presentation, Ability to sustain students
interest and attention, Time allotment, Participants' engagement in discussion,
Moderators' effectiveness, Appropriateness, Adequacy of space and
Conduciveness to activity. All Comments and Suggestions of the students
towards the activity were also presented in this study.

FINDINGS

Table 1 Mean Distribution of the Assessment of the Activity

In Terms of Content (n=164)

Content Rating Qualitative Rating

The content coverage is relevant to the objective
of the activity
4.82 Excellent
The topic is useful to my development 4.81 Excellent
The content coverage in thorough 4.73 Excellent
TOTAL: 4.79 Excellent

Table 1 shows that all areas under the content area obtained an excellent
rating with a mean of 4.79

Table 2 Mean Distribution of the Assessment of the Activity

in terms of Speakers/Facilitators (n=164)

Speakers/ Facilitator Rating Qualitative Rating

Organization 4.79 Excellent
Knowledge of subject matter 4.84 Excellent
Clarity of voice and presentation 4.83 Excellent
Ability to sustain students interest and attention 4.74 Excellent
TOTAL: 4.80 Excellent

Table 2 shows that organization, knowledge, clarity and ability to sustain

attention of the speaker/s were rated as excellent (M=4.80).
 Table 3 Mean Distribution of the Assessment of the Activity
in terms of Group Interaction (n=164)

Open Forum/ Group Interaction Rating Qualitative Rating

Time allotment 4.59 Excellent
Participants' engagement in discussion 4.66 Excellent
Moderators' effectiveness 4.77 Excellent
TOTAL: 4.67 Excellent

Table 3 shows that in terms of open forum/group interaction: the open

forum/group interaction coverage is relevant with a rating of 4.67 which is
excellent.

Table 5 Assessment of the Activity’s Over-all Mean (n=164)

Over-all Mean Mean Rating Qualitative Rating

4.76 Excellent

Table 5 shows the assessment of the activity’s over-all mean with a rating of 4.76
or Excellent.

Table 6 Comments and Suggestions

Thankyou for the enlightenment sir and maam
Very nice seminar
Do this more often. Sir Ed is so good🥰
The time given should be longer, and it can be interactive also. Over all it is good and well delivered.
Thank you sir for the wonderful topic that you discuss to us😊
I do love and appreciate those kind of talks because it will help us assess and improve to whatever things
we need to for ourselves.
excellent
"I would like to thank the guidance team for this activity for us to take a pause and set aside the things
that had been overwhelming us. It was also a learning opportunity that we may be able to grow and
apply these learnings as we go on in life.

May God bless you and have a good day ahead. "
I hope we’ll have more time so that we can engage more with our other peers
Thank sir for your time and for sharing your knowledge about self I've learned alot in that short period
of time.
I learned a lot
"Good
"
Congratulations
Tsada kaayo ang discussion ni Sir Edgar yesterday. Naka tuon jod ko.
The topic is very helpful to the students especially those who struggling different difficulties.
The activity was well-organized and the speaker delivered it well that we can really understand it.
I really love how Sir Edgar deliver his thoughts and talk. Turn the Uncertainties into a challenge and
motivation
I’ve gain a lot of learnings.
I have no comments or suggestions, the event was successful and the speaker was just great.
I just want to add comment, I really appreciate that they have this kind of event for the reason that this
can motivate or encourage the people who were listening, congrats Sir Edgar for the event well done.
Good
is all great
The seminar is good!
connection
It was overall good, hoping for more activities like this.
It can help us students for our improvement
EXCELLENT
Good
A very informative session

CONCLUSION

In summary, the overall rating of the talk was rated as excellent by the
participants. The content, facilitators and appropriateness of the activity was
evaluated as highly satisfactory.

Prepared by:

Alve Jane B. Aranton,RPm

Psychometrician

Noted by:
Rosemarie Ann L. Silmonet, RPm, RGC
Guidance & Counseling Center -- Chairperson