Philippine E-Journals

Personal and Socio-Cultural Orientations in Relation to the Academic Achievement of Indigenous College Students in the Metropolis: Basis for a Responsive Guidance Program

Angelita P. Bugnalen

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study focused on the personal and socio-cultural orientations in relation to the academic achievement of indigenous college students from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), who temporarily transferred to the Metropolis to obtain a college degree. Personal orientations dealt with the students’ self-concept and adjustment while socio-cultural orientations covered their social acceptability and values. On one hand, self-concept consisted of five areas: self-identity, self-esteem, self-image, social-self and family-self while adjustment involved three aspects: educational, social and emotional. On the other hand, social acceptability included three settings: school, social gatherings and community while value orientations comprised family solidarity, respect for tradition, economic security, authoritarianism and social acceptance. The students’ levels of personal and socio-cultural orientations as these relate to their academic achievement were identified and analyzed.

 

The results of this study bared the basis for planning and designing a responsive guidance program geared at accelerating the indigenous college students’ academic performance. Programs and activities for enhancing their adjustment: educational, social, and emotional as well as their social acceptability: in school, in social gatherings, and in the community were clearly identified.