A TRACER STUDY ON THE BSE MUSIC EDUCATION GRADUATES (2000-2005)

Emaas, Alchel Grace R. Obja-an, John Roger A. Ortega, Wilfred Y. Reyes, Ma. Jeanette F. III 17 BSE Music Education

Background of the study

Music is vital to the development of a human being. It is important to the development of the individual because music involvement is considered a fundamental expression of human behaviour. The need for education in music is indeed important. Music education is the dissemination of music knowledge, skills and appreciation. (Del Valle, 2011)

Background of the study

With this in mind the Philippine Normal University has been offering the course Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSE) major in Music Education for a long period of time. Since then the course has produced numerous graduates who have been music teachers in the public and private schools.

Background of the study

With all the requirements needed to be fulfilled by the students taking up the BSE Music Education curriculum and with the demands of music education in the Philippines, the quality education received by the graduates are a major thought.

Background of the study

According to the Task Force on Higher Education (1995) the indicators of quality graduates are performance of graduates in board examinations, accredited status of courses and employability of graduates.

Background of the study

According to Task Force on Higher Education under the Commission on Higher Education (1995) in its recommendation on its Comparability and Equivalency study, a study should be conducted that will identify the factors affecting quality of education and that schools must be encouraged to track their graduates after graduation in order to get accurate information on their employability and acceptability which is one of the three indicators of Quality of Higher education.

Background of the study

A tracer study is an effective feed-back and follow-up tool to obtain continuous quality of the programs and curricular offerings of the university to align with the needs of the field and international standards of producing world-class music teachers.

Background of the study

The need of a tracer study in the Music unit is necessary as four studies have only been found by the researchers. Thus this study is deemed necessary by the researchers.

Conceptual Framework
The tracer studys objective is to assess academic studies and their present profession in which tracer studies could be used to provide valuable evaluating results of education and may be used in the development of the institution in the context of quality assurance. (Schomburg, 2003)

Conceptual Framework
In order to do this we must be able to assess what is the quality of the graduates which in this case is the Batch 2000-2005. Since quality assurance is the goal of tracer study we must define what quality is. According to the Task Force in Higher Education (1995)

Conceptual Framework
In order to do this we must be able to assess what is the quality of the graduates which in this case is the Batch 2000-2005.

Conceptual Framework
According to the Task Force in Higher Education (1995), an organization supported by the Commission on Higher Education, there are three main indicators in of quality graduates are
performance of graduates in board examination accredited status of courses employability of graduates.

Conceptual Framework
Out of these three indicators of quality, we could assess through tracer study is employability and LET Results.

Conceptual Framework
Employability is the ability to be able to obtain employment. The ability of the graduates to obtain employment after graduation indicates fast transition from the school to work.

Conceptual Framework
Employability is the ability to be able to obtain employment. According to the Graduate Tracer Study by (Arcelo, 2001) employability can be measured through
personal factors including age, sex, civil status and parental education, academic factors which in this case is Philippine Normal University and BSE Music Education. Employment factors which include the quality of work, unemployment factors and school related factors.

Conceptual Framework
The researchers would like to focus on personal factors, the given academic factors and employment factors. Through this a baseline data would be made in order to obtain factors which could affect employability and on employment factors waiting period, starting pay, nature of job taken and relevance to the BSE Music education curriculum.

Conceptual Framework
The Licensure Examination for Teachers is created in the establishment of the act Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1995. In the previous years the graduates of BSE Music Education have successfully passed the examinations.

Conceptual Framework
In order to assess if graduates have received quality education, we must know if they have
passed the let examination examination rating and what date they have took the examination.

Conceptual Framework

Statement of the Purpose

This study aims to trace the graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Music Education Batch 2000 2005 in terms of the indicators of quality education such as performance in the licensure examination for teachers (LET) and status of employment.

Statement of the Purpose

Specifically it aims to answer the following: 1. To establish a baseline data on the following: a. Personal Data b. Educational Background c. Socio-Economic Background

Statement of the Purpose

2. To establish the performance of the graduates in the LET based on the following: a. Passed or not b. Date Taken c. Rating

Statement of the Purpose

3. To gather employment information about the graduates based on the following:
a. b. c. d. Length of job seeking time Current employment Relation of job to area of specialization Starting pay

Significance of the Study

The Study is Significant to the following Department of Humanities - Music Unit of the Philippine Normal University
By having a record of the present employment condition of the BSE Music Education graduates/alumni - used as a basis for improvement of the BSE Music Education curriculum

Significance of the Study

The Study is Significant to the following Philippine Normal University
Knowing if it carries out its mission and vision

Graduates themselves
in order to assess how music education has improved the quality of their life as graduates and in turn know their stature in life

Significance of the Study

The Study is Significant to the following Commission on Higher Education, local NGOs and other research organization
as an alumni survey on the quality of education in the tertiary level and compare PNU at par with standards of other schools

Society
in relation to the promotion of cultural heritage as a Filipino people

Methodology
1. Research Design Descriptive Survey Method 2. Random and Sampling Technique Stratified Random Sampling 3. Instrumentation pattern after the College of Arts and Social Sciences Tracer study questionnaire

Methodology
4. Procedure
1. List of the graduates is then furnished from the records section of the Philippine Normal University, the registrars office and the Humanities department through Dr. Anita Navarro. 2. Graduates are then contacted through phone calls, personal interviews, and use of modern technology such as e-mail, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Methodology
4. Procedure
3. The questionnaire is forwarded to them in which the graduate would desire the questionnaire to be accomplished. 4. The gathered questionnaires then are subject to data analysis.

Methodology
5. Statistical Treatment of Data
Descriptive Statistical Treatment
Frequencies and Percentages measure of central tendency: mean and mode

Conceptualization and Preparation

Establishment of a Baseline data of the graduates

Quality Education of the BSE Music Education Program in Batch 2000 2005 based on

Distrbution of Survey Questionnaire and Gathering Information

Baseline Data of Graduates
Performance of the graduates on the licensure examination Employment Information

Confirmation of the Outcome

Statistical Analysis and Treatment of the Data Interpretation of the results Writing of Final chapters of thesis

A Tracer Study on the BSE Music Education graduates (2000 2005)

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