Effects of Having an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Parent on the Academic Performance of Tertiary School Students from First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH), First Semester AY 2011-2012
I. Target Readers:
Students who have an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) parent II. Research Objectives:
After reading this research paper, FAITH tertiary students should be able to: 1. Cite the advantages of having an OFW parent in terms of the following aspects: a. Financial b. Behavioral c. Academic
2. Cite the disadvantages of having an OFW parent in terms of the following aspects: a. Financial b. Behavioral c. Academic
3. Determine if there is a relationship between having an OFW parent and performing well in school.
III. Hypothesis:
Having an OFW parent does not affect a tertiary student’s academic performance.
IV. Definition of Terms: OFW - Overseas Filipino Worker, Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies both to people of Filipino ancestry who are citizens or residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad on a more temporary status. AY - Academic Year Gadgets - Modern electronic equipments Phenomena - Plural of phe.nom-e.non (Noun) – A remarkable event Exclusive - In this research it is private school. Empeded - to interfere with or slow the progress of
Remittances- a : a sum of money remitted b : an instrument by which money is remitted
Disruption - is the (usually deliberate or intended) interruption of normal work or practice.
Transmission - is the act of passing something on in another place.
Affirm - 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true.
2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm.
Migrants - 1. A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
Dependency - 1.
Cited: Guilford, J.P. and B. Fruchter (1973) (The Impact of Parents’ Overseas Employment on Educational Outcomes of Filipino Children