Senior High School Self-Directed Learning amid COVID-19 Pandemic: An Assessment

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 affected the educational sector worldwide. The education that usually takes place in schools had to be conducted from a distance because of the pandemic. Hence, a lot of responsibilities were given to teachers, parents, students, and other stakeholders. This paper assessed the process and outcomes of self-directed learning of the students during this time of the pandemic. The researchers of this study used the questionnaire from the PISA global crises questionnaire module and utilized a survey in gathering the data. Based on the results of the study, the majority of senior high school students used a smartphone as a digital device for school work. The majority of the respondents said they had "a few times" when it comes to the problems encountered in self-directed learning. Furthermore, there were recorded school actions/activities to sustain learning but the majority of the senior high school students said they learned less when the school building was closed. The researchers of this study recommended that the schools must apply different learning modalities based on the needs of the students. The schools must implement solutions to the problems encountered by the students in self-learning and more activities to sustain learning. Additionally, the stakeholders must work together to help the students in this time of the pandemic, and more research on self-directed learning using other variables must be done.