Attitudes of students toward the BTTE Program of UM Digos College

Abstract

This study's major purpose is to determine the level of the positive and negative attitudes of Bachelor of Technical Teacher Education students towards the BTTE program, learning environment, and the instructor`s methods of teaching. This is also sought to determine the difference in the Positive and Negative Attitudes of the BTTE students when analyzed by profile. Descriptive-comparative type of research was utilized in the study. Results revealed that most BTTE students belonged to the age bracket of 16 to 20 years old, female, and most are in second-year level. BTTE students have high positive attitudes toward the BTTE program itself, instructor`s teaching methods, and learning environment except for the statement that books related to BTTE program major in food and service management are available in the library that showed neither high nor low result. For the difference in the positive and negative attitudes of the BTTE students toward the BTTE program, learning environment, and instructor`s methods of teaching, results showed that there were no significant differences when respondents were grouped according to age and gender. Lastly, when the respondents were grouped by age, results showed a significant difference in the positive attitudes of BTTE students toward the BTTE program, learning environment, instructor`s methods of teaching, and the negative attitude of BTTE students toward the learning environment. At the same time, there is no significant difference in the negative attitudes of BTTE students toward the BTTE program and instructor's methods of teaching.