Abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the lived experiences of the Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) graduates who are working in the global arena in order to come up with a new curriculum that would address the needs to meet the global standards. The study utilized the phenomenological method and the participants were purposively sampled from the list of graduates who fell under the qualifications Health Care Services NC II, Food and Beverage NC II and the Household Services NC II now known as Domestic Work NC II. The data were gathered through an in-depth face-to-face interview and were analyzed using the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. It has come up with a Theory on Migrant Workers Resiliency which states that in order for a migrant worker to adapt in the global arena, all he/she needed is the interplay of preparation in terms of skills, knowledge and emotions. It further revealed that there is a struggle that each participant experiences due to the diverse culture of the employers which include their religion, rituals, beliefs, spoken dialect, lifestyle, food and the feeling of homesickness. All these struggles the participants endured because of the thought of sending back to the Philippines enough money to support the basic needs of the family including their education in order to hopefully uplift their standard of living.
Keywords: migrant workers, resiliency, global arena, workplace experiences, TVE graduates.
Title: MIGRANT WORKERS RESILIENCY THEORY: EXPERIENCES OF TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES IN THE GLOBAL ARENA
Author: ALMIRA LEONOR-MIRAS
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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