Learning by Doing: Assessment of Apprentices Performances across Partner Institutions in Metro Manila

Apprenticeship is one particular way of learning by doing. The Student Apprenticeship Program (SAP) or Apprenticeship as referred to in this study is a curricular program of the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF) of the Far Eastern University – Manila. It aims to enhance the preparation of the students for actual employment after college graduation. A study was conducted on the sixty nine (69) Business administration interns of a private university in Manila during the first semester of academic year 2017 - 2018. Performance Evaluation forms were distributed to all the supervisors of host companies. Evaluation forms were personally monitored by the Apprentices Adviser which made it possible to collect a 100% response. A sort of quantitative analysis was used to analyze the information provided for in the evaluation forms. The purposes of this study is to assess the interns’ performances and skills as well as their strengths and weaknesses based upon the personal and direct observation by the supervisosr of the various host companies. This study will also find the gap in the interns’ skills based upon the Institute expectation and observation by the supervisors. The study is limited to one time period observation by supervisors of various host companies. This study is underpinned by sociocultural theory, cognitive apprentice theory, situated learning theory and the 21st Century Skills Framework.