Mary Vincentia O. Beldia (Author)
This study is about adolescent fisherfolks, their dreams and fears for the future and how their lives evolved into young adulthood. These adolescents lived in three fishing communities in Roxas City with the highest percentage of adolescents recorded. They represent a wider group of adolescents who are identified in government reports as ‘fisherfolk’, vulnerable to underachievement and disadvantaged by low expectations. The phenomenological exploration on which this study is based on gives voice to 36 adolescent fisherfolks, offering insight into their experiences as adolescent fisherfolk that affected their aspirations and influenced their decision-making. With this, the study offers a unique appreciation of how a group of adolescents held their own aspirations with the educational opportunities perceived to be available to them. Their experiences of navigating a way to live the fisherfolks’ life provide us all with important messages to consider when seeking to provide tailor education that supports individual aspirations into successful achievement.
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Keywords:
Adolescence, Fisherfolks, Aspirations