Life of Filipino educators after retirement: A reflective phenomenological study (original) (raw)

This qualitative research, a reflective phenomenological study explored the demographic profile and the open-ended questions of the participants such as life fulfillment as a retired educator in terms of confidence, spirit, and sadness; participating in any organizations; and their life situation now. This study used convenience sampling, which is a type of non-probability sampling with Giorgi method to analyzed the gathered data. The study concludes that the majority of the participants are 65 years old and with 25-30 years of teaching experience; the self-motivation is practiced by the participants in order to acquire self-confidence; employees who are self-motivated are those who are driven by their own interests and goals, which leads to self-assurance; the participants maintain an optimistic attitude regardless of their circumstances. The participants continue to have faith in themselves, are contented with what they have, and are linked to everyone; the participants stated tha...