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ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES

OF THE GRADE VI PUPILS OF COLLAGO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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A Thesis

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Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Teacher Education
Abra State Institute of Science and Technology
Bangued Campus, Bangued, Abra

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In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Elementary Education

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MAY JANE N. ANDALLO

ARIEL T. BALANGCAD
MATILDE S.BELLO
2013
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CERTIFICATION

This thesis entitled “ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF

THE GRADE VI PUPILS OF COLLAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,” prepared by

Matilde S. Bello, May Jane N. Andallo and Ariel T. Balangcad, in partial fulfillment for

the degree Bachelor of Elementary Education, has been examined and is recommended for

final defense.

MARCELO MICHAEL M. MERESEN, MST-Chem.

Adviser

ANNALIZA J. DAYAG, MA-Sci. Ed.

Critic

JONATHAN P. ZALES, MAT-Math

Statistician
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APPROVAL SHEET

Approved by the Panel of Examiners on Oral Examination with a grade of

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ELIZABETH C. FETALVERO, MA-Eng GERARDO B. PALCON, MA-Philo.

Member Member

LEMYROSE B. BALMACEDA, Ed. D.

Chairman

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Bachelor of Elementary Education.

DIONISIO A. VISCO, Ed. D.

Chairman, Teacher Education Department

LEMYROSE B. BALMACEDA, Ed. D.

Dean, Teacher Education Department
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It would mean a lot to thank the people involved and responsible in the preparation of

this research work.

First, the researchers would like to acknowledge God for the blessings He has

bestowed on them. A million thanks won’t be enough for a single gift from Him;

Second, their families for always being there to support them;

Mr. Marcelo Michael M. Meresen, their research adviser, for all his pieces of advices

he had told to the researchers for the successful of this study;

Mrs. Mylene E. Barzuela, their class adviser for her patience and encouragement;

Mrs. Annaliza J. Dayag, their critic for her patience in checking the papers and for her

inspirational advices;

Mr. Jonathan P. Zales, their statistician for his pieces of advices he gave to them to

improve their study;

The Panel of Examiners, Dr. Lemyrose B. Balmaceda, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Fetalvero,

Mr. Gerardo B. Palcon, who carefully examined this study for their suggestions and

recommendations;

CTE FACULTY, for teaching all the necessary principles and strategies needed in

molding the researchers to become productive and competitive future teachers;

BEED IV students for all the joy and learning the researchers have gained;

And lastly, to their barkada, “The WAKZ”. Some says that it’s hard to look for real

friends but fortunately the researchers we’re so lucky to have them. Thanks to Cristina B.,

Cristine C., Rhickcelle A., Marie Joy P., Jay- R L., Marylyn B., Rhea Prell T. Johnrey F.,

Jenny A., Gaey A., Lorna M., and Andrea L.;

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This thing would not be possible without these people who respectively gave their

contributions.

Ting

Jane

Yell
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DEDICATION

The essence of success lies in every individual’s

ability to cope with the pressures and

demands of the real world.

The researchers humbly dedicate this piece

of work to their parents, brothers, sisters

and relatives for the unconditional love

by pulling all resources

just to be able to give them the educational

they have aspired.

To their friends, they are what the heart needs

all the time. And to their instructors who

always encourage them and helped

them to check their work.

This is especially dedicated to God, Almighty

the only one above all things,

the giver of the gift of life, and the

sweetness of human

dignity and ability for self- actualization.

Ting_27

Jane_03

Yell_20
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ABSTRACT

This study aimed at determining the Environmental Attitudes and Practices of the

Grade VI Pupils in Science of Collago Elementary School for the School Year 2013-2014.

Specifically, this study sought to answer the following; 1﴿What is the level of the

respondent’s attitude towards the environment?; 2﴿What is the level of environmental

practices of the Grade VI Pupils of Collago ElementarySchoolalong the 7 environmental

themes?; 3﴿Is there a significant relationship between their level of attitude towards

environment and their environmental practices?

This study made use of the descriptive co relational as it determined the level of

awareness on environmental themes of the Grade VI Pupils of Collago Elementary School

and their attitudes and practices towards it.

The respondents of the study were the Grade VI Pupils of Collago Elementary

School,School Year 2013-2014, consisting of thirty (30) pupils. The total enumeration was

used.

The environmental attitude Scale was adapted from the Attitudinnaire authored by

DR. Lilia Pabago. It is composed of 30 statements expressing a feeling of particular student

towards the environment. The five point scale is used specified as: Strongly Agree, Agree,

Disagree, Strongly Disagree with respective values of 5, 4,3,2,1.

Environmental awareness test was adapted from the instrument used by Duran (2000)

in her study. It is made up of items which are all about issues on population, degradation of

natural resources, water and energy conservation, depletion of resources, changing and

conflicting land use, degradation of coral reefs, mangroves, and marine aquatic life. These
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were all based on themes designated as the seven core messages of the environmental

education developed by the Environmental Education Network of the Philippines.

The questionnaire was composed of open-ended questions constructed by the

researcher to solicit opinions from the respondents on their ideas on how to maintain a clean,

orderly and pollution-free environment.

In gathering the data needed in the study, the following steps were followed: 1)

Validation of the Instrument; 2) Request for permission from the school authorities to conduct

the survey; 3) Administration of survey; and 4) Interpretation of results. Weighted Mean was

used to determine the level of attitude towards environment and level of practices of the

Grade VI Pupils of Collago Elementary School and Bivariate Analysis was used to determine

if there exist the significant relationship between the of attitude towards environment and

level of practices of the Grade VI Pupils of Collago Elementary School.

On the level of environmental awareness, the Pupils got an overall mean of 4.30

interpreted as very high level of awareness. The findings implied that the Grade VI Pupils

manifested a very high level of awareness on the different environmental practices. It is

conclusive and as supported by the data findings that the pupils perceived the same level

because of the inclusion of the practices in their subjects in Edukasyong Pagpapakatao and

Science. The values are also immersed in them in other related core subject areas.

The r- value of 0.135 is lower than the r-crit value of 0.520. It means that the findings

is not significant, therefore the null hypothesis is accepted. The findings revealed that the

respondents vary on perceptions on the ways to show care and protection to the environment

whereas their level of attitude towards their level of awareness has no significant relationship.

Results and findings implied that there should an improved awareness of the respondents on
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the condition of the environment so that positive relationship of personal awareness on the

environmental conditions should be observed.

Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that the environmental attitude of the

respondents along stewardship was moderately positive. The respondents’ level of

environmental practice on finiteness and resources was very high level. There was high level

of awareness on the respondents’ environmental attitude along diversity and stability. The

respondents displayed a very high level of awareness on change .The Grade VI Pupils of

Collago Elementary School reflected a very high level of awareness on material cycle. The

respondents showed a very high level of awareness along balance and so with

interdependence. The r- value of 0.135 is lower than the r-crit value of 0.520. It means that

there is no significant relationship between their levels attitudes towards environment and

their environmental practices.

The Department of Education particularly in the Elementary should promote the seven

environmental themes in the different core subject areas. The seven environmental themes

should be posted in school gardens and school –based mini forest parks to serve as the focal

points for pupils to benchmark. Pupils are encouraged to organize school campaign to sustain

the observance of the seven themes of environmental awareness. Teachers and school

stakeholders should promote projects to sustain the promulgation of policies in the

sustainability and establishment of School Environmental Awareness Task Force. Similar

study should be undertaken to find out the relationships within and among the variables.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS PAGE

Title Page . . . . . . . . . i

Certification . . . . . . . . . ii

Approval sheet . . . . . . . . . iii

Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . iv

Dedication . . . . . . . . . vi

Abstract . . . . . . . . . vii

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . x

List of Figure . . . . . . . . . . xii

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . xiii

List of Appendices . . . . . . . . . xv

CHAPTER

I THE PROBLEM

Background of the study . . . . . . 1

Theoretical framework . . . . . . 4

Research paradigm . . . . . . 9

Statement of the problem . . . . . . 10

Hypothesis . . . . . . . . 10

II RESEARCH DESIGN

Population and Locale of the study . . . . . 11

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Data Gathering tools . . . . . . . 12

Data Gathering Procedure . . . . . . 13

Statistical Treatment of Data . . . . . . 13

III PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

The Level of the Respondent’s Attitude Towards the Environment . 14

The Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils of

Collago Elementary School along the 7 Environmental Themes 15

The Relationship Between the Level of Environmental Awareness

and their Level of Attitude . . . . . 25

IV SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary . . . . . . . . 27

Findings . . . . . . . . 28

Conclusions . . . . . . . . 29

Recommendations . . . . . . . 30

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . 31

APPENDICES . . . . . . . . 33
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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure Title Page

1 Research Paradigm . . 9
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LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page

1 Population of the Study . . . . . 11

2 Environmental Attitude of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School . . . . 14

3a Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Stewardship) . . . 16

3b Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Resources) . . . 16

3c Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Diversity and Stability) . . 17

3d Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Change) . . . . 18

3e Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Material cycle) . . . 19

3f Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Balance of nature) . . 20

3g.1 Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School

(Interdependence - In Classroom/ School campus) . . 21

3g.2 Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Interdependence - At Home) . 22

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3g.3 Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School (Interdependence - In Public Places) 23

3g.4 Level of Environmental Practices of the Grade VI Pupils

of Collago Elementary School

(Interdependence – Community I belong) . . . . 24

3h Summary Table of the Environmental Practices of the

Grade VI Pupils of Collago Elementary School . . . 25

4 Correlation Matrix Showing the Relationship Between the Level

of Environmental Awareness and their Level of Attitude . . 26

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Title

Page

A Letter of Permission . . . . . 34

B Environmental Attitude Scale . . . . 35

C Questionnaire . . . . . 37

D Curriculum Vitae . . . . . 40