Abstract
Ecological awareness is a way of thinking about the world in terms of its interdependent natural and human systems, including a consideration of the consequences of human actions and interactions within the natural context. Hence, this research determined the level of ecological awareness of Filipino education students, with the aim of strengthening their ecological awareness through enrichment activities. The input of the study was determined by employing self-made questionnaire as the principal tool for gathering data. Through appropriate statistical tools and analyses of data, the study revealed that the respondents are greatly female individuals who belonged to the bracket of middle income, reached high school level which was the parent’s highest educational attainment and acquired General Weighted Average (GWA) in Natural Sciences (NS) ranging from 2.00-2.49. It also revealed that the respondents are aware when it comes to caring and practical competency. Further, it was revealed that there is no significant relationship between sex and ecological awareness while there is a significant relationship between socio-economic status, parent’s highest educational attainment, GWA in NS and ecological awareness. The above-mentioned findings recommend to conduct programs that integrate caring, knowledge, and action that determine potential to enhance student’s ecological awareness and promote transparency and public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters.
Highlights
Since the turn of the new millennium, the world is facing different environmental issues that may harm people, societies and ecosystems
Majority of the respondents were female with a General Weighted Average (GWA) in Natural Sciences (NS) falling under 2.00-2.49; with regards to parent’s highest educational attainment, the highest attainment was high school and the socio-economic status was middle income
It was concluded that the respondents were ecologically aware in terms of caring and practical competency
Summary
Since the turn of the new millennium, the world is facing different environmental issues that may harm people, societies and ecosystems. Environmental issues are the result of harmful human activities on the biophysical environment. Such issues that people are experiencing today are global warming, climate change, pollution and environmental degradation. It is a must to promote environmental awareness through environmental education to prevent this phenomenon. The said order involved implementing different environmental laws that would help the human beings to be educated and aware to build a more sustainable world (The LAWPHIL Project, 2008)
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