Extracurricular Activities Involvement and Compassion towards Enhanced Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities for Holistic Education

Abstract

Extracurricular Activities Involvement refers to a student’s participation in extracurricular activities (ECA), while compassion pertains to the acknowledgment of someone’s suffering. This research assessed the participants’ compassion level and ECA involvement and evaluated the variables’ degree of correlation using a correlational method under a quantitative research design. It was distributed through a combination of systematic and stratified sampling methods on 240 Senior High School students of First City Providential College through a survey questionnaire to measure their ECA involvement and compassion level. The survey was done using published and pre-made validated questionnaires from the Extracurricular Activity Involvement (EAI) Scale and Compassion Scale (CS). The findings found that students can examine and think critically about their behaviors by actively participating in ECAs as common humanity garnered the highest frequency. Meanwhile, not being involved in ECAs was the highest frequency which suggests that some students refuse to participate in ECAs because they believe it might interfere with their studies. The Chi-square test was also utilized for statistical analysis of data and indicated that ECA involvement has a significant role in improving the students’ compassion as it creates more impact on the motivation of students than in most academic classrooms. Lastly, it is recommended to conduct an enhanced student participation program in various extracurricular activities among Senior High School students which will reach a minimum involvement along with an expected development of compassion and holistic education.