Author

Arjay L. Abela*
Filamer Christian University, Inc., Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Abstract

This survey-correlational research sought to determine the relationship between ecological awareness and practices of Junior High School Students of Antonio Belo Memorial Integrated School for School Year 2025-2026. The independent variable was ecological awareness, and the dependent variable was ecological practices. Data in the study were obtained and measured through adopted and modified questionnaires from Yılmaz and Erkal (2016) for ecological awareness and from Punzalan (2020) for practices of junior high school students. The questionnaire included 28-item for ecological awareness, and 30-item for ecological awareness. All research instruments underwent face and content validation by panel of experts. After the validation, the questionnaires were pilot-tested to thirty (30) students who were not part of the actual respondents. Mean and standard deviation were used for descriptive statistics while Pearson r was used to test the significant relationship between the independent and dependent variables and was set at 0.05 alpha level to ascertain the level of significance. The major findings of the study revealed that the levels of ecological awareness of junior high school students as a whole and in terms of tree planting activities, clean-up drive, waste management, environmental campaign, and community involvement were very high. The levels of ecological practices of junior high school students as a whole and in terms of tree planting activities, clean-up drive, waste management, environmental campaign, and community involvement were very high. Lastly, there was a significant relationship between ecological practices and ecological practices of junior high school students.

Keywords: Ecological awareness, Ecological practices, Junior high school students, Environmental education, Survey-correlational research.

*Corresponding author
DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS05021061

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Abela, A. L. (2026). Ecological Awareness and Practices of Junior High School Students. Pantao (The International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 5 (2), 2629-2644. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS05021061

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