Climate Change Knowledge and Behavioral Response of Negros Oriental High School Grade 12 Students

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the knowledge level and the affective and behavioral response of senior high school students to climate change. The results of the study served as a basis for teachers to develop instructional interventions that would strengthen the students’ knowledge and response on environmental education. An adapted questionnaire was administered to grade 12 students (male n = 91, female n = 150) of Negros Oriental High School in the school year 2019–2020. The results of the study showed that a larger number of students have “average” knowledge level on climate change. Furthermore, the students also exhibited “agreeable” affective and behavioral response to the actions related to climate change. For the sources of information regarding climate change, social media ranked first. Moreover, the senior high school teachers provided positive response to the results of the study as basis for their instructional material development.