International Journal of Research Studies in Educational Technology
Divine Word College of San Jose Special Issue
Volume 8, Issue Number 3
Available Online: 15 July 2024
Author/s:
Austria, Joymie G.*
Divine Word College of San Jose, Philippines (joymieaustria@gmail.com)
Gante, Luis I., Jr.
Divine Word College of San Jose, Philippines (luisgantejr@gmail.com)
Limos-Galay, Jenny A.
Divine Word College of San Jose, Philippines (jennygalay05@gmail.com)
Lazaro, Neofe J.
Divine Word College of San Jose, Philippines (mharifel.javier.lazaro@gmail.com)
Abstract:
DepEd Order No. 43 s. 2011 underscores the importance of adopting health and nutrition programs into the curriculum. Hence, Pinagturilan National High School started the WiNS Policy as per DepEd Order No. 10, s. 2016. However, no reports have shown whether the implementation has been positive among students. There is a notable gap regarding implementing and effectively incorporating WASH (Water, sanitation, and hygiene) practices directly into the educational curriculum, particularly in how these initiatives can be effectively taught in classrooms to improve students’ health consciousness and environmental awareness. Therefore, this study explored the effects of WASH-integrated lessons in school programs on students’ health consciousness and environmental awareness. Experimental research was conducted using a researcher-made module and questionnaire with pre-tests and post-tests among the grade 10 students in control and experimental groups using simple random sampling. The acceptability of the researcher-made module was found to be very satisfactory. Thus, the experimental group performed better in health consciousness and environmental awareness than the control group during the pre-test and post-test. The result shows a significant difference in health consciousness among the students toward WASH. In contrast, environmental awareness shows highly significant differences between both groups. Also, there is a significant difference in the student’s performance between the two groups. It is recommended that the knowledge or data set be enhanced to incorporate WASH into health consciousness and environmental awareness to establish the greater value of the effect. This is done by providing realistic and enhanced activities that nurture students’ healthy lifestyles and environmental stewardship.
Keywords: WASH, WinS program, health consciousness, environmental awareness, experimental research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrset.2024.8018
Cite this article:
Austria, J. G., Gante, L. I., Jr., Limos-Galay, J. A., & Lazaro, N. J. (2024). Health consciousness of students and their environmental awareness of WASH-integrated lesson in school program. International Journal of Research Studies in Educational Technology, 8(3), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrset.2024.8018
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