Level of Integration and Practice of the Core Values of Maka-Diyos, Makakalikasan, Makatao at Makabansa among the Grade 10 Students of Emilia Ambalada Poblete National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

As people live and breathe, human behaviors cannot be separated from their true personality. According to Montimer (2017), everything we learn, every way we influence others and every relationship we formulate hangs around a complex interplay of behaviors, feelings, and thoughts. That is why the school plays a vital role in developing a strong foundation of education that includes quality and meaningful learning and should not be taken for granted. Hence, the school itself is an environment where our students can acquire learning and observe a lot of things in their classroom. Therefore, this research focused on strengthening the integration process and practices of the four core values of Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan, and Makabansa.

METHODS

The researcher used the quantitative method for the analysis of data. Quantitative research focuses on gathering numerical data and generalizing it across groups of people or to explain a phenomenon. Under this method, descriptive research seeks to describe the status of an identified variable. Moreover, Chi-Square was used to determine if there is a significant relationship between each core value and level of integration among Grade 10 students of EAPNHS.

RESULTS

Among the four core values being Makabayan is always integrated and practiced. The remaining core values of Maka-Diyos, Makatao, and Makakalikasan have different means and standard deviations but still, fall under being integrated and practiced sometimes. The test of correlation between the level of integration and practice has a p-value of less than 0.001. Hence, the null hypothesis of no correlation is rejected. Therefore, there is enough proof to claim that a significant relationship exists between the level of integration and practice in terms of being Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan, and Makabansa.

DISCUSSIONS

Human values are an important aspect of education since they determine human being behavior in society. Thus, classroom instruction of cognitive and psychomotor skills alone are not enough because it should be accompanied with values that would help in producing ethical and responsible members of society. In this sense, teachers should further enhance their exercise and integration of the core values in the teaching to build their images and abilities holistically. That is why education is not only focused on an academic level and improvement of students alone, but also their personal growth as human beings.