Content integration of environmental management practices and responsible behavior for senior high school learners

The world’s environmental concerns are currently rising which brought negative effects and became detrimental to organisms which needs to be addressed through participation of human. This study aimed to integrate environmentally responsive content for senior high school learners. Through the use of descriptive developmental design, the study was conducted and participated by one hundred seventy-four (174) Senior High School (SHS) learners of Humanities and Social Sciences strand from a secondary public high school in Candelaria, Quezon, Philippines. Through the use of 4-point Likert scale survey questionnaires, the study found out that learners do not always perform environmental practices same with their environmentally responsible behavior. These results were used as bases in making an instructional material, which was evaluated as highly effective to be used for the environmentally responsive content integration for SHS. Findings demonstrate a significant difference on the pre and post assessment of learners on environmental literacy as to knowledge, attitude and motivation. This suggests that educating learners through the integration of environmentally responsible content in SHS can be a great help in saving and protecting the environment.