An application of learning experiences from health education courses of the lower secondary education curriculum in daily life as reported by students, educational region nine
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to study the application of learning experiences from a health education course of the lower secondary education curriculum to daily life, and to make a comparison of the application of learning experiences from the health education course of the lower secondary education curriculum to daily life among M.S.4 students of the 4th-year secondary education classes in Educational Region nine in accordance with variables on sexes. The researcher sent questionnaires to a sample 800 students comprising of M.S.4 400 boys of the 4thyear secondary education classes of 10 schools in Educational Region nine. The group was composed of 400 male students and 400 female students. The total of 800 questionnaires were received back representing 100 per cent response. The questionnaires were then analyzed by ascertaining arithmetic means, standard deviation, and t-test value. Findings of the research were as follows: 1. The students from time to time applied the learning experiences from the health education course and did not make use of such learning experiences in aiding sick person who needed first-aid resperation and cardiac massage in their daily life because the students lacked of experiences and applying to a real situation. 2. A comparison between male and female students in respect of the application of the learning experiences from the health education course to daily life showed a difference at the significant level of .05, indicating that female students applied the learning experiences to their daily life to a greater extent than male students.