Attitude and Practice of Students and Teachers in the Private and Public Senior High School toward Green Chemistry

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the attitude and practice of the student and teachers in the senior high school among private and public schools in Mountain Province Philippines with regards to membership in environmental organization and Participation to environmental activity.

The salient findings of the study revealed that the attitude of senior high school students among the private and public schools to Green Chemistry is HIGH as reflected in the overall mean of 3.53. For the practice of senior high school students among the Private and Public Schools toward green chemistry the study shows SATISFACTORY.  HIGH attitude  in the study means that both teachers and students have neither favorable to green chemistry, and therefore, advocacy should be strengthened while SATISFACTORY practice means Green Chemistry is moderately practiced in both public and private school. However, it was surprisingly shows that the students in public high school demonstrated a higher attitude and practice compared to the students in the private. As to the attitude and practice among private and public schools teachers towards green chemistry, the study revealed that teachers in the public school have higher attitude and practice than teachers in private school. The findings of the study further revealed that there was a high relationship between attitude and practice toward green chemistry of teachers and students in public and private schools. Moreover, as to participation of environmental activity and membership to organization, the study shows that  there was significant difference in the attitude and practice of students and teachers in public and private school toward green chemistry.