Evelio B. Javier: Awareness of the young generation about their local hero

Abstract

This descriptive study sought to determine the awareness of the young generation about their local hero Evelio B. Javier, in the Province of Antique and to further develop learning materials about the life of the local hero. This study is a quantitative study employing descriptive research design using survey as method. The 526 respondents of the study are the Grade 8 students from selected private and public secondary schools in the Division of Antique, randomly-selected through stratified random sampling. The respondents were classified according to sex and to type of school. Standard deviation and means were used for the descriptive analysis of the study. The t-test and One-way ANOVA were used for inferential analysis. The study revealed that when taken as an entire group the awareness of grade 8 students about the local hero Evelio B. Javier was "aware". When classified according to sex, both male and female students are "aware". As to type of school, students coming from public schools are "slightly aware" while students coming from private schools and state universities are both "aware". The study also showed a significant difference in the mean scores of the awareness of the students when they are categorized by sex, but no significant difference when the students were categorized by type of schools. The null hypothesis that was formulated on the sex variable is rejected while that on the type of school variable was accepted. Based on the findings of the study, it has significant impact wherein female students are much more aware than the male students; regardless of the school where they are enrolled in, they have the same awareness about Evelio B. Javier. The life of the local hero Evelio B. Javier can be integrated in Araling Panlipunan (Araling Asyano) particularly in the fourth grading period.