Profile, climate change adaptation level and efficacy of public high school teachers in General Trias, Cavite / by Leanne M. Salinas.

Thesis (BS Psychology) Cavite State University

SALINAS, LEANNE M. Profile, Climate Change Adaptation and Efficacy of Public
High School Teachers in General Trias, Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of
Science in Psychology. Cavite State University. April 2012. Thesis Adviser: Ms. Vivian D.
Rogando.
This study aimed to determine the: (1) demographic profile of the respondents in terms of
age, gender, civil status, highest educational attainment, years in service and field of
specialization; (2) climate change adaptation level of the respondents; (3) level of efficacy of the
respondents; (4) significant relationship between profile and climate change adaptation level of
the respondents; (5) significant relationship between profile and level of efficacy of the
respondents; and (6) relationship between climate change adaptation level and efficacy of the
respondents. This study used a descriptive correlational method to describe and relate the
variables to each other. The researcher used stratified random sampling proportion allocation to
determine the number of respondents to be used in the study. In the end, 120 public high school
teachers in General Trias and Cavite were used as samples for the study.
This study revealed that the majority of the teachers in General Trias were at the stage of
young adulthood or at the age bracket of thirty to thirty-nine years old. They are mostly female
and already married which indicate that these teachers are following the theory of
developmental task which says that at young adulthood, people tend to settle down. Majority of
the respondents are college graduates, which means that they are qualified to teach and take
up higher degrees for them to be more equipped with knowledge. They are also still working
hard to create a mark on their profession since more than half of them have only been in the
profession for ten years and below. The result also implies that there are adequate number of
teachers per field of specialization. The study also revealed that teachers have an average level
of climate change adaptation. This means that as they get along with the changes in climate,
there are chances that their moods change. Sometimes, they tend to be irritable when the
weather is hot or rainy. This study also revealed that teachers have a very satisfactory level of
efficacy. This indicates that they can work well in teams with every colleague in the area.
Teachers also tend to communicate well with other people which implies that their social lives
are in good condition when it comes to their workplace. They also appear to have high moral

values because they respect and acknowledge the intellectual properties of students and co-
workers.

This study revealed that profile such as age, civil status, highest educational attainment,
years in service, and field of specialization, is not related to climate change adaptation level and
efficacy of the respondents. In contrast, gender is related to the climate change adaptation level
and efficacy of the teachers. There is also no correlation between the climate change adaptation
level and the perceived efficacy of the respondents.

Submitted copy to the University Library. 04/24/2014 T-5283