Social Sociopolitical Orientation

Reconstructionism • Right and Left -Wing

• Social Reform Orientation
• Libertarian –
Authoriatarian
os
Orientation
• Environmetalism
Orientation
 Level of Social Reconstructionism
Table 1
Level of Social Reconstructionism of COED Teachers
STATEMENTS MEAN INTERPRETATION
1. Teaching the great works of literature is less important than involving students in activities to criticize 2.2 Disagree
and shape society.
2. Schools should encourage student involvement in social change to aid in societal reform. 3.4 Agree
3. Schools should guide society towards significant social change rather merely passing on traditional 2.4 Disagree
values.
4. Education should help drive society to better itself, rather than restricting itself to essential skills. 3.6 Strongly Agree
5. Learning should guide students to active participation on social reform. 3.2 Agree
6. Schools should prepare students for analyzing and solving the social problems they will face beyond the 3 Agree
classroom.  
7. Education should enable students to recognize injustices in society, and schools should promote projects 2.8 Agree
to redress social inequities.
8. School should promote positive group relationship by teaching about different ethnic and racial groups. 3.6 Strongly Agree
9. Students should be taught how to be politically literate, and learn how to improve the quality of life for 3.4 Agree
all people.
10. Teaching should mean more than simply transmitting the Great Books, which are replete with biases 3 Agree
and prejudices. Rather, schools need to identify a new list of Great Books more appropriate for today’s
world, and prepare students to create a better society than their ancestors did.
GRAND MEAN 3.06 AGREE
 
 Level of Social Reconstructionism
Table 2
Level of Social Reconstructionism of LHS Teachers
STATEMENTS MEAN INTERPRETATION
1. Teaching the great works of literature is less important than involving students in activities to criticize and 2.2 Disagree
shape society.
2. Schools should encourage student involvement in social change to aid in societal reform. 3.8 Strongly Agree
 
3. Schools should guide society towards significant social change rather merely passing on traditional values. 3.8 Strongly Agree
 
4. Education should help drive society to better itself, rather than restricting itself to essential skills. 3 Agree
5. Learning should guide students to active participation on social reform. 3.4 Agree
6. Schools should prepare students for analyzing and solving the social problems they will face beyond the 3.8 Strongly Agree
classroom.  
7. Education should enable students to recognize injustices in society, and schools should promote projects to 3.8 Strongly Agree
redress social inequities.
8. School should promote positive group relationship by teaching about different ethnic and racial groups. 3.8 Strongly Agree
9. Students should be taught how to be politically literate, and learn how to improve the quality of life for all 3.8 Strongly Agree
people.
10. Teaching should mean more than simply transmitting the Great Books, which are replete with biases and 3.4 Agree
prejudices. Rather, schools need to identify a new list of Great Books more appropriate for today’s world, and
prepare students to create a better society than their ancestors did.
GRAND MEAN 3.48 Agree
 
 Sociopolitical Orientation
Table 3
Sociopolitical Questions
Orientation of Mean
COED Students
Interpretation

QUESTIONS
Right – Left Wing Orientation    
MEAN INTERPRETATION
Right – Left Wing Orientation 1. It is not the government’s role to redistribute income from the
better off to the worse off
2.56 Agree
   
1. It is not the government’s role to redistribute income from the better off to the worse off3.36
2. It is the government’s responsibility to provide a job for Agree 2.56 Agree
everyone who wants one
2. It is the government’s responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one
3. Management will always try to get the better of employees if it
3.34 Agree 3.36 Agree
3. Management will always try to get the better of employees if it gets a chance
gets a chance
4. Private enterprise is the best way to solve Philippines’s
2.44 Disagree 3.34 Agree
4. Private enterprise is the best way to solve Philippines’s economic problems
economic problems
2.44 Disagree
5. Major public services and industries ought to be in state
3.18 Agree
5. Major public services and industries ought to be in state ownership
ownership 3.18 Agree
Grand Mean Grand Mean 2.967
Authoriatarianism and Libertanianism Orientation
 
Agree
  2.967 Agree
Authoritarianism and Libertarianism Orientation 6. Young people should be taught to respect authority
3.64 Strongly Agree    
7. There is nothing wrong in homosexuality
3.4 Agree
6. Young people should be taught to respect authority 8. Censorship of films and magazines is necessary to uphold moral
3.16 Agree 3.64 Strongly Agree
7. There is nothing wrong in homosexuality standards
9. People who propose overthrowing democracy should be free to
2.86 Agree 3.4 Agree
8. Censorship of films and magazines is necessary to uphold moral standards
stand in national elections
3.16 Agree
10. The law should always be obeyed, even when a particular law
2.72 Agree
9. People who propose overthrowing democracy should be free to stand in national elections
is felt to be wrong 2.86 Agree
10. The law should always be obeyed, even when a particular law is felt to be wrong
Environmentalism Orientation
Grand Mean 3.156
 
Agree
  2.72 Agree
Grand Mean
11. There are much more important things for me to do than
2.26 Disagree 3.156 Agree
protect the environment
Environmentalism Orientation 12. Many of the claims about environmental threats are
2.3 Disagree    
11. There are much more important things for me to do than protect the environment
exaggerated
13. Economic growth always ends up harming the environment
3 Agree 2.26 Disagree
12. Many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated
14. Modern science will solve our environmental problems with
little change to our way of life
3. 14 Agree
2.3 Disagree
13. Economic growth always ends up harming the environment
15. Governments should worry more about protecting jobs than
2.22 Disagree 3 Agree
protecting the environment
14. Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Grand Mean 2.584 Agree 3. 14 Agree
15. Governments should worry more about protecting jobs than protecting the environment 2.22 Disagree
Grand Mean 2.584 Agree
 Sociopolitical Orientation
Table 4
Sociopolitical Orientation of LHS Students
QUESTIONS MEAN INTERPRETATION
Right – Left Wing Orientation    
1. It is not the government’s role to redistribute income from the better off to the worse off 2.72 Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one 3.2 Agree
3. Management will always try to get the better of employees if it gets a chance 3.18 Agree
4. Private enterprise is the best way to solve Philippines’s economic problems 2.44 Disagree
5. Major public services and industries ought to be in state ownership 2.82 Agree
Grand Mean 2.872 Agree
Authoritarianism and Libertarianism Orientation    
6. Young people should be taught to respect authority 3.56 Strongly Agree
7. There is nothing wrong in homosexuality 3.18 Agree
8. Censorship of films and magazines is necessary to uphold moral standards 3.1 Agree
9. People who propose overthrowing democracy should be free to stand in national elections 3.02 Agree
10. The law should always be obeyed, even when a particular law is felt to be wrong 2.84 Agree
Grand Mean 3.14 Agree
Environmentalism Orientation    
11. There are much more important things for me to do than protect the environment 2.42 Disagree
12. Many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated 2.46 Disagree
13. Economic growth always ends up harming the environment 2.92 Agree
14. Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life 3.06 Agree
15. Governments should worry more about protecting jobs than protecting the environment 2.22 Disagree
Grand Mean 2.612 Agree
 Table 5
Correlation of Right- and Left-Wing Orientation of COED Students and Social
Reconstructionism of COED Teachers

  COED Teachers COED students

COED teachers Pearson Correlation 1 -.012

Sig. (2-tailed)   .982
N 11 6
COED students Pearson Correlation -.012 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .982  
N 6 6
 Table 6
Correlation of Right- and Left-Wing Orientation of LHS Students and Social Reconstructionism of LHS
Teachers

  LHS teachers LHS students

LHS teachers Pearson Correlation 1 .660
Sig. (2-tailed)   .153
N 11 6
LHS students Pearson Correlation .660 1
 
Sig. (2-tailed) .153  
N 6 6
 Table 7
Correlation of Authoritarianism and Libertarianism Orientation of COED Students and
Social Reconstructionism of COED Teachers

  COED Teachers COED students

COED teachers Pearson Correlation 1 -.591

Sig. (2-tailed)   .217
N 11 6
COED students Pearson Correlation -.591 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .217  
 Table 8
Correlation of Authoritarianism and Liberatarianism Orientation of LHS Students and Social
Receonstructionism of LHS Teachers

  LHS teachers LHS students

LHS teachers Pearson Correlation 1 -.597
Sig. (2-tailed)   .211
N 11 6
LHS students Pearson Correlation -.597 1
 
Sig. (2-tailed) .211  
N 6 6
 Table 9
Correlation of Environmentalism Orientation of COED Students and Social Reconstructionism of COED
Teachers

  COED Teachers COED students

COED teachers Pearson Correlation 1 -.625

Sig. (2-tailed)   .184
N 11 6
COED students Pearson Correlation -.625 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .184  
N 6 6
 Table 10
Correlation of Environmentalism Orientation of LHS Students and Social Reconstructionism of LHS
Teachers

  LHS teachers LHS students

LHS teachers Pearson Correlation 1 .112
Sig. (2-tailed)   .832
N 11 6
LHS students Pearson Correlation .112 1
 
Sig. (2-tailed) .832  
N 6 6