Disaster awareness of intermediate students in Tagluno Elementary School: basis for subject integration proposal

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the level of disaster awareness of intermediate students in Tagluno Elementary School. A quantitative descriptive research approach was used. It utilizes the mean to measure the level of disaster awareness of the students, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine the significant difference in disaster awareness when grouped according to gender and grade level, respectively. The study was conducted in the last quarter of the school year 2023-2024, and 40 intermediate students participated. The level of disaster awareness of intermediate students in Tagluno Elementary School is very high it was found that male nad female intermediate students have the same knowledge and understanding of the disaster under investigation. When the students were grouped by grade level, the researchers found that there was no significant difference in students' awareness of typhoons and earthquakes. Still, it was found that grade 4 students have a lower level of awareness of fire and flood incidents compared to grade 5 and grade 6 students. Therefore, a proposal to integrate the lesson about this disaster in science subjects for grade 4 students was formulated.