STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND PERFORMANCE INPHILIPPINE FOLK DANCES

This research aimed to determine the student’s level of awareness and performance in folk dance that served as basis of developing program for promotion of folk dancing skills in Bitin National High School for the school year 2017 to 2018.The descriptive research was used in the study using the Grade 9 students of Bitin National High School as the respondents. A self-made questionnaire and rubrics for dance performance were used to describe the level of awareness and dance performance skills of the respondents. Mean and standard deviation and Pearson r correlation using an alpha level of .05 were used as the statistical tools.The study revealed the following findings. Majority were 15 years old (90), followed by 14 years old (65), 16 years old (53), 17 years old (23) and the least 18 years old (10) with total number of 241.The over-all mean of 3.30 shows that the students are Moderately Interested about Philippine folk dances. For the Level of awareness of the students to folk dance related variables. In terms of the following variables: objectives, has an over-all mean (OM) of 3.30, strategies (OM=3.71), skills in folk dancing (OM=3.77), availability of dance materials (OM=2.88), and training (OM=3.12)

This research aimed to determine the student's level of awareness and performance in folk dance that served as basis of developing program for promotion of folk dancing skills in Bitin National High School for the school year 2017 to 2018.The descriptive research was used in the study using the Grade 9 students of Bitin National High School as the respondents. A self-made questionnaire and rubrics for dance performance were used to describe the level of awareness and dance performance skills of the respondents. Mean and standard deviation and Pearson r correlation using an alpha level of .05 were used as the statistical tools.The study revealed the following findings. Majority were 15 years old (90), followed by 14 years old (65), 16 years old (53), 17 years old (23) and the least 18 years old (10) with total number of 241.The over-all mean of 3.30 shows that the students are Moderately Interested about Philippine folk dances. For the Level of awareness of the students to folk dance related variables. In terms of the following variables: objectives, has an over-all mean (OM) of 3.30, strategies (OM=3.71), skills in folk dancing (OM=3.77), availability of dance materials (OM=2.88), and training (OM=3.12) were all interpreted as Moderately Aware. While exposure to Philippine folk dances (OM=3.43) shows that the students are somewhat awareto Philippine folk dances. Only the competence of the dance instructor was rated highly aware.With regard to the performance of the Grade 9 students in folk dancing fundamental skills, for the three categories given: poise and grace, timing and rhythm, interpretation of literature, most of the respondents were rated as Moderately Aware.The Correlation of folk-dance awareness variables as to poise and grace shows No Significant Correlation to folk dancing fundamental skills. The second category for folk dancing fundamental skills, timing and rhythm shows Negligible Correlation to folk dance awareness variables. The third category which is the interpretation of literature also shows Negligible Correlation to folk dance awareness related variables.

Introduction:-
Dancing according to Bannon (2010), is an intellectual, physical and sensorial response to experiences of the world. Many theorists advocated that the integration of our physical, intellectual and emotional selves can occur in dancing and the holistic benefits of education can be understood through dancing.
Furthermore, it can teach children to dwell their own body and find out the untapped potential, heightening the selfawareness. Dancing finds its most proper historical and cultural collocation in the educational art context, whose area of knowledge is shared by similar arts like music, theatre and visual arts in order to develop a defined set of attitudes and competences.
In Addition, Philippine folk dance is a genre of contemporary arts of the Philippines. Many believe that folk dance can be best be defined as people's ordinary dance, dance they have learned by looking at and emulate from others.
Finally, most of the students nowadays are not fully aware of the different folk dances and its relation to their cultural heritage, the Philippines has 7,107 islands and each island has different folk dances that mirrors their beliefs, customs and traditions. Folk dance is really a way of preserving our cultural heritage and school is a very important agent on preserving that cultural heritage, that is why awareness in folk dances among high school students is a must.

Methodology:-
This study analyzed the student's awareness and performance in Philippine folk dances using the descriptive research design. According to Enriquez (2005), descriptive research is characterized as a survey or normative approach to the study of condition, which is an essential guide to one's thinking. It is used to describe characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied.
The purpose of descriptive research is to examine a phenomenon that is occurring at specific place and time. This research design was used to describe the level of awareness and performance of the students of Bitin National High School in Philippine folk dances.

Results and Discussions:-
This chapter presents the findings of the study and their corresponding analysis together with the interpretation of the statistical treatment of data, all statistical treatments are presented in graphical form for easy interpretation of the results. Table 1 shows the respondents perceived interest in folk dancing. The indicators that state that folk dances have been one of the most valuable ways for them to learn and experience culture and history and folk dance is an enjoyable experience were interpreted as Satisfactoryand VerySatisfactoryrespectively. The high rating was because students were given lessons about folk dances, which include the appreciation of Philippine folk dance, indigenous and traditional dance and other dance forms. While the indicator, folk dances are only performed for foreigners and are not inviting were interpreted as Satisfactory.  Table 2shows the results got an over-all mean of 3.87 (SD=1.02) and interpreted as "Satisfactory".All of the indicators given were part of the K to 12 curriculum guides for PE aimed to achieve by their MAPEH teachers in teaching folk dances. The objectives were discussed and explained to them during their PE class which explained the results high rating.  Table 3 indicates the perceived level of awareness of students of Bitin National High School in Folk Dance as to strategies. As shown in the results, the respondents show Satisfactory in folk dancing. Also, the respondents shows that they have enough knowledge about folk dances are performed, as they have a high level of awareness about the following indicators: time, energy, and space are the elements needed in folk dancing and the body language must be powerful, full of energy and strength.The student level of awareness in folk dance as to strategies was rated with an over-all mean of 3.71 (SD=.1.10) and interpreted as Satisfactory. A high rating can be explained by the teaching strategies done by the dance instructor. All the items given in Table 4 were all interpreted as Satisfactory and the over-all mean of 3.81 and standard deviation of 1.03 only shows that the MAPEH teacher which is also the respondents dance instructor is highly competent or skilled in teaching folk dance. My teacher knows and explains the differences between movements types like "step", "hop", "leap" and "jump".  Table 5 reveal the perceived level of awareness in Philippine folk dance in terms of skill in folk dancing. The results

Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data:
show Satisfactory as to skills in folk dancing which was manifested by an over-all mean of 3.77 and standard deviation of 1.08. The students show skills in their Folk-Dance performance because they were given time to practice before their practical test.  Table 6 shows the perceived level of awareness in Philippine folk dance in terms of exposure to Philippine folk dances. The over-all mean of 3.43 and standard deviation of 1.19 illustrates the level of awareness of the students and was interpreted as Satisfactory.
Although the students show awareness to folk dances, the school still needs to encourage them to join a cultural dance presentation or contest at least once a month.  Table 7 illustrates the perceived level of awareness as to the availability of dance materials. The over-all mean of 2.88and standard deviation of 1.29 Most of the indicators got a rating of Moderately Satisfactory. The score shows that the presence of dance materials like speakers, music videos and video camera inspired the students in performing folk dances in spite of the limited costumes  Table 8 manifest the perceived level of awareness in Philippine folk dance as to training. All the indicators were given high ratings most especially indicators 3 and 7. Training is important because it is the time when the students study the mental, physical, and artistic side of dance. Further, Oakes (2011) said that teacher's attitude is important in teaching folk dance. Good teachers have an enthusiastic outlook about the materials presented, the music used, the students in the class, and themselves.  Table 9 presents the performance of the Grade 9 students in folk dancing as to poise and grace. Majority of the respondents were rated as Satisfactory.
The over-all mean of 3.54 with standard deviation of 1.12 illustrates the level of awareness of the students and was interpreted as Satisfactory. Although, the students show awareness to folk dances, the school still needs to encourage them to join cultural dance presentation or contests. This indicates that the students can execute or perform folk dance but they still need more practice in order for them to master the steps in folk dancing to get a highperformance rating.  Table 10 shows the performance rating of the Grade 9 students in folk dancing as to timing and rhythm. The over-all mean of 3.53 with standard deviation of 1.25. Most of the students were rated as Satisfactory. Although, the students can perform the dance, not all of them can execute the dance perfectly.  Table 11 presents the performance of Grade 9 students in folk dancing as to interpretation of literature. The over-all mean of 3.79 with standard deviation of 1.06. The majority of the students were rated as Satisfactory. As mentioned in the previous results, students can execute the basic movement in folk dance but with little mastery because they were not given enough time to practice. For the proper use of costumes, almost half of the respondent's population were rated as Good. This is because the students were given lectures about folk dances. Dancers are not just performing artists; their bodies are also the instruments.       Table 15 shows the summary of the Interest of the Students of Bitin National High School in Folk dancing. It was show in the table of summary that the r-computed for Poise and Grace is 0.992 which is indeed has a description of very high correlation, very dependable relationship and found out that it is significant at 0.05 level of significance.
While on the Timing and Rhythm, the r-computed of 0.987 indicates that it is very high correlation, very dependable relationship, and is significant relationship at 0.05 level of significance. Also, the Interpretation of the Literature the r-computed of 0.976 indicates that it is very high correlation, very dependable relationship, and is significant relationship at 0.05 level of significance.