ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM

AND THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF
SELECTED LAGUNA
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

• Social Phenomenon
• Richard Hofstadter (1963)
• Disinterest and Disrespect
• Cult of Ignorance
• Educational Aspect
• Mockery towards intellectuals
• Social Media
• “Ikaw na magaling!” or “E di wow!”
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

• Media
• Education System
• One of the government focus to reconstruct
• DepEd implement K-12 as a new educational system (Madrazo-
Sta.Romana, 2015).
• Katami Alingan Dimapunong
• Facebook user and former scholar in British school Manila
• Posted a challenging comment against anti-intellectualism
• 4.6k comments in social media
• Wakim
• Former Pinoy Big Brother contestant an mathematician and
also a Cumlaude
• Actual Situation in Laguna University
• “Ikaw na magaling!” or “E di wow!”
• offhand remarks can pierce through the recipient`s heart
• hinder a students to strive to be smarter in sharing ideas or
knowledge to create a better communication (Bosun 2019).

• Add a contribution to prevent anti-

intellectualism
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND
OBJECTIVES

• How does anti-intellectualism affect the academic

performance of selected Laguna University students?
• Determine the profile of the respondents in terms of;
• age

• level

• program

• particular major course

• Find out the level of anti-intellectualism on extent of
engagement of the students;

• Determine the relationship of anti-intellectualism to the

student’s academic performance; and

• Create a communication strategy (campaign) to prevent the

rising culture of anti-intellectualism among Laguna
University students.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

• Spiral of Silence Theory

• Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1974)
• refers to the tendency of people to remain silent when they
feel that their opinions contradict the majority opinion on the
subject.
• the fear of isolation by the majority and hinder a person to
share more knowledge and ideas to create a better and
intelligent communication.
• the person who’s in the minority will suffer for social rejection
and think that they are not smart enough.
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

• Vice Presidents Listers

• Dean’s Listers
• CAST students in Laguna University
• 1st and 2nd semester of A.Y. 2018-2019
• Excluding the 4th year students
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
• All mankind has the ability to;
• think
• observe
• retain
• organize
• create new ideas
• Improvements and success (Benn 2015)
• Contradicting the growth of ideas
• Growth of intelligent talk (Arcilla, et.al, 2017).
• Social Networking Sites
• Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and etc.
• Traditional Platforms
• Newspaper or Magazine
• Local and Foreign
SYNTHESIS

• Prevalent issue in many communities and observed in higher

education
• Alarming that the youth today are unaware and not seeing the
negative outcome of commenting someone.

• Negative culture that can affects and hinder the theories or ideas
that will become an instrument in making life improving (Sison,
2015).
• Internet
• Arbiter of any knowledge-based query has it replaced critique,
reason, and commonsense McCloughlin, (2018)
• Global issue which needs an immediate solution.
• Dangerous threat not just in political, cultural, religious aspect
and also in educational institution.
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH DESIGN
• Quantitative research
• Measurements
• Statistical
• Mathematical
• Numerical analysis of data
• Collected through;
• Polls
• questionnaires
• Surveys
 RESEARCH LOCALE

• Brgy. Bubukal, Sta. Cruz Laguna

• Laguna University
• Governor Teresita Lazaro
• headed by the present Governor of Laguna Gov. Ramil L.
Hernandez,
• February 15, 2006.
 POPULATION OF THE STUDY AND
SAMPLING DESIGN
• RESPONDENTS
• Vice Presidents and Deans Lister students of the College of
Arts, Sciences and Technology (CAST)
• Laguna University from 1st and 2nd semester who are enrolled
in A. Y. 2018-2019
 RESPONDENTS POPULATION

BAC 13

BSCS 7

BSIT 21

TOTAL 41
 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS

• Name
• Program
• Major course
• Age
• level
• Gender
 DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

• survey questionnaire
• will ask permission to the smart-shamed students
• Dean of CAST
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The Bedan Journal of Psychology. Retrieved on June 24, 2019.
 QUESTIONNAIRE
RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Respondent,

We are Christine Louise G. Arganosa and Diosa B. Landoy, taking up BA Communication in

Laguna University. We are currently conducting a study entitled, “Anti-intellectualism and the
Academic Performance of Selected Laguna University Students”. In line with that, we would like
to ask for your time to answer this survey questionnaire and rest assured that it will be used solely
for the study’s purposes.
Thank you very much.

Sincerely Yours,

Christine Louise G. Arganosa

Diosa B. Landoy

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: ___________________________________________________________
Program: ______________ Major Course: _______________
Age: ___________ Level: ___________ Gender ( ) M ( ) F
 I. MANIFESTATION OF ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM/ SMART-SHAMING

Part A. You are requested to give your honest answer using the criteria scale stated below.
Please put ( ) check in specified columns below that best correspond to your answer.

RATING DESCRIPTION

3- Always
FREQUENCY OF USE 2 - Often
1 – Rarely

Question
3 2 1

1. How often do you experience these anti-

intellectualism inside and outside the
classroom?

Ikaw na magaling

Bida-bida

Pabibo

Uwian na, may nanalo na

Nose bleed

Dami mong alam

E di wow

Others:
Part B. You are requested to give your honest answer using the criteria scale stated below.
Please put ( / ) check in specified columns below that best correspond to your answer

RATING DESCRIPTION

4- Strongly Agree
RATING DESCRIPTION 3 – Agree
2 – Disagree
1 – Strongly Disagree

Question 4 3 2 1
1. What will be the possible effects of anti-
intellectualism to you?

Discourages me to strive to be smarter.

It hinders me from expressing myself freely.

It makes me think that I am not smart enough.

It puts a negative stereotype to me.

Confuses me to pursue my passion.

It hinders me to share more knowledge and

ideas to create an intelligent conversation.

Affects my performance in a classroom

discussion.
2. Possible contribution to stop anti-
intellectualism?

Build their own knowledge

Do a research instead of mocking

someone.

Ask questions to enlighten themselves.

Let them discover new things.

Have a curiosity in everything.

Encourage everyone to have an intelligent

conversation.

Others: