Journal of STEAM Education Journal of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art Education 2021, Jan. (Issue: 1, Volume: 4) 13 ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF CADETS IN THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY, BAGUIO CITY, PHILIPPINES Richard Dein D ALTAREZ 1 , Manuel Paolo S AUSTRIA 2 , Joyce Ann L BAYRON 3 , Tristan P PALTONGAN 4 , Reeven J TEOFILO 5 , Mary Assumptha P SANTIANEZ 6 Rogel M PODA-AN 7 , Alecxander S IBRADO 8 ABSTRACT Article History Received: 18 Jun. 2020 Received in revised form: 22 Oct. 2020 Accepted: 31 Oct. 2020 Published: 12 Jan. 2021 Environmental problems continue to be a pressing concern worldwide. Climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and pollution in soil, air, and water are often related to the lack of environmental education or awareness. Environmental education is instrumental in changing or forming a person’s knowledge and behavior towards nurturing the environment. An evaluation of environmental knowledge and attitude is a key ingredient in crafting desirable environmental approach and education. Hence, an assessment of these variables involving the cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City, Philippines was undertaken. The study employs a descriptive-quantitative design in the form of a survey to 575 randomly selected cadets during the first semester of the Academic Year 2019-2020. The study was carried out from January to April 2020. The study revealed that the level of environmental knowledge and the attitudes of cadets is very good and strong positive, respectively. The knowledge of respondents about the environment is not influenced by gender. Still, it differs in terms of class. This may be attributed to their exposure to the environmental course in the academic curriculum. This is similar to their environmental attitude when grouped according to similar categories. Correlation analysis of the two variables is found not significant r (573) =0.10, p (two-tailed) =0.01. A study that will gauge the attitude of the respondents using different quantitative data is recommended. Also, to progress the sense of environmental stewardship among cadets, the environmental science course in the curriculum of the Academy should be retained. Keywords: Environmental knowledge, environmental attitude, Philippine Military Academy, cadets 1 Master of Science in Environmental Science, Department of Natural Sciences, Headquarters Academic Group, Philippine Military Academy, rdaltarez@gmail.com, 0000-0003-4717-4844 2 Bachelor of Science, Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Military Academy, mpsaustria.21025@gmail.com, 0000-0002-5675-1271 3 Bachelor of Science, Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Military Academy, jlbayron07@gmail.com, 0000-0002-8576-3909 4 Bachelor of Science, Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Military Academy, palts2122x@gmail.com, 0000-0003-3424-9819