Abstract:
The purpose of the research was to develop an environmental education program for preschool children using storyline approach. The subjects were 34 five-six years old students in K2. at Tungmahamek School which was the school under the jurisdiction of the office of Bangkok Provincial Primary Education. The process of the research consisted of 1) studying the related literature, 2) constructing an environmental education program of preschool children using storyline approach, 3) experimenting the program, and 4) revising the program. The duration of data collection was 14 weeks which were divided into 1) week 1: pre-testing, 2) week 2-13: experimenting the program 1.30 hours/day 5 days/week, and 3) week 14: post-testing. The pre and post-testing measured by the test on knowledge of environment and the observation form on environmental care behavior constructed by the researcher. The research results were as follows: 1) the post-test scores of the subjects concerning knowledge and understanding on "environment" were higher than the pre-test scores at the significant level of .01; 2) the post-test scores of the subjects concerning environmental care behavior were higher than the pre-test scores at the significant level of .01; and 3) the scores of knowledge on "environment" and environmental care behavior of the subjects were higher than 70% which was the criteria set up for this program. The revised program consisted of assumption, principles, objectives, users and target learners, structure and characteristics of the program, program evaluation, and documents and media of the program including one handbook, one set of lesson plans and a set of learning evaluation tools