The Development of the Workshop Guidelines for the Prathom 6 Students to Learn about the Swamp Forests at Mai Khaw Sub-district, Thalang District in Phuket Province
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to investigate the ecological system of the swamp forests at Mai Khaw Sub-district, Thalang District in Phuket Province, 2) to develop the workshop guidelines for the Prathom 6 students based on environmental education, and 3) to study the level of efficiency of the students manuals. The aims of this workshop were to improve the level of understanding, awareness, and attitudes of the students in conserving the swamp forests in their community as well as to study about the types of insects found in this area.
Regarding the environmental science, the researcher studied the types the local insects found in this forest. It was found that there were 26 types of insects living in the Jig swamp forests at Mai Khaw Sub-district, Thalang District in Phuket Province.
Regarding environmental education, the researcher developed the guidelines to study the swamp forests at Mai Khaw, and used them with 20 Prathom 6 students in the second semester of 2009. The data was analyzed by using percentage, means and t-test. The results of the study revealed that after using the guidelines, the students level of understanding, attitudes, and awareness to conserve the swamp forests had increased greatly with 0.95 level of reliability. Also, the level of students achievement turned out to be the same.