The Development of the guidelines for the level 3 students of Takuatung Ngantawee Wittayakom School to learn about the rainforest ecological system at the Ton Pariwat wildlife conservation park in Pang-nga province
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to explore the ecological system of the rainforests at the Ton Pariwat Wildlife Conservation Park in Pang-nga Province, 2) to develop the nature trail guide book for the Level 3 students at Mueng Thalang School to study the environment of the forests, 3) to study the level of efficiency of the manuals and 4) to investigate the students satisfaction with these guidelines.
Regarding the environmental science, the researcher studied the types the plants which have been used according to the local wisdom of the local people in this community. There were 40 types of the perennial plant breeds found in the natural trail of 1.8 kilometers as follows: Litsea grandis Hook.f. Drynaria quercifolia Linn. Aristolochia indica Linn. (Drynaria quercifolia Linn. Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindl. Smilax perfoliata Lourm, Dracaean robusta Ridl. Catimbium speciosum (Wendl.) Holtt. Zingber spp. Barringtonia racemosa (Linn.) Roxb. Dracaena loureiri Gagnep. Elephantopus scaber Linn. Picrasma javanica Blume. Hopea ferrea Laness. Hopea odorata Roxb. Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. Ficus pumila. Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br. Cinnamomum parthenoxylon Meissn. Ficus benjamina Linn. Gnetum gnemon Linn. Var. tenerum Makgr. Bmbusa arundincea Willd. Garcinia speciosa. (Mesua ferrea Linn.) Ixora sp.chasaslia curviflors Thw. Ficus racemosa Linn. Ficus foveolata Wall. Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. Melastoma malabathricum L. subsp. Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex G. Don Lygodium flexuosum Sw. Manilkara achras Fosberg. Belamcanda chinensis DC. Imperata cylindrical Beauv., I. arundinacea Cyr. Ttachytarpheta Vabel. Emilia sonchifolia L.DC. Ex Wight hydnophytum formicarium. Piper interruptum Opiz. Dillenia ovata Wall. Ananas comosus Merr. and Costus speciosus Smith. Regarding environmental education, the researcher developed the guide book to study the forests around the nature trail of Kho Pra Taew National Park, and trained 20 Level 3 students at Takuatung Ngantawee Wittayakom School. The data was analyzed by using percentage, means and t-test. The results of the study revealed that the students level of the understanding, their attitudes, and awareness to conserve the community forests had increased greatly with a 0.95 level of reliability. In addition, the level of satisfaction of the students with the guide book was found at a high level (63.00%).