Agricultural education based on active learning
(learning by doing) is an essential part of the daily school life which may
promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills related to the ecological and
social dimensions of sustainability. The purpose of this study was to compare
the learning achievements and skills in agricultural practices between students
who learned through the School Agricultural Learning Center (SALC) and those
who learned in the normal classroom. Participants were 150 Thai high school
students in grade 12 recruited by purposive sampling. The study included three
steps: 1) Investigation of basic data for developing the SALC, 2) Establishment
and development of the SALC, and 3) Use of the SALC for learning: Facebook and
Line were employed as the channels for knowledge exchange, communication on
learning activities holding and activities transfer. A posttest-only control
group design was employed. The results revealed that the students who learned
through the SALC exhibited significantly (p < 0.01) higher learning
achievements and skills in agricultural practices than those who learned in the
normal classroom. Our findings suggest that the SALC is pivotal for improving
the students’ learning achievements and skills in agriculture and should be
promoted to become a natural part of sustainable agriculture education.
Aagricultural practice agricultural skill agricultural learning achievement School Agricultural Learning Center (SALC) social network
Graduate School of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Other Fields of Education |
Journal Section | Differentiated Instruction |
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Publication Date | September 15, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 7 Issue: 3 |