The Development of Environmental Education Activities for Forest Resources Conservation for the Youth

Abstract

This study was an action research aimed 1) to cooperative develop learner-centered on integrated subjects’ map of education for the environment: topic natural resource conservation (forest) with teachers around the Chulaporn Dam Area, Chaiyaphum Province and 2) to study the effect of the cooperative developed learner-centered on integrated subjects’ map of education for the environment toward students’ responsibility and awareness of natural resource conservation. The participants were 16 teachers, 258 students, 2 researchers, and 5 research assistants. The research instruments included a prototype of integrated instruction plans, recording forms, students’ portfolios, guided questions for interviewing, camera, tape recorder, teak trees seedlings, student essays, and student small books. The qualitative and quantitative data were used to investigate the effectiveness of the project. The findings indicated 1) the cooperative developed learner-centered on integrated subjects’ map of education for the environment can be used to guide the development of environmental education activities for forest resources conservation for the youth. 2) The survival percentages of teak seedlings were between 27.43 and 83.05 3) Most of the students were aware of the important and benefit of the trees toward society environment and oneself. 4) The students developed their responsibility of growing teaks and also the awareness toward natural resources conservation (forest) was developed.