A Study of Elementary Education Majored Students’ Attitude and Behavior toward the Environmental Conservation through Outdoor Education
Keywords:
Attitude toward the Environmental Conservation, Behavior toward the Environmental Conservation, Outdoor EducationAbstract
This experimental research titled “A Study of Elementary Education Majored Students’ Attitude and Behavior toward the Environmental Conservation through Outdoor Education” was aimed at comparing attitudes and behavior on environmental conservation before and after learning from Outdoor Education. The samples were 62 purposive sampling students majored in Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Ramkhamhaeng University who attend 80% of CEE 2204 (Outdoor Activities For Children) course on a regular basis. After implementing 7 Outdoor Education Lesson Plans, the questionnaire was distributed to the students then collected and analyzed.
Description statistics, i.e. frequency, percentage, means and standard deviation were used to describe results of this research and inferential statistics, t-test (Pair-Samples Test) was used to analyze hypothesis at a significance level of 0.05.
The result of this research showed that :
- Students’ attitudes on environmental conversation before and after implementing Outdoor Education were at a high level while students’ behavior on environmental conservation before and after implementing Outdoor Education was at a medium level.
- The hypothesis testing showed that after implementing Outdoor Education students’ attitudes on natural resources utilization, participation of nurturing and rehabilitation on natural resources , and natural resources protection were higher than pretest at the 0.05 level of significance. 3. Students’ behavior on environmental conservation both overall and specific items on environmental utilization and environmental protection was higher than pretest at the 0.05 level of significance
Keywords: Attitude toward the Environmental Conservation, Behavior toward the Environmental Conservation, Outdoor Education
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