Community-Based Experiential Learning Activities about Nam Phi Iron for Developing Geographical Skills of High School Students at Thongsaenkhanwittaya school, Uttaradit Province

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were 1) To study the present condition of learning management of geography of high school students 2) To develop experiential learning activities on Nam Phi Iron on a community basis to develop geography skills of high school students through qualitative research. The main informant group is the learner group. There are Local learning resources knowledge group of personnel in government agencies and a group of teachers in the school, a total of 93 people. The scope of research area is Nam Phi Sub-district, Thong Saen Khan District, Uttaradit Province. Inductive summaries were analyzed by descriptive notes using data collection methods. The results of the research revealed that the current conditions and problems in social studies learning management, geography learning subjects are the teaching hours of teachers having limited time and lack of continuity in learning, new course adjustments, lack of use of media suitable for learning activities and lack of availability of teachers. Therefore, the researcher created a process to organize an experiential learning activity on Nam Phi Iron on a community basis to develop the geography skills of high school students. In accordance with local geography knowledge Under the activity “Retrace the Nam Phi Iron”, the focus is on enabling learners to acquire skills from active learning by using local learning resources based on geography to drive learning. The results of the research found that there were 3 components which were learner aspect, teacher aspect, media aspect, and learning resource. From the research results, the students' knowledge can be summarized as follows: Knowledge the learners have a good understanding of local geography, skills and practice that make learners have geography skills and can transfer knowledge about local resources to those who are interested, and attitudes, students see the importance of conserving their own local resources.