Context-Based Learning with Social Network for Enhancing Health Literacy About Immune System for Grade 11 Students

Abstract

          Health literacy is one of the 21st century skills; developing and enhancing it is a way to improve a person’s capability to sustainably maintain good health. The purpose of this research was to study how to use the method of context-based learning with social network for enhancing health literacy about immune system of grade 11 students. This research is an action research with 3 cycles of process. The target group was 40 of grade 11 students who were studying in academic year 2021 in a school in Kamphaengphet. The instruments used were lesson plans, lesson reflection forms, activity sheets and assessment forms of health literacy. Data was analyzed using data triangulation to analyze the content and qualitative reliability. The findings showed that context-based learning with social network method should focus on interesting situations their daily life and could encourage and motivate the students to learn. The result of the health literacy assessment was that the students’ health literacy was respectively enhanced from cycle 1 to cycle 3 of the process. The aspects of students’ health literacy improved the most were an access skill and cognitive skill, which the students were at an excellent level; The second-most improved skills were a media literacy skill and a cognitive skill, which the students had knowledge of these aspects at a fine level. The third-most improved skill was a communication skill since the students were always excellent at this aspect of health literacy.