EFFECT OF HERBAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES USING COMMUNITY FOREST-BASED LEARNING OF THAI TRADITIONAL MEDICINE STUDENTS, PHETCHABURI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

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Kitisak Rujiganjanarat
Pormtip Parno
Thanatnun Anantasirisatapornand
Waratta Hemtong
Prakairat Tuni
Santitaporn Kintong
Vanida Durongritichtichai

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research was aimed to: 1) compare the herbal learning achievement, and 2) study the opinions of 2nd and 3rd year students on herbal learning activities using community forest-based learning. The sample were 41 Thai Traditional Medicine students, Phetchaburi Rajabhat University and were selected by purposive sampling. Samples attended 4 sessions and each session took 3-6 hours. The sessions covered the promotion of knowledge about herb. The methods used were lecture by folk philosopher, group activities, teamwork, searching for information using technology, dialogue, group discussion, and self-study. The research instruments were questionnaires and tests with an alpha coefficient between 0.81 and 0.85. Data analysis was done by computing statistics including percentage, arithmetic mean, Paired samples t-test, and Wilcoxon signed rank test.


The results showed that: 1) after activities samples had a higher average score of knowledge about herb (6.50±0.65 & 8.81±0.92) than before activities (5.29±0.91 & 5.74±1.93) with statistical significance (p-value<0.05). And 2) samples had the mean scores of opinions towards activities at the high level and the highest level. These results have shown that herbal learning activities using community forest-based learning can be effective for enhancing knowledge about herbs of samples. Therefore, other educational institution which have similar context should be able to integrate these activities with the bachelor of Thai Traditional Medicine Program.

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