The Curriculum Development of Health Literacy to Protect of Microscopic Particles (PM2.5) for student teachers.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop and evaluate the quality of a curriculum designed to promote health literacy in the prevention of small particulate matter (PM2.5) for student teachers, and 2) to study the effects of using the health literacy-promoting curriculum in preventing small particulate matter (PM2.5) among student teachers. The sample group consisted of 29 second-year Thai language student teachers at Lampang Rajabhat University during the first semester of the 2023 academic year, selected by simple random sampling. The research tools included: 1) the curriculum, 2) curriculum-related documents, 3) a learning achievement test on health literacy for PM2.5 prevention, and 4) a health literacy assessment form for PM2.5 prevention. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and dependent samples t-test.

The research results revealed that: 1) The curriculum development consists of 4 learning units, which are: Learning Unit 1, 'PM Dangers,' Learning Unit 2, 'Filling Knowledge Gaps,' Learning Unit 3, 'Guru vs Dust,' and Learning Unit 4, 'Building Dreams for Health Awareness.' The total duration is 8 hours. The quality of the curriculum shows an average suitability rating of the highest level (x̄ = 4.60, S.D = 0.44). The curriculum's supplementary materials also have an average suitability rating of the highest level (x̄ = 4.51, S.D = 0.52).  2) The study of the curriculum's effectiveness revealed that second-year Thai language teacher students from Lampang Rajabhat University, totaling 29 students, who participated in the curriculum, had statistically significant higher post-test scores than pre-test scores at the .05 level. The overall level of health literacy was found to be high (x̄ = 3.63, S.D = 0.51)."