The Development of Desirable Characteristic in Public Consciousness of Art Education Students by Using Thai Mural Painting Group Activity

Abstract

This research aims 1) to develop a Thai mural painting group activity model to develop the public consciousness character of Art Education students 2) to study the results
of the development of public consciousness character of Art Education students. The target group consisted of 20 students in the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education,
Loei Rajabhat University.The instruments of this study were 1) Thai mural painting group activity model 2) Measurement form for the desirable characteristics of public consciousness 4 aspects; (1) Public assistance (2) Public responsibility (3) Respect of public rights (4) Preservation of public things.Analyze data from statistics: percentage, mean, and standard deviation.T-test and qualitative content analysis.The findings of the study were as follows: 1) the of the Thai mural painting group model consisted of an activity plan of 3 phases: the upstream phase (preparation), the midstream phase (operation), and the downstream phase (summary and lesson learned), implementation of the PDCA process, there were (1) the conditional environment (2) flexible operational planning and (3) preparation of materials. 2) Public consciousness character of
art education students after participating in Thai mural painting group activities were at the highest level (M=4.29, S = 0.67).The score after participating in the activity was higher than before at a statistically significant level of .05.