Teaching Environmental Management Using Visual Thinking to Promote Learning Attitude and Achievement of Hospitality Students

Authors

  • Sumeth Junsuthonpoj Dusit Thani College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/jli.2020.12

Keywords:

Visual Thinking, Attitude, Achievement, Environmental Management

Abstract

The research were interested to study on process of teaching environmental education using visual thinking learning method. The research aimed: 1) to study the development of teaching environmental management using visual thinking learning method, 2) to study and compare environmental learning attitude and achievement of students. The sample were 40 third and fourth year undergraduate students studying in Faculty of Hospitality Industry, Dusit Thani College, academic year 2019, derived by a purposivesampling students enrolled in Environmental Management in the Hospitality Industry subject, in the first semester of the academic year of the study period in 2019. The research instruments were teaching plan (IOC = 0.98), attitude test (Cronbrach’s Alpha Confident = 0.898) knowledge test.

The study showed that after learning by using visual thinking learning method, learning achievement posttest score of students who were taught by using visual thinking learning method was higher than pretest at the .05 level of significance. The mean of the difference of the attitude towards environmental management before learning ( gif.latex?\bar{x}= 3.61, SD = 0.72) and the attitude towards environmental management of post-learning by using visual thinking learning method ( gif.latex?\bar{x}= 4.21, SD = 0.71) were statistically significant, indicated that to teaching environmental education using visual thinking learning method to be reverse their environmental knowledge and attitude.

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Published

2020-12-29

How to Cite

Junsuthonpoj, S. (2020). Teaching Environmental Management Using Visual Thinking to Promote Learning Attitude and Achievement of Hospitality Students. Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 6(2), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.14456/jli.2020.12