Knowledge, Understanding and Attitudes towards Natural Resources Management of Students in Secondary School

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Pattaraporn Weeranakin
Wanicha Narongchai
Kittiya Suthiprapa
Piyaporn Siriprechaphan
Krittanon Dhechachortchuang

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the knowledge and understanding of natural resources management of secondary school students and 2) study the attitudes towards natural resources management of secondary school students at Srikranuanwittayakom School, located in Kranuan District, Khon Kaen Province. The data was derived from quantitative research and obtained from 100 samples of secondary students of Srikranuanwittayakom School, who consented and participated in the workshop that focused on encouraging young volunteers to conserve natural resources and protect the environment of Kranuan District. The pre-and post-workshop questionnaires have been administered, and the results analyzed by the Descriptive Statistics method into frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and t-test for dependent samples.
The research results find that:
1. The sample group has improved their level of knowledge, understanding after the workshop.
2. The attitudes towards natural resources management with post-workshop questionnaire scores being higher than pre-workshop scores. When exploring the attitude towards each specific resource management, land, forest, and water management showed the highest to lowest mean score, respectively. In addition, the difference in the results of pre- and post-workshop questionnaires is statistically significant at the level of 0.01.

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