The Development of Science Laboratory Environmental Management Model in Secondary Demonstration Schools of Rajabhat University

Abstract

          The school’s science laboratory plays a vital role for student learning. The science laboratory environmental management is supposed to operate effectively. The objectives of this research were 1) to study the environmental management problems of science laboratory, 2) to create a science laboratory environmental management model, and 3) to assess the quality of science laboratory environmental management model in secondary demonstration schools of Rajabhat University. The research process consisted of three steps as follows: 1) studying the environmental management problems of 30 science laboratory technicians, using a questionnaire which is a five-point scale with a reliability of 0.98. Mean and standard deviation were used to interpret the average level of problems. 2) creating the science laboratory environmental management model. 3) assessing the science laboratory environmental management model. The research revealed that: (1) The environmental management problems was 2.77 ± 0.86 at the moderate level. Many problems still remained to be improved and were used to determine the components of the future model. (2) The science laboratory environmental management consisted of 5 areas: 1) Hazardous Waste Management, 2) Defective Equipment Management, 3) Laboratory Environment, 4) Laboratory Management, and 5) Laboratory Safety. (3) The assessment of the science laboratory environmental management model based on the specified standards in four standards - 1) Feasibility, 2) Utility, 3) Propriety, and 4) Accuracy were at the highest level. (4) According to the stakeholders’ focus group, the science laboratory environmental management model was appropriate to use.