A new way of agricultural farm work in the educational facilitation of dual education between vocational education and upper secondary school curricular programs

Abstract

TThis study aimed to compare learning achievement based on blended learning of dual education between vocational education and upper secondary school curricular programs in Agriculture. The sample groups were students learning through a new way of agricultural farm work and those learning agriculture through normal method. They were 90 sixth year upper secondary school students from Buntharik Wittayakhan School, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand obtained by purposive sampling. This study consisted of 3 steps: 1) investigation and development of model of a new way agricultural farm work (animal science and teaching form); 2) analysis of consistent components suitable for the development of a new form of animal farm work and teaching/learning form; and 3) using the model together with the integration between theories and teaching methods (Learning by doing, POE, Group process, Blended learning, and field trip). This also included learning through application multimedia for learning exchange and activity transfer. There was control group design after testing. The instrument of research were interview schedule, questionnaire, learning achievement test, set of learning activities, and observation form. Results of the study revealed that the students learning through the dual education or a new way of agricultural farm work had higher learning achievement than that of those who learned through a normal class with a significance level (p>0.01). This finding indicated that learning through a new way of agricultural farm work was very essential to the development of learning achievement and skills. It was also found that the students had a high level of satisfaction with the blended learning and it should be promoted as part of the dual education in agriculture.

Keywords

• dual education program,vocational education in agriculture,a new way of agricultural farm work,agricultural knowledge and skills,application multimedia

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