Development of Participatory Agriculture Learning Process Case Study Urban Vegetable Planting of Primary Pramaesakolsongkroh School, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

This research aimed to develop the participatory learning process for urban vegetable planting
of 55 Prathomsuksa 4 students at Pramaesakolsongkroh school, Nonthaburi province. The research process
consisted of six steps: 1) to study and gather information through the literature reviews, 2)to select target
groups, 3) to set learning plan with the teachers and parents, 4) to develop instructional media and provided
learning equipment, 5) to conduct activities, and 6) to compare learning achievement of students before
and after learning in three aspects: knowledge and understanding; knowledge application skills; and
attitude toward agriculture subjects. The results obtained intended to be employed to analyze and develope
participatory learning process of urban vegetable planting. The statistics used to analyze data were
percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The study found that participatory learning process is an appropriate learning approach for
agriculture subject study. The learning activities with the participation from students and their parents
encouraged students to learn and enable them to develop both home and school activities. The result
showed that students who participated in activity gained a higher score in each item. The average scores
in learning achievement of post-tests were higher than the pretests. The pretest score in knowledge and
understanding was 6.47 while the post-test score was 8.98. The pretest score in knowledge application
skills was 6.25; the post-test score was 9.89. Similarly, the pretest score in attitude toward agriculture
subjects was 4.27 which was lower than the post-test at 4.78. These results derived from the participatory
learning process and the theories of Robert Gange that help creating the most suitable learning method
for the learners.