Implementation of STEM Education to Enhance Wildlife Awareness: A study of Promoting Siamese Crocodile
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The processing of creation Siamese crocodile feature displays the practical knowledge and skills of sculpture concept of science, integration of technology to promote wildlife awareness and sustainability solutions. This study aims to highlight the concept of recreation Siamese crocodile from clay sculpture to promote wildlife awareness based on STEM Teaching and Learning strategies in school setting. The study has developed teaching approach consists of the 7 stages of the Sutaphan and Yuenyong (2019) context-based STEM education approach such as (1) Identification of social issues, (2) Identification of potential solutions, (3) Need for knowledge, (4) Decision-making, (5) Development of prototype or product, (6) Test and evaluation of the solution, and (7) Socialization and completion decision stage. This study showed that the overall of the average student learning activities, critical thinking skill, creativity skill, and ecological sustainable conservation and protection were very high. The findings also provided that the students’ performances on conducted activities revealed their problem-solving capacity with significant of incorporation STEM education into real-world projects for scientific way, advanced technology, and environmentally sustainable. Therefore, the STEM Teaching and Learning strategies in school setting should be widely integrate in classrooms.
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