Abstract:
The objective of this research were to 1) study the states of learning management to promote the environmental ethics for primary students, 2) create and examine the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students and 3) evaluate the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students. This research studied the schools under the office of Tak Primary Educational Service Area 1. The 3 stages were applied; stage 1: study the states of learning to promote the environmental ethics for primary students. The sample was the 111 school administrators and 111 environmental teachers who selected by purposive sampling. The tool for data collecting was a rating scale questionnaire with reliability of 0.96. Stage 2: create and examine the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students. The participants consisted of 15 experts in creation of learning strategies composed of academicians in environment, school administrators and teachers, by using focus group discussion and the sample for examination of learning strategies were 320 respondents from 111 school administrators and 209 teachers. The sample size was obtained by Taro Yamanes formula and selected by simple random sampling of random number. Stage 3: evaluate the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students. The participants consisted of 15 experts composed of academicians in environment, school administrators who were selected by purposive sampling. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation. The research findings were as follows: 1) The states of learning management to promote the environmental ethics for primary students were found that the aspect of curriculum was at the high level ( = 3.61, S.D. = 0.07), the aspect of teacher development was at the high level ( = 3.48, S.D. = 0.11), the aspect of environmental development was at the moderate level ( = 3.28, S.D. = 0.06) and the aspect of learning activities was at the high level ( = 4.35, S.D. = 0.10). 2)The creation and examination of the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students was found that 4 strategies composed of 63 tactics, 63 indicators namely strategy 1; strategy of curriculum development to promote the environmental ethics comprising 15 tactics, 15 indicators, strategy 2; strategy of teacher development to promote the environmental ethics comprising 16 tactics, 16 indicators, strategy 3; strategy of environmental development and learning sites in school comprising 12 tactics, 12 indicators, strategy 4; strategy of learning activities to promote the environmental ethics divided into (1) the aspect of learning media comprising 6 tactics, 6 indicators (2) the aspect of desirable ethics comprising 8 tactics, 8 indicators (3) the aspect of supervision comprising 6 tactics, 6 indicators. After the creation, the examination was used and refined to be 4 strategies comprising 40 tactics, 40 indicators namely strategy 1; strategy of curriculum development to promote the environmental ethics comprising 10 tactics, 10 indicators, strategy 2; strategy of teacher development to promote the environmental ethics comprising 10 tactics, 10 indicators, strategy 3; strategy of environmental development and learning sites in school comprising 6 tactics, 6 indicators, strategy 4; strategy of learning activities to promote the environmental ethics divided into (1) the aspect of learning media comprising 5 tactics, 5 indicators (2) the aspect of desirable ethics comprising 5 tactics, 5 indicators (3) the aspect of supervision comprising 4 tactics, 4 indicators. 3)The evaluation of the learning strategies to promote the environmental ethics for primary students was found that all of 4 learning strategies were qualified in the aspect of benefits, possibility, appropriately and accuracy at the most higher level.