Effect of Using Problem-based Learning Method for Safety Education of Plastic Food Utensils on Awareness,Attitude and Behavior of Elementary School Students

• Main Authors: Wang, Shu-Chuan, 王淑娟
• Other Authors: Lin-Huei Ferng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50152157647457378424

碩士 === 國立宜蘭大學 === 生物資源學院碩士在職專班 === 101 === The problem-based learning system and the traditional teaching method were used to elementary school’s education of safety instruction of plastic-food utensils in order to study the effects of both methods on the differences in students’ awareness, attitude and behavior. The fifth grade students in an elementary school in Chiayi City were selected, including 30 persons as experimental group for problem-based learning and 28 persons as control group for traditional teaching method. Total period of learning and teaching was 400 minutes. The results are as following: (1)The awareness on plastic food utensils shows significant progresswith the same extent after learning in both two groups (p>0.05). (2)The students of experimental group showed significant positive attitude on touching plastic food utensils when compared with the students of control group (p<0.05). (3)As to behavior on touching plastic food utensils, the students of experimental group also show better result when compared with the students of control group (p<0.05). (4)According to the qualitative analysis of video recording, group discussion with audio recording, semi-structured interview and recording, learning profile, self-assessment and mutual assessment, it shows increased effectiveness on problem-based learning, includingthe capability of solving problems, replying questions and their integration, great diversity of learning content and voluntary learning. Students are able to make introspection and appreciate each other by problem-based learning.