RESULTS OF USING THE ACTIVITIES PACKAGE INTEGRATED WITH LOCAL HISTORICAL LEARNING RESOURCE, MUANG SING HISTORICAL PARK, TO PROMOTE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS IN DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SCIENCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop and determine the efficiency of the activities package integrated with local historical learning resource, Muang Sing Historical Park, and 2) study learning achievements of science process skills of preservice teachers in the Department of General Science before and after using the activities package integrated with local historical learning resource, Muang Sing Historical Park. The research sample consisted of 14 fourth-year preservice teachers in the Department of General Science, section 581410601, Faculty of Education, A Rajabhat University, selected by a purposive sampling method. The Data were collected in the first semester of the 2018 academic year. The research instruments were 1) the activities package integrated with local historical learning resource, Muang Sing Historical Park, to promote science process skills; and 2) the science process skills achievement test. The research findings revealed that 1) the activities package integrated with local historical learning resource, Muang Sing Historical Park, to promote science process skills had efficiency value of 77.92/73.03 correspond with criterion 75/75; and 2) preservice teachers, who learned with the activities package integrated with local historical learning resource, Muang Sing Historical Park, had the post-learning achievements of science process skills higher than pre-learning achievements and the percentage of progress was 10.23.