Development Direction for Non-Smoking University by Project and Community Based Research

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study the direction to non-smoking university by project and community based research, 2) study the effects of using instructional project and community based through non-smoking university. The samples group were 1) 10 directors and experts and 2) 50 undergraduate students of Suan Dusit University, enrolled in the course of Information Integration in the first semester of the academic year 2017. Data were analyzed by using mean, and standard deviation. The results of this research were as follows: 1. the direction to non-smoking university by project and community based research consisted of 5 components as followed: 1) policy and management, 2) Teaching and learning management by community participation, 3) the roles of universities, teachers, students, and communities, 4) instructional activities by projects and community based research, and 5) project process evaluation. The process of learning activities were 6 steps: 1) building community readiness and cooperation, 2) building knowledge for non-smoking universities by community participation, 3) resources allocation, 4) project process operation to be a non-smoking university, 5) the scaff oldings of the concerned persons, and 6) presentation of the operating results summary and reflection. 2. The effects of using instructional project and community based was appropriate in a high level (= 3.87, S.D. = 0.50). In each aspect, it was at a high level, and can be sorted in ascending order as follows; student role (= 3.93, S.D. = 0.56), community role (= 3.91, S.D. = 0.53), non-smoking university by project and community based research (= 3.88, S.D. = 0.58), teaching and learning activities (= 3.85, S.D. = 0.52), instructor role (= 3.83, S.D. = 0.59), and evaluation (= 3.76, S.D. = 0.74).