Development of a Training Curriculum on Venue Decoration for Vocational Students in The Hotel and Tourism Program.

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to develop a training curriculum on venue decoration for vocational students in hotel and tourism program, 2) to compare the learning achievement between pretest and posttest scores using a training curriculum, and 3) to compare practical skills of vocational students in the hotel and tourism program before and after the use of the curriculum. The sample of this research was 30 second-year students studying vocational certificate in hotel and tourism program in the second semester in 2019, in Chanthaburi Polytechnic College under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission, selected by purposive sampling technique. The research tools were 1) the evaluation scale on venue decoration for vocational students in hotel and tourism program, 2) achievement test and 3) practice skill evaluation. The statistics used for data analysis included mean (), percentage, standard deviation (SD) and t-test Dependent. The results of this research indicated that:

1. 1. Training curriculum on venue decoration for vocational students in hotel and tourism program has 12 components including’s: objectives, structure, trainees, training duration, training activity organizing, media and tools for training, result evaluation, scope of content, activities descriptions, training activities plan, and handout. The average assessment for curriculum quality certification was at 4.72, indicating the highest level of appropriateness.


2. 2. The learning achievement after studying with the curriculum was higher than that of before studying with the curriculum with statistical significance of .05.


3. 3. The practical skill after using the curriculum was higher than that of before using the curriculum with statistical significance of .05.