The development of teaching and learning of environmental health courses by using the concept of Green University: Case studies of food sanitation

Abstract

The development of teaching and learning of environmental health course by using the concept of Green University: Case Studies of Food Sanitation, was conducted with second-year students in the Public Health Program, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Phetchaburi Rajabhat University, studying in the Environmental Health subject (09882406), semester 2/2020. 29 people were selected by purposive sampling. The purposes of the study were: 1) to study students' knowledge and understanding of participation under the Green University Development Project through teaching in the environmental health subject on food sanitation in the Phetchaburi Rajabhat University cafeteria; 2) to compare using the learning development plan in the Environmental Health course before and after the experiment; and 3) to suggest guidelines for the development of canteens at Phetchaburi Rajabhat University under the Green University Development Project. The instruments used in this research were: (1) a knowledge test in the environmental health course on food sanitation; (2) teaching and learning development plans and teaching activities in the environmental health course on food sanitation, which emphasized the application of measures 2R 3G 4L; and (3) a questionnaire regarding teaching and learning development plans and teaching activities in the environmental health subject on food sanitation. The results showed that: 1) it was statistically significant at the level of 0.05 with t = -10.666, p-value = 0.00, which showed that students understood the details of the environmental health course according to the measures 2R 3G 4L to become a green university, 2) the learning development plan in the Environmental Health course had efficiency of process (E1) and efficiency of results (E2) equal to 62.07/78.97, and 3) students had opinions about teaching and learning activities that were applied together with the 2R 3G 4L measures on food sanitation, the cooking area, food containers, food handlers, insects, and disease-carrying animals, making their knowledge and understanding at a high level. The results from teaching activities would be used to make suggestions for becoming a green university at Phetchaburi Rajabhat University in the future.