Need of People to Establishing Educational Environmental Center on Conservation of Local Wisdom on Stingless Bees, Patawee subdistrict, Makham district, Chanthaburi Province.

Abstract

This research had the objective to study the need and to compare the personnel characteristics of people to establishing environmental education center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees, Patawee subdistrict, Makham district, Chanthaburi. It was survey research. The sample group was leaders of local administrators, councilor, teachers and educational personnel, agriculturist group in the number of 345 samples. The tools used were questionnaire and Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was 0.75, data analyzed by percentage, average, standard deviation and t-test statistical value.

                From the research, it was found that the sample group was male in the rate of 57.4%, female in the rate of 42.6%. Most of them were between 30 - 42 years in the rate of 65.8%. Most of them had graduated with elementary education in the rate of 71.9%. Most of them were agriculturists in the rate of 87.5%. Regarding the need of establishing environmental education center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees, Patawee subdistrict, Makham district, Chanthaburi., it was found that the need was in the rate of 100%. Regarding the characteristics of educational environmental center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees, most of them want to have supporting role of educations in schools in the area ( = 4.14). Then, there was training on Stingless bees in the sub district ( = 4.11) the need for Patawee municipality to support budget and personnel continuously ( = 4.10) and the need to arrange training process by using learning basics in community and arranged as actual circumstances ( = 4.08).

                Comparison of personnel characteristics with the need of establishing educational environment center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees, it was found that different age, educational levels and status had different need of establishing educational environment center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees with statistical significance (p < 0.01).

                Recommendation was that it should establish educational environmental center on conservation of local wisdom on stingless bees, Patawee subdistrict, Makham district, Chanthaburi. Patawee Municipality should allocate operating resource sufficiently and continuously. There must be network between government center and people sector which could provide training service inside and outside the place and there must be learning base in community to enable learning according to the actual circumstances.