Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 7
Page No. 1659 - 1663

Awareness Raising of Marine Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Diversity Through Drama Process

Authors : Pimonpan Lertlum

Abstract: According to the economic prosperity in the Eastern region, the environmental problems have been formed. The destruction of environment; waste water from industrial sectors, release of oil and spoilage from fisheries, space invasive for tourism business has been done by local people and tourists. Social awareness, the ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others is essential for being a part of the community and environment. Performing arts is one of the communicating tools to transmit emotion, thinking through the process of arts and reflect certain fact or information through the production of data searching with site survey for creating and developing the drama show’s script. The purposes of the study were to process the performance for publicizing the contents of the conservation of marine biodiversity and plant genetic diversityand to create learning behavior and awareness of youth people in the conservation of marine biodiversity and plant genetic diversity. Participants in this study were 1628 elementary students, teachers and school administrators of 20 elementary schools in Eastern region. The contents of the ecosystem of the mangrove forest which were suitable for the elementary school students were selected to create a script’s outline. The performing script was divided into 5 partsand presented in the form of comedy. Pre-test and post-test about the marine and ecosystem’s knowledge for students were done. The paired t-test was used to determine if there was significantly different. In addition, 5-point Likert scale questionnaires based on the satisfaction and suggestion for teachers and school administrators were done. The descriptive mean of satisfaction was reported. The results showed that after watching the drama show, the students significantly increased more knowledge, both each school and overall. The results of the survey of overall satisfaction with the drama show revealed that the appropriateness of the content presented to the audience and the content is consistent with the context of the area were the highest. In summary, the drama show was a media that provided knowledge to children for understanding in conservation and development of the mangrove forest.

How to cite this article:

Pimonpan Lertlum , 2020. Awareness Raising of Marine Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Diversity Through Drama Process. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 1659-1663.

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