Development of English Abilities and Social Studies Concepts through Using S2TEA Integrated Learning Activities
College of Teacher Education, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this research were 1) to compare English abilities and social studies concepts of pre-service social studies teachers before and after using S2TEA integrated learning activities; and 2) to compare English abilities and social studies concepts of experimental group and control group after using S2TEA integrated learning activities. The samples were 60 preservice social studies teachers from the College of Teacher Education, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group composed of 30 pre-service social studies teachers and a control group composed of 30 pre-service social studies teachers. The experimental instruments consisted of two sets of lesson plans: daily lesson plans based on the S2TEA integrated learning activities and daily lesson plans with the regular instructional method. The duration of the experiment was 8 periods, 1 hour per period and 1 period per week. The data collecting instruments were English abilities and social studies concepts test. The data was analysed by using arithmetic mean (x̄), standard deviation (S.D.) and t-test. The results were as follows: 1) the English abilities and social studies concepts of pre-service social studies teachers after using S2TEA integrated learning activities was higher than before the experiment with statistical significance at .05 level; and 2) the English abilities and social studies concepts of the experimental group after using S2TEA integrated learning activities was higher than the control group with statistical significance at .05 level.
KEYWORDS
S2TEA Integrated Learning Activities, English Abilities, Social Studies Concepts, Pre-service Social Studies Teachers