Effects of Project and Community-based Learning (PCBL) Affecting Pre-service Teachers’ Satisfaction and Project Management Skills in Art and Culture

Songsak Suriyothin, Pichart Kaewpuang, Pratchaya Jaipukdee and Others

Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Chaengwatthana Rd., Bangkhen District, Bangkok, Thailand

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the pre-service teachers’ satisfaction on the project and community-based learning (PCBL); and 2) to compare the pre-service teachers’ project management skills in art and culture before and after using PCBL. The duration of the experiment was academic year 2017. The samples were 30 pre-service teachers from the College of Teacher Education Student Union, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand. The research instruments consisted of two evaluation forms: satisfaction evaluation form on the PCBL with five Likert scale and project management skills in art and culture evaluation form with four Likert scale. The data was analysed by arithmetic mean ( ! ), standard deviation (S.D.) and paired samples ttest. The results were as follows: 1) The pre-service teachers’ satisfaction on the PCBL was rated at an extremely satisfied level of 4.36; and 2) The pre-service teachers’ project management skills in art and culture after using PCBL was higher than before the experiment with statistical significance at .05 level.

KEYWORDS

Project and Community-based Learning (PCBL), Satisfaction, Project Management Skills in Art and Culture, Pre-service Teachers