Development of Model of Water Conservation through PAIC Process

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop a model of water conservation for secondary school student. The
integrative method research was done with participatory action research with Participatory Appreciate-Influence-Control
technique (PAIC). Populations were upper secondary school students of academic year 2012 of Kalasin Province. The
questionnaire and evaluation forms were be used as tool for data collection and the sample was selected by purposive sampling
technique. PAIC was implemented with the integration of SWOT analysis and brain storming during the training process. The 53
upper secondary school students were selected by purposive sampling technique from Kalasin Pittayasan School, Amphur
Muang, Kalasin Province for training with PAIC. One -Way-ANOVA and t-test were used for data analysis.The research results
illustrated that before and after PAIC process implemented, the mean scores of posttest of training achievement The research
results revealed that before and after PAIC training process implemented, the mean scores of posttest of training achievement
on characteristics of Environmental Education Trainer (EET), inspiration of public consciousness, environmental conservation
behavior, water conservation, and training achievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01, p< .01, p<
.01, p< .01, and p< .01). Three Dimensional Evaluations were employed for determination the perceptions of 53 upper
secondary school students in three aspects evaluation covering Self-evaluation, Friend-evaluation, and Facilitator-evaluation by
using One-way ANOVA in order to investigate the participation of upper secondary school students showed that there were no
difference of mean scores about participation in training process through brain storming with statistical significance (p>.05).