Development a Prototype Environmental Education Teacher through PAIC Process

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop a prototype of environmental education teacher through PAIC process.
Sample group was selected by purposive sampling technique based on the defined criteria. The methodology was implemented
with Participatory-Appreciation-Influence-Control (PAIC) integrated with brain-storming and focus group discussion for
developing trainer (TOT) to be a prototype. The research results illustrated that after PAIC process implemented, the mean
scores of posttest of knowledge of Environmental Education (EE), knowledge of global warming, characteristics of
Environmental Education Teacher (EET), inspiration of environmental conservation, environmental behavior, and training
achievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01, p< .01, p<.01, p< .01, p< .01, and p< .01) respectively.
Furthermore, FDE was used for trainer role play evaluation, it illustrated that Trainer Self-Evaluation, Audience Evaluation,
Trainer Friend-Evaluation and Expert Trainer-Evaluation were no differences among four dimensional aspects of evaluation,
then the 10 selected scientific teachers with top ten highest scores to be trainers. One-way ANOVA was used investigate the
mean scores difference of four groups. The results of One-way ANOVA showed that there were difference of mean scores on
role play as trainer in training process (p>.05). The 10 trained scientific teachers would be prototype of EET trainers and the left
participants would be facilitators for the second level and they acted as steering committee to organize the second level training
with the aid of researcher team.