State and Needs in Using Digital Instruction for Environmental Subject of Primary Schools in Surat Thani Province

Education can increase people?s knowledge, raise awareness and attitude on environmental problem and environmental conservation by using appropriate technological education, tools and instruction. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the current state and needs in using digital instruction for environmental subject of primary schools in Surat Thani province, Thailand. The population was 492 primary schools in Surat Thani province. A total of 221 scientist teachers from 221 primary schools were collected by simple random sampling technique for survey research in 2015. The data collection tool was the closed-ended questionnaires. The frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that the state in using digital instruction for environmental subject of primary schools in Surat Thani province was at good level. Most of teacher used internet, video compact disk (vcd) and digital video disk (dvd) regarding environmental issues as tool and instruction in classroom. Their opinion on the state of digital instruction effectiveness in terms of content, structure, context, and learning achievement was at good level, and presentation format at moderate level. It found that teachers preferred multimedia instruction with cartoon animation, which has potential to improve students? understanding and knowledge about environment and energy conservation. Each story should take 10 ? 11 minutes long, consist of pre- and post - test, and learning process should not be longer than 50 minutes in total. According to the findings, it is recommended that appropriate and effective digital instruction related to environment and energy saving should be developed. It can be an effective tool for raising awareness of students regarding environmental issues.