Integration of Agricultural Knowledge with the Thai Language, Mathematics, and Science Subjects for First-year Elementary School of Thailand

The research is aimed at studying academic achievement and the effects of attitudes towards agriculture from teaching and learning through the integration of agricultural knowledge with the Thai language, mathematics, and science subjects of the first grade of elementary school in Thailand. This study was a true experimental design, which employed only the post-test control group design. Results of the study were as follows: 1) Teaching/learning which employed agricultural knowledge to integrate subjects could enhance the students’ knowledge of agriculture; and 2) Teaching and learning through integrated subjects made the students have increased attitudes towards agriculture.

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