The Development of Steam Education Learning Activities to Enhance the Artistic Creative Skills of Mathayomsuksa 1 Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to: 1) develop STEAM-based learning activities to enhance students' artistic abilities and create artistic works; 2) To try out learning activities that align with STEAM Education in order to enhance secondary school students' abilities to create artistic works 3) to study the opinions of students who engage in STEAM education-based learning activities. This research is preliminary experimental research. 30 Mathayomsuksa 1 students from Piboonbumpen Demonstration School, Burapha University, were the sample group used in this study. They were selected through purposive sampling from the First semester of the academic year 2023. The research tools are 1) STEAM Education-based art learning activities. 2)A form for evaluating creative work, and 3) An interview form for gathering feedback from students on STEAM Education learning activities. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and content analysis. The results showed that 1) learning activities using the STEAM Education approach to enhance grade 7th students' abilities to create artistic works had a consistency index ranging from 0.80 to 1.001. 2) The findings of the trial of applying learning activities based on STEAM Education to enhance the ability to create artistic works are as follows: 2.1) Compare MathayomSuksa 1 students' academic achievement scores before and after their studies. It was found that when testing statistics t = 18.115, Sig =.00. The mean academic achievement scores of MathayomSuksa 1 students before and after the study were significantly different at. 05.  2.2) The average scores achieved by students in the creation of artworks after the experiment. It was found that the students' overall average of creating artworks was high. 3) The students' opinions on the learning activities based on STEAM Education to enhance the ability to create artworks were high.