Janpaphat Kruekaew
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Title: The effect of Using Facebook and Problem-based in Teaching and Learning on Attitude and Score Level of Nursing Students in Maternal and Newborn class
Biography
Biography: Janpaphat Kruekaew
Abstract
Presently, Facebook is one of major social media, and it is widely used in higher education to communicate between teachers and students. The objectives of this study were to study attitudes and participation of the third year baccalaureate nursing students in 2017 on Facebook toward Learning Teaching Process in Maternal and Newborn classes. The participants of this study were third year baccalaureate nursing students in 2017. The sampling group consisted of 213 students selected by purposive sampling for 4 hours in Maternal and Newborn classes. The instruments for intervention consisted of the learning and teaching processes based on problem-based learning in topic of assessment of maternal and newborn and screening, as well as six activities of health promotion in antenatal Facebook group of Maternal and Newborn course 1/2017 and a set of attitude questionnaires verified by three experts for content validity were also employed in this study. Reliability of the attitude questionnaire was tested and yielded a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.88. Moreover, the participation record on Facebook collection form was used. The group of samples attended the Assessment of maternal and newborn and screening, health promotion in antenatal topic in Maternal and Newborn, and then they were tested by One group Pretest-Posttest design. The data were collected by using a questionnaire and analyzed through descriptive statistic, and paired t-test. The results showed that the mean score significance of attitudes after the using Facebook and the process of Problem-based in teaching was statistically significantly higher than it was p <0.05 before attending in this class in terms of five dimensions: The result of this study combined with the teaching process, belief and attraction in professional learning, participation and knowledge exchange knowledge, self-learning, as well as skill in communicated communication and information searching. Additionally, the mean and standard deviation of the participation on Facebook in six activities were the mean ± standard deviation for total participation on Facebook in six activities score was 206±9.89, 202±15.55, 195±25.45, 156±80.61, 156±80.61 and 169±62.22 respectively. Therefore, using Facebook and problem-based in teaching could encourage positive attitudes on students