Production of the animate folk thai plays to promote the learning of Prathom Suksa 1 Students in Lampang’s primary school

Abstract

This research involved the production of a cartoon animation to encourage interest in traditional games played in Thai folktales and to help to pass on knowledge of these games as a way of conserving traditional Thai ways of life. Information about traditional games was gathered from students from the Department of Early Childhood Education and from the Department of Software Engineering at Lampang Rajabhat University. The cartoon animation was tested with primary students in schools in Lampang province. The data are analyzed by means of percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test analysis. The findings are that: (1) cartoon animation produce by selecting the appropriate topic in the software engineering process; (2) assessment of primary school children showed that their knowledge and understanding of traditional games after watching higher statistically at .05 significant level; (3) primary-school children's satisfaction with the cartoon animation showed that they had a high level of satisfaction in 3 areas: (i) understanding of this research, (ii) satisfaction with the cartoon and (iii) the application of the knowledge.