Effectiveness of project based on learning of COVID 19 prevention and protection among primary school students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.11.021
- VernacularTitle:小学生新冠肺炎防护知识项目化学习效果评价
- Author:
FENG Lu, HONG Jie, LIAN Shu
1
Author Information
1. Primary School Affiliated to Hefei Normal School, Hefei (230000), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Coronavirus;
Knowledge;
Intervention studies;
Health education;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2022;43(11):1686-1689
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of project based learning of COVID 19 prevention and protection among primary school students.
Methods:In February 2020, all the participants were selected from grade one, grade three and grade six in a primary school in Hefei and were randomly assigned into the experimental group (532 students) and the control group (530 students). Project based learning methods was administered in health education of COVID 19 prevention and protection in the experimental group for two weeks, with the traditional health education for the control group. Questionnaire survey was conducted before and after experimental.
Results:After carrying out project based learning, the awareness rate of COVID 19 protection knowledge in the project group was 99.43%, while that in the control group was 74.74% after traditional education methods, the proportion of excellent students was 96.43% in intervention group, and 45.11% in control group, with significant statistical difference( χ 2=346.62, P <0.01).
Conclusion:Project based learning is superior than traditional health education in terms of improvement in self protection against COVID 19 among students.
