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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 24, Number 2 (2011)
6. Research Statistic
Descriptive statistics, percentage, mathematical average, standard deviation and t-test Independent
were applied for information analysis.
7. Results
7.1. Context and Problems of Communications in Environmental Studies Regarding the
Preservation of Forest Resources Based on Isan Folk Art
From studying the context, problems, communications of environmental education in term of the
conservation of forest resources via Isan folk art by studying documents, textbooks, research papers,
in-depth interviews, and focus-group meeting, the summary is in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Context, problems, communications of environmental education in term of the preservation of forest
resources via Isan folk art
Isan social &
community
condition
Accumulation of culture
& tradition
Group formation
Poverty
Occupations
Celebration
Isan folk art:
Mor Lam
Community
Development
Development
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Communications
via Mor Lam
Health
Politics & Administration
Education
Conservation of natural
Resources
Others
Roles of Mor Lam
- Entertainment
- Education
- Rituals
Figure 2 shows that the social and cultural condition and living of Isan communities result in
the accumulation of culture and tradition. They have the amusement, folk art and Mor Lam, which take
roles in entertaining and educating about rituals. Later, this folk art has been applied to the
communications of state agencies and private sector for purposes of health, politics and administration,
education, conservation of natural resources and others. These result to the development cycle of
community and society.