LEARNING STYLES AND MOBILE LEARNING USAGE BEHAVIORS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY IN CURBING PLASTIC POLLUTION

Plastic waste pollution has already affected everything on earth, especially with frighteningly high amounts of waste plastic being found recently in un-inhabited places. Responsibility of reducing plastic use and waste is more dependent on highly educated people than normal people as highly educated people are social reform leaders. This study is a guideline M-Learning or Mobile Learning which is teaching and learning through courseware offering content and activities via wireless network technology and wireless internet network technology Telecommunication Network so that learners can learn anywhere, anytime. In this study, the researcher studied only plastic wastage and smart phone usage with the objective to 1) study plastic waste and smartphone usage behaviors of graduate students and 2) study the relationship between plastic waste and smartphone usage behavior in the classroom and academic performance by collecting data using a purposive sampling of different learning styles; including observation, inquiries and interview forms for master and doctoral students at the Faculty of Education, Industry and Technology of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology at Ladkrabang, with 7 people. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. The results of the research revealed that 1) Most students use their smart phones in their classrooms to research information while doing their assigned activities causing increased plastic use and waste but without paying much attention to waste pollution because it was felt that the subject matter is not linked directly to pollution management. Students are aware of this problem but do not take it seriously. In addition, mobile phones are used to take pictures or listen to music, communicate in and outside the classroom, not deemed related to plastic pollution and 2) Smartphone behavior has a relationship with the academic performance of students with statistical significance at the level of 0.00.