Development and Usability of Interactive Comics to Raise Animal Welfare Awareness among Agricultural Students

Abstract

Animal welfare education plays an important role in helping students understand the needs and rights of animals. Although the subject of Agriculture provides a unique opportunity to engage students in animal-based learning, understanding animal welfare is often overlooked. This study aims to i. Identify the need for interactive comics to increase animal welfare awareness among Agriculture students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Chengal, ii. Develop interactive comics to increase animal welfare awareness among Agriculture students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Chengal and iii. Determine the applicability of interactive comics to increase animal welfare awareness among Agriculture students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Chengal. The study design used was the development of comics using the DDR model and a quantitative survey method. The study instrument was a Likert scale questionnaire. A total of 3 expert evaluators were appointed to make the validity of the questionnaire. A pilot study evaluation among students was also carried out by evaluating 10 Form 4 students in the Agriculture subject. A total of 38 Form 4 Agriculture students at SMK Kampong Chengal were involved as the population and 36 people as the actual study sample. The data received was analyzed from SPSS will be analyzed descriptively using mean, standard deviation and percentage to obtain responses and feedback regarding the usability of the module during the PdP session in the classroom. The results findings of the real study showed that the development of animal welfare comics should be developed by obtaining good respond from respondents through the main objective questions in the questionnaire, namely part B: Development of Interactive Comics for Animal Welfare has obtained a mean value = 4.4586 and standard deviation, σ = 0.43452 for the validity of the usability of the comics from experts and students while for other main parts of the study such as part C: Usability of Interactive Comics for Animal Welfare has obtained a mean value = 4.4605 and standard deviation, σ = 0.39833. While for part D: Overall Satisfaction with Interactive Comics for Animal Welfare has obtained a mean value = 4.3342 and standard deviation, σ = 0. 36412. This shows that the mean value and standard deviation for each main objective have been at a high level. Overall, the implementation of this study can provide implications for Form 4 Agriculture students at SMK Kampong Chengal to increase awareness of animal welfare through a more effective interactive and practical approach for the Agriculture subject.