Abstract:
The purposes of this study were
1. to develop Buddhism-Oriented School Management for Watsungwej Secondary School
under the Bangkok Education Service Area Office 1.
2. to determine its effectiveness of Buddhism-Oriented School ManagementforWatsungwej
Secondary School development.
The study is an R&D research. According to the research procedure, the research populations
were divided into three groups.
1. For the procedure of development of Buddhism-Oriented School Management, the research
populations were divided into two groups.
1.1 For the physical environment and overall atmosphere development procedure, the
populations consisted of all the basic-education school boards, teachers, parents or guardians.
1.2 For the Buddhism-Oriented Curriculum development procedure, the populations
consisted of nine teachers working at Watsungwej Secondary School in the first semester of the 2006
academic year, selected by purposed random sampling.
2. For the procedure of determining the effectiveness of Buddhism-Oriented School. Management,
the sample consisted of students who studied with teachers participated in this project and nine
teachers working at Watsungwej Secondary School in the first semester of the 2006 academic year,
selected by purposed random sampling.
Finding from the study showed that:
1. Components of the Buddhism-Oriented School Management are as follows :
1.1 Physical environment and overall atmosphere development.
1.2 The morals and virtues of Buddhism and the principle of Character Education are
integrated in the curriculum;
2. The results of the implementation of the Buddhism-Oriented School Management are as
follows :
2.1 The students academic achievement before and after studying the Buddhism
Oriented Curriculum were different at 0.5 level of statistical significance
2.2 After adapting the Buddhism-Oriented School Management, most students behavior
is right to the designated characteristics.
2.3 The level of students satisfaction is high
2.4 The teachers who volunteered in this research believe that the students can apply
moral principles to a acquiring knowledge and the designated characteristics.