The development of an instructional model for enhancing the living Behavior based on the sufficiency economy philosophy for the students of Rajabhat Universities in the South
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to 1) study the casual factors affecting the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy of students of Rajabhat Universities in the South, 2) developan instructional model to enhance the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for students of Rajabhat Universities in the South and 3) investigate the results of the proposed model to enhance the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for students of Rajabhat Universities in the South. The study was divided into 3 phases, including Phase 1: Studied the causal factors affecting the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for students of Rajabhat Universities in the South by synthesizing the documents and related theories and concepts. Focus group discussion with 10 experts was conducted to determine a research framework and create a5-rating scale questionnaire with a reliability of 0.95. The content validity of the questionnaire was examined by 7 experts. The sample size was obtained by using Krejcie & Morgan table. The sample was 300 first year students of faculty of education from Rajabhat Universities in the Southstudying in second semester of academic year 2014. The sample was selected by multistage random sampling. The data was analyzed by using stepwise multiple regression analysis. Phase 2: Developed aninstructional model to enhance the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for students of Rajabhat Universities in the South using the results from phase 1 with related concepts and theories including research about the development of instructional model to create the model. The content validity of the model was examined by 5 experts. Phase 3: Investigated the results of the proposed model to enhance the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for students of Rajabhat Universities in the South. The developed model was used with 40 first-year students in academic year 2014, Faculty of Education, Phuket Rajabhat University obtained by cluster random sampling. The duration of experiment was 8 weeks(30 hours). The instruments used were an 4 alternatives multiple choice achievement test, an observation form about living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy and interview form about the living behavior. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, percentage and repeated measure ANOVA.The results of the study revealed that.1.From studying the casual factors affecting the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy found that, as a whole, there was high relation and could explain the students living behavior 65.70%, at the 0.05 level of significance. When considering in each factor ranking from higest to lowest, it was found that the factors affecting the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy at the highest level was economic status (0.273), the second highest was environment inside the university (0.272), environment outside the university (0.252), child-raising style (0.171), family status (0.141) as well as the ability of critical thinking (0.130), could explain the living behavior of the students at the 0.05 level of significance. 2.In development aninstructional modelto enhance the living behavior based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy.The proposed model was emphasized the natural learning process or situations related to the students daily life. The model promoted the learning opportunities between teachers and students and among students, systematic knowledge development with quality process, including the skills and abilities for the application of knowledge in their daily life. The model comprised of 4 steps: (1) Planning for learning according to the nature and situation in daily life, (2) Creating learning opportunity, (3) Developing Knowledge systematically, and (4) Increasing critical thinking and practical ability skills.3.The results of using the instructional model found that, the students learning behavior in the aspect of self reliance on discipline, punctuality, and thrifty increased at the highest level (32.50 %), in the aspect of social services on unity increased at the highest level (40.00 %) and in the aspect of daily life application on the planning skills increased at highest level (22.50 %). For the measurement of achievement, after using the instructional model, the students application of knowledge and understanding about Sufficiency Economy Philosophy to use in daily life was significantly higher at the 0.05 level.