Abstract:
The purposes of the study were: 1) to study the actual and expected states of desirable characteristics of discipline among students under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 4, and 2) to propose guidelines for developing desirable characteristics of student discipline under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 4.
The sample in the research was 359 administrators and teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 4, selected by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a dual-response questionnaire with a reliability of 0.96. The data were analyzed by using analysis of percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, PNI[subscript Modified] and content analysis.
The research results revealed that: 1) the overall actual state of desirable characteristics of student discipline was at a high level, 2) the overall expected state of desirable characteristics of student discipline was at the highest level. Guidelines for developing desirable characteristics of student discipline included the following: (1) responsibility; encouraging students to do various tasks with full determination and strength and clarifying benefits and drawbacks of working to the students, (2) punctuality; encouraging students to plan their time management and create an agreement setting the due date and time for submission of work clearly and integrating work with other subjects, (3) compliance; providing an opportunity for brainstorming to enhance all students participation and consent together to solve school problems through the student council committee, (4) dressing uniforms; building an understanding of rules and regulations of social etiquette in accordance with the community, society and nation, and (5) conduct; promoting a student support system by discussions between advisors and students on a regular basis, respectively.