Results of Using the Competency Promotion Program, the Ability to Organize Teaching and Learning at the Lower Secondary Level for Monks Teaching Morality

Abstract

Background and Aims: Monks teaching morality in schools is part of an important mission in academic services that aims to be a center for providing quality academic services in Buddhism with standards, resulting in children and youth having true knowledge of Buddhism with morality. This research aims to present the results of using a program to promote and develop teaching and learning for monks teaching morality in schools, which is part of the thesis on the development of a program to promote the ability to organize teaching and learning at the lower secondary level for monks teaching morality in schools.

Methodology: This research is a quasi-experimental study. The sample group consists of 30 monks who teach morality under the Buriram Secondary Education Area Office. They were selected purposively. The tools used to collect data include tests and satisfaction questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis are percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test (One-sample t-test).

Results: The moral teaching monks had a score on the knowledge test of learning management after the development that was higher than 80 percent with statistical significance at the .01 level, and the teachers who received training were satisfied with the program to promote the ability to manage teaching at the lower secondary level for moral teaching monks. Overall, all aspects were at the highest level of satisfaction.

Conclusion: The program to promote and develop the teaching of moral teaching in schools resulted in participants having significantly higher knowledge of teaching and learning at the lower secondary level after the development, and had the highest level of satisfaction in participating in the program.