The Development of Morality Based on the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism Subject of the Elementary School Students, Pakkred District, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

The thesis entitled “The Development of Morality Based on the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism Subject of the Elementary School Students, Pakkred District, Nonthaburi Province” was an experimental research by means of a one-group pretest – posttest design. The research consisted of the following objectives: 1) to study the learning achievement through a pretest and posttest of Buddhism subject by the teaching process based on the four noble truths of the 6^th elementary school students, Wat Pho Baan Aoi School, Pakkret district, Nonthaburi province and 2) to study the satisfaction of the 6^th elementary school students through a posttest of Buddhism subject by the teaching process based on the four noble truths, Wat Pho Baan Aoi School, Pakkret district, Nonthaburi province. From the study, it was found as follows:

1. The comparison results of the pretest and posttest of Buddhism subject by the teaching process based on the four noble truths of the 6^th elementary school students, Wat Pho Baan Aoi School, Pakkret district, Nonthaburi province showed that pretest had a mean of 16.42 with the standard deviation (S.D.) equal to 2.892. While posttest had a mean of 21.54 with the standard deviation (S.D.) equal to 3.425. The difference of both scores had a mean of 9.02. The t-test was found equal to 30.213. When comparing the learning achievement of pretest and posttest, it revealed that the posttest had a higher score with a statistical significance at the 0.05 level according to the assumption set.
2. The result on the satisfaction of the 6^th elementary school students through a posttest of Buddhism subject by the teaching process based on the four noble truths, Wat Pho Baan Aoi School, Pakkret district, Nonthaburi province found to be overall at a high level (Mean = 4.59, S.D. = 0.434). When considering each aspect, it revealed the 4 aspects that had the level of satisfaction from highest to lowest as follows: 1^st aspect on contents (Mean = 4.42, S.D. = 0.280), 2^nd aspect on benefits (Mean = 4.36, S.D. = 0.392), 3^rd aspect on learning activities (Mean = 4.30, S.D. = 0.418), and lastly, 4^th aspect on teachers (Mean  = 4.24, S.D. = 0.321).