The Effects of a Program for Enhancing Competency in Dealing with a Recreational Program for Student Leaders of the Rajamangala University of Technology in the Central Region
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This research study aimed to 1) develop a program for enhancing competency in dealing with a recreational program for student leaders and 2) to study the effects of the use of the program. The research process was divided into 3 phases; 1) studying necessity, need and guidelines for the development of a program, 2) developing a program, and 3) studying the effects of the use of a program. The population of the study included student leaders from 5 Rajamangala universities, 30 students each, which were selected purposively. The research instruments were the program for enhancing competency in dealing with a recreational program for student leaders. A total of 6 achievement tests for different dimensions were included in the program. All instruments were validated by 7 experts. The data received were analyzed by percentage, mean score, standard deviation, and dependent sample t-test.
The research results showed that 1) A program of four main competencies in recreation program management consists of a unit of learning, 8 weeks, 3 hours each, and 6 instruments used to measure and evaluate results in the program. 2) The results of the experiment showed that the experimental group had higher knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and performance than before participating in the program at a significance level of 0.05 3) After implementing the program with the extended group; knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance were higher than before joining the program a significance level of 0.05. Also, the satisfaction level of the program was at the highest level in all universities. When comparing the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and performance of the results from the extended group of 4 universities, it was found that results after joining the program had no difference at a significance level of 0.05.
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