COMPETENCIES OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS PROMOTING SUFFICIENCY CHARACTER AMONG STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PHITSANULOK PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research paper were to study the competencies of the Social studies teacher. The target groups were school director, social study, religion, and cultural teachers, totaling 3 persons, applying the interview method as the research instrument and the data were presented using the analytical descriptive table. Another target group were the secondary school students from level 1-6, totaling 254 persons, the questionnaires were used as the research instrument and the data were processed by descriptive statistics, percentage, mean and average, using 5-level scales.

The results revealed that social studies teachers should develop virtues and ethics and the knowledge of the philosophy of sufficiency economy to be applied as an example for living, and organize activities based on various learning sources, by inviting people or organizations who applied the sufficiency economy philosophy in their lives and businesses to convey the experience to students. From the questionnaire, the competencies of the Social studies teacher that promotes the sufficient lifestyle of the secondary school student in Phitsanulok Province conform to the competency framework of the teachers of the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education. The most conformation was the learner’s development, curriculum and learning management, and classroom management. However, the researcher suggested that the Social studies teacher should apply the technology as a learning media for learning management according to the sufficiency economy philosophy, in order to develop the knowledge and the living by applying sufficiency economy philosophy.