THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF DHAMMA SCRIPTURES OF DHAMMA DIVISION OF SAMUTPRAKAN PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this article were to analyze the general condition, process and to present the development of Dhamma learning and teaching conducted with the mixed methods; The qualitative research method collected data from 20 key informants by in-depth-interview and 10 participants in focus group discussion and analyzed data by content descriptive interpretation. The quantitative method collected data from 181 samples from 273 students and analyzed data with frequency, percentiles, means and standard deviation, SD.  

The research findings were as follow; 1. The Sangha of Samut Prakan Province was a continuous promotion and development of the teaching of the Buddha Dharma. Educational personnel had good knowledge and ability to teach. Organizing a summer novice ordination activity and encouraging students to participate in the Dharma during the project. 2. Processes including planning, organizing Personnel management, administration, coordination, reporting and when surveying the opinions of the samples were found that the opinions were at a moderate level ( = 3.10, S.D. = 0.826), and when considering each aspect, it was found that the opinions were at a moderate level in all aspects. 3. Development, including the development of a modern curriculum for the Dharma department by making the textbook interesting. Organizing content and activities in accordance with learners’ needs. Teaching and learning that combines knowledge and morality in teaching media. The use of teaching materials that were suitable for the lesson made it interesting and interesting to learn.