The Development of Supplementary Courses on a 22201 Creative Art for Grade 8 Students by Contemplative Education

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop a supplementary course on A22201 Creative
Art for grade 8 students by Contemplative Education, 2) to study learning achievement of the students
who enrolled in the course and were instructed through the Contemplative Education with the set
criterion of 70% of the full marks, and at least 70% of the group passed the passing criterion of 70%,
3) to develop the students’ ability to apply life skills so that they made a mean achievement score of
70% or better and at least 70% of the group passed the passing criterion of 70% and 4) to study the
students’ satisfaction with the learning activities based on contemplative Education.
The study was a research and development procedure. The target group consisted of 12 grade
8 students in Nong-goong Wittayakarn School in Sila Sub-district, Muang District, KhonKaen Province,
during the first semester of the academic year 2016. Research instruments included 1) a questionnaire
with a checklist to enquire about the need for the development of a supplementary course on A22201,
2) an interview form to elicit opinions for the development of the course, 3) 3-unit supplementary
course on A22201 Art Creation for grade 8 students base on Contemplative Education, 4) 7 lesson
plans which takes 20 instructional periods to finish, 5) a learning achievement test consisted of 5
true-false items and 4 essay questions, 6) a 4-level rating scale with 40 item on the ability to apply
life skills and 7) a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with 20 item for eliciting the students’ satisfaction
with the supplementary course . The findings show that:1) supplementary course on A22201 Creative Art by Contemplative Education for grade 8
students consisted of 10 parts of (1) the rationale, (2) the purposes, (3) learning outcomes, (4) course
description, (5) ways of organizing learning activities, (6) instructional media, (7) the measurement and
evaluation, (8) course structure, (9) learning units and (10) lesson plans. Results of an assessment of
the course showed a “high” level of suitability ( = 4.38, S.D. = 0.66),
2) The students made a mean learning achievement score of 11.11 or 73.33% of the full marks,
and 9 students or 75.00% of the group passed the passing criterion which is higher than the prescribed
criterion,
3) The students made a mean score of 2.98 on the ability to apply life skills which is at the
“high” level, and 9 students or 75% of the group passed the passing criterion which is higher than the
prescribed criterion, and
4) The students as a whole expressed a “high” level of satisfaction with the learning activities
which had been organized for the supplementary course on A22201 Creative Art based on the Contemplative
Education ( = 4.36, S.D. = 0.80)