Development of Participatory Learning Management through Daily Life Media for Teaching Buddhist Moral Code Topic to Enhance Learning Achievement and Public-mindedness of Primary 6 Students in Social Sciences, Religion, and Culture Learning Area

Abstract

This study aimed to 1) develop participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module for teaching Buddhist Moral Code topic to enhance learning achievement and sense of public-mindedness of Primary 6 students to meet effectiveness criteria of 80 / 80 standard scores, 2) investigate implementation results of the Participatory Learning Through Daily Life Media Module for teaching Buddhist Moral Code topic to enhance learning achievement and sense of public-mindedness of Primary 6 students, and 3) look into satisfaction of Primary 6 students towards participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module for teaching Buddhist Moral Code topic to enhance learning achievement and sense of public-mindedness of Primary 6 students. The sampled subjects of this study were 30 Primary 6 students chosen by the use of Simple Random Sampling technique. Research tools consisted of 1) 3 copies of the Participatory Learning through Daily Life Media Module for teaching Buddhist Moral Code topic, 2) 12 participatory learning plans covering 14 learning hours  for the use of modules for Primary 6 students, 3) learning achievement test paper, 4) mini-tests attached to the activity cards in the learning modules, 5) sense of public-mindedness test paper, and 6) questionnaires on students’ satisfaction towards learning through participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module.

Statistics for data analysis included mean, percentage, standard deviation, analysis of data of both before and after learning, and t-test.

The study revealed the following results: 1) effectiveness score of the participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module for teaching Buddhist Moral Code topic in Social Studies, Religion and Culture Learning Area, to enhance learning achievement and sense of public-mindedness of Primary 6 Students was 90.48 / 87.75  which as higher than the set criteria of 80 / 80 score, 2) implementation of the participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module for Teaching Buddhist Moral Code Topic to Enhance Learning Achievement and Sense of Public-Mindedness of Primary 6 Students in Social Studies, Religion and Culture Learning Area, showed that after learning through the module, student achievement was significantly higher than that of before at.05 level. Students’ sense of public-mindedness behavior while learning through the use of the participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module was found at the highest level with overall mean of 4.67 and standard deviation of 0.50, and 3) primary 6 students’ satisfaction towards learning through the use of the participatory learning through Daily Life Media Module was found at the highest level with overall mean of 4.62 and standard deviation of 0.22.