Participatory Academic Management to Organize Learning Activities Based on Education 4.0 Concept of Phrapariyattidhamma School in Loei Province

Abstract

          The objectives of the research were to study the participatory academic administration for organizing learning activities, based on the Education 4.0 concept, to study the operational result of the Education 4.0-based learning development, and to study the student satisfaction with the Education 4.0-based learning management of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools on General Studies in Loei province. The study was conducted through the participatory action research (PAR), including one cycle and 6 stages, namely, 1) preparation, 2) planning, 3) acting, 4) observation, 5) reflection, and 6) conclusion. The mixed method research (MMR) was taken to collect the data. The quantitative approach was used to collect 1) the data on assessment of existing conditions of the Education 4.0-based learning activity organization from 189 personnel of fifteen Phrapariyattidhamma Schools on General Studies in Loei province, 2) the data on the draft course assessment by six academic experts, and 3) the data on the student satisfaction with the Education 4.0-based learning activity organization from 162 students of two Phrapariyattidhamma Schools on General Studies; Srijanwittaya School, Muang Loei district, Loei province, and Thammanitet Wittaya School, Erawan district, Loei province. The observation, check-lists, notes, in-depth interview and group interview were used to collect the qualitative data on the operations of Srijanwittaya School and Thammanitet Wittaya School from thirty-three core researchers as stakeholders of schools and communities.
          The research finding was the new knowledge base from the research, derived from cooperation of co-researchers to follow the ‘one cycle six steps’ principles of participatory action research. Then, it was extended and developed until the new model was jointly created and named ‘Phrapariyattidhamma Loei Model.’ The comparison of student achievement before and after the trial of the draft course by the experimental group from Thammanitet Wittaya School was found to be totally and separately different at a statistically significant level of 0.01; their mean score after the trial was higher than before the trial. The study of student satisfaction with the Education 4.0-based learning activity organizing revealed that the experimental group was totally satisfied with the learning activities at a high level. Separately considered in the descending order, the input of activities was with the highest level of mean scores, followed by the project’s output, the quality by the objectives, the project’s context, and the process or the activity steps was with the lowest level.