Development of Indicators and Guidelines to Promote the Citizenship Characteristics of the Senior Scout Directors in Uttaradit Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to develop the indicators and check the construct validity of the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors in Uttaradit Province and 2) to study guidelines used to promote the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors in Uttaradit Province. The samples were 176 senior scout directors in Uttaradit Province randomized by stratified sampling. The data were collected by using a five-rating-scale questionnaire with the Index of the Item Objective Congruence (IOC) from .80 to 1.00 in every item, the discrimination from .762 to .956, and the precision from .951 to .973, and a structured interview form. The statistics used were the analysis of the data analyzed by mean and standard deviation, the confirmatory factor analysis, the content analysis, and the conclusion of the important information and the creation of the conclusion items based on the inductive reasoning.
The research findings were as follows.
1. The findings of the synthesis showed that the factors of the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors in Uttaradit Province consisted of 4 factors: 1) the job performance based on their own roles consisting of 5 items, 2) volunteering consisting of 6 items, 3) understanding the difference of the societies consisting of 5 items, and 4) compliance with democracy consisting of 5 items. The model used to measure the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors fit with the empirical data, had the factor weight values ranging from
.823–.970 and had the statistical significance in every value. These findings indicated that the factors had the construct validity and all factors could be used together to predict the model to measure the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors by 67.8% to 94.2%.
2. The findings of the study of the guidelines showed that the guidelines to promote the citizenship characteristics of the senior scout directors in Uttaradit Province consisted of 4 components: 1) in the job performance based on their own roles, the senior scout directors should arrange the training to review knowledge to the senior scout directors to use the knowledge in learning management in the same directions, the school administrators should promote to have the training in the higher levels and in the special programs that the senior scout directors were interested, and the senior scout directors should have opportunities to bring the knowledge from the training or from the self-development to use in their job performance or their activity management in their schools, 2) in volunteering, the school administrators should build the perception to know the sacrifice, the cooperation, and the contribution in doing beneficial things for the public and to share and the senior scout directors should exchange visions and determine targets in developing the boy scouts to have life skills to be able to think analytically according to the current conditions of the societies, 3) in understanding the difference of the societies, the senior scout directors should understand the roles, listen to the opinions of the senior scout directors in the same groups, respect each other, respect the rights of other people, treat other people equally, respect without violating the rights and freedoms of other people, accept other peoples' opinions and the school administrators should build the perception and the understanding in the diverse social and cultural backgrounds and the basic rights in the traditions, the customs, and the cultures of Thai society, and 4) in compliance with democracy, the school administrators should promote teamwork, enhance knowledge and understand democratic principles and processes that had the king as the head of the country, and know the changes of the politics, arrange the activities enhancing the loyalty to the nation, the religion, and the monarchy and the senior scout directors should cooperate and participate in regulating the directions of the communities under the social and community rules.