THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING INTEGRATION IN THERAVADA BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY COURSE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT OF SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS, MAHAMAKUT BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY MAHAVAJIRALONGKORN RAJAVIDYALAYA CAMPUS

Abstract

This research is aimed to 1) compare the academic achievement result towards the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy Course in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture Program of second-year students during pre- and post-course sessions, 2) to study their self-discipline during the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy Course in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture Program of second-year students during post-course session. The research sample consists of 5 samples selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments comprise of 1) 30 items of 4-choice which show the Difficult level (p) from 0.52 to 0.73. The Discrimination level (r) is from 0.34 to 0.68. Cronbach of Alpha Coefficient shows the Confident level at 0.97 and, 2) 25 items of a 5-point Likert scale which is from 0.42 to 0.87.The Confident level using Cronbach of Alpha Coefficient shows the Confident level at 0.97. The statistics used to analyze the data are; Mean, Standard Deviation, and Paired t-test for hypothesis testing.

The research results revealed that; The research sample studying in the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy Course in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture Program of second-year students posed a higher score of academic achievement during the pre-study than the post-study at the significant level of .01. with a high level of self-discipline level of both individual mean score and overall score during the post-study.In conclusion, the organization of the Theravada Buddhist Philosophy Course revealed a higher level of academic achievement results as well as a high level of self-discipline. Hence, the lecturers should be supported for them to adapt the teaching methodology to achieve the course objectives.