The Role of Citizenship under Democracy of Senior High School Students in Lamphun Province

Abstract

          The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) to study the level of perception of citizenship under democracy; 2) to study important factors affecting the roles of citizenship under democracy; and 3) to propose guidelines for creating the roles of citizenship perception of democracy under senior high school students in Lamphun Province. The six concepts of citizenship in the democratic system are used as a research framework. This is a quantitative research. The research area is in Lamphun Province. The sample group is 374 senior high school students in Lamphun Province which is based on simple random sampling of Yamane’s formula. The research tool is questionnaire and data analysis is used by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with multiple regression analysis.

          The results of the research show that 1) perception level of citizenship roles under democracy of senior high school students in Lamphun Province, in general, is a high level of value with an average of 3.78; 2) factors affecting the roles of citizenship under democracy of senior high school students in Lamphun Province are found that respect for equality affected the roles of citizenship under democracy of senior high school students in high level; 3) guidelines for creating the perception level of citizenship roles under democracy are required to teaching and learning activities in order to create in a real role of citizenship. Especially in terms of self-responsibility and self-reliance that need to increase concentration by allowing playing thought roles in families, schools, communities, and various locations independently.