Development for Student’s Morality and Ethics with Essay Writing Process of Theme on Dhamma Subject of Students at Wat Thong Noppakhun School, Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

     This research with the objective to (1) compare the scores of knowledge about morality and ethics of students before and after studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject, 2) compare of morality and ethics behavior development scores of students before and after studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject, and 3) propose guidelines for morality and ethical development of students before and after studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject. This research is a combination of the quantitative research methodology, the sample group consisted of 30 students in grades 4-6 students at Wat Thong Noppakhun school, the academic year 2019. The research instruments consisted of teaching with morality and ethics development kit, knowledge scale, skill scale, and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test. And, the qualitative research methodology was also used. The data were collected from the key informants, consisting of school director and class teacher at Thong Noppakhun school, abbot, deputy abbot, and monks who teach the Dharma of Wat Thong Noppakhun school, a total of 9 people, selected by using a purposive sampling method. The data were analyzed content analysis. The research results were as follows: (1) After studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject, the students had higher knowledge. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.01 level, (2) Before studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject, the students have morality and ethics behavior development was at the moderate level, and after studying, the students had higher morality and ethical behavior development at a high level, and (3) Propose guidelines for morality and ethical development of students before and after studying with the essay writing process of Theme on Dhamma Subject is the administrators and teachers together to plan the school curriculum by integrating Buddhism principles into all subject groups, increasing the teaching time of Dhamma studies, improving teaching communication to make it more interesting, and promote activities to attend moral camps, volunteer activities, learning the principles of sufficiency economy, etc. In addition, administrators, teachers, and families should act as role models for upholding morality and ethics according to the principles of Benjasil, Benjatham is to set a good example in work, life, be kind and considerate to students by teaching, guiding what is beneficial, sinful and harmful, for the cultivate and absorb into the mind until creating students to be good people of society.