Developing a curriculum model for senior citizens' schools using the principles of the Three Sixfold Path towards 6 dimensions of quality of life in the district. Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

This study was the research and development model with the following objectives: 1) to examine and analyze the general conditions of learning management in the elderly schools in Chiang Rai Province, 2) to develop the curriculum model for the elderly schools, 3) to experiment and evaluations of the development model, and (4) to create the manual of using the curriculum model for the elderly schools.

The target groups consisted of local administrators, monks, school board members, and teachers from the elderly schools in Chiang Rai Province, totaling 84 participants, along with 9 participants for the focus group discussions. The research instruments included observation forms, interview forms, evaluation forms and content analysis.

          The findings indicated that:

          1) The general conditions of learning management in the elderly schools in Chiang Rai Province found that the management of the elderly school system must know, should know, would like to know and must have the six dimensions of quality of life, including the health, the physicality, the emotions, the mentality the social, the culture, the education, the economy, the traditional occupation, the environment, the technology, and the welfare. However, the most of them still lacked volunteer teachers who lacked the methods for monitoring and evaluating.

2) The development of the curriculum model for elderly schools using Trisikkhã to the six dimensions of quality of life in Chiang Rai Province found that the elderly school curriculum by data analysis, participatory management, and the developing potential for the elderly based on Trisikkhã, including Dãna, Sĩla, and Bhãvanã.

3) To test and evaluate the development of a curriculum model for the elderly schools using Trisikkhã to the six dimensions of quality of life in Chiang Rai Province overall found that overall, the satisfaction assessment result was at a very high level, average of 4.23.

          4) The manual creation of using the curriculum model for the elderly school using Trisikkhã to the six dimensions of quality of life in Chiang Rai Province found that the participatory management in the curriculum and the developing potential for the elderly included the curriculum drafting, the pre-use inspection, the curriculum implementation, the evaluation, the result reporting, and the curriculum improvement and development.