THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE ACTIVITY MODEL IN DEVELOPING ADVERSITY QUOTIENT OF PUPILS IN THE INTERMEDIATE GRADES OF UNDER SURIN PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

    This research aimed to investigate problems and needs in student guidance, develop a guidance activity model, and examine the satisfaction of intermediate-grade students in Surin primary educational service area office 1. Purposively selected participants were twelve informants, 172 sample students, five academic dignitaries, two primary school teachers, and 104 experimental students. Research tools included document analysis form and questionnaires with high congruence, conversation topics with the highest congruence, model fitting outline evaluation form with the highest congruence, ability evaluation form (reliability = 0.93), and satisfaction evaluation form (reliability = 0.92).  Data were collected from group discussions and answers to the disseminated questionnaires. Data analyses included content analysis, means with standard deviation, and t-tests. The results of the present study were as follows. First, problems in student guidance were teachers with low experience in teaching. Therefore, the need for this group of teachers was a training process for a professional community. In addition, the students also had a developmental problem at a moderate level. Secondly, a developed guidance activity model consisted of five components with the highest overall level of appropriateness. Lastly, the experimental group of students had improved their adversity quotient compared to the pre-test level with a high satisfaction level.