THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF MONKS FOR MORAL TEACHING IN HIGH SCHOOL, PHOTHARAM DISTRICT, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Article aims to Study on the use of information technology, compare the opinions and to study problems, obstacles and recommendations for using information technology of monks for moral teaching in upper secondary schools, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province. The research methodology was a mix-methods research. In terms of quantitative research, the questionnaire was used as a tool to collect field data from 324 students who were studying in upper secondary school level in Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province, and the data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, hypothesis testing by T-test, F-test and one-way analysis of variance. In terms of qualitative research, document analysis and interviews were used as a tool to collect field data from 9 key informants and analyzed the data using contextual content analysis techniques.

The findings of this research use of information technology of monks for moral teaching in upper secondary schools, Photharam District, found that in overall was at high level, the comparing results of the opinions towards based on personal factors found that the opinions with the difference of age and class level had the opinions in overall different with statistically significant at the level of 0.01, which was in line with the established research hypothesis while the other personal factors, there was no difference, problem and obstacle was the instructor was lacking of expertise, the presentation style was not attractive and teaching time is limited and recommendations were therefore teachers should be trained to have expertise in the use of information technology.