Development of Learning Management Model based on Phenomenon-Based Learning and Thinking to Enhance Ethical Decision-Making Ability for Undergraduate Students of Kasetsart University

Abstract

This article aimed to develop and study the effects of the development of a learning management model based on phenomenon-based learning and thinking to enhance ethical decision-making ability for undergraduate students at Kasetsart University. The research design was research and development. The research framework is based on phenomenon-based learning and thinking. The target group were 9 students of Kasetsart University who enrolled in the subject of Ethics and Code for Teachers’ Profession. The instruments for collecting data were composed of a treatment tool, that was, a lesson plan developed by a researcher, and a data collection tool, which consisted of 1) ethical decision-making ability tests. 2) Personal characteristics on the ethical decision-making ability assessment form; and 3) Ethical decision-making behavior assessment form. Analysis data by using percentages to analyze the level of ethics development.

The research results were found as follows: 1. The learning management model comprises four steps: 1) confronting a situation, 2) sharing ideas, 3) combining differences, and 4) creating a self-path. 2. The overall ethical decision-making ability aspects of the target group were increased. Individual ethical decision-making abilities of the target group were accelerated by 4, 5, and 6 learning units: 2, 5, and 2 persons, respectively. There was only one target group that decreased in 1 learning unit and also a learning unit in which the target group was unchanging and composed of learning units 1, 3, 5, and 7, 3, 8, 1, and 4 persons, respectively.