THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRODUCTION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING MEDIA FOR DHAMMA SCHOLAR HOUSEHOLDERS

Abstract

          The objectives of the research article were 1) to develop the curricula of Dhamma Scholar Householders in level 1, 2, and 3 in accordance with an efficiency of 80/80, 2) to produce the digital learning and teaching media with the determined efficiency, 3) to compare the learning achievement between pre-learning and post-learning. The samples in this research were divided into three groups; 100 primary students in grade 4 - 6 at Wat Wimutayaram School; 100 secondary students at Potisarnpittayakorn School; and 100 university students at Mahamakut Buddhist University. The data were collected in the first semester, academic year 2020. The research instruments were the digital teaching and learning media, the pre-test and post-test for all subjects, and the exercises of all lessons. The overall average, the standard deviation (S.D.), and t-test were employed for data analysis.

          The results of this research were as follows: 1. The efficiency of the curricula and the learning and teaching media in all levels was higher than the efficiency of 80/80. In other words. 2. The efficiency of the primary level was 84.73/85.80; the secondary level was 80.38/83.23; and the tertiary level was 84.73/85.80.The learning achievement of the students was statistically significant and higher than the pre-test score at .05 in all levels including the three groups of the students; the primary students, the secondary students, and the undergraduate students and adult learners. From the results above, it showed that the researchers had developed the curricula for all levels of students in accordance with the guide of curriculum development systematically. The teaching contents were tangibly explained so that students can read and understand by themselves. Besides, the digital media, exercises, and pretest and posttest were suitably created for the students in all levels.