THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN PHRAPARIYATTIDHAMMA SCHOOLS, GENERAL EDUCATION DIVISION

Abstract

     The objectives of the research article were 1) to study about the behavior of the self-disciplinary of the  students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3, 2) to compare the behavior of the self-disciplinary of the  students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3, and 3) to give suggestions on the behavior of the self-disciplinary of the  students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3. The research sample consisted of 306  students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3 in 21 schools and in 10 provinces. The statistics used for the data analysis were Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test, F-test, and Descriptive Analysis.

    The research result revealed that: 1. The overall level of the behavior of the self-discipline of the students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3 was in a medium level. When considering into each aspect ranking from the highest to the least mean score, it revealed that the high score fell on the aspect of ‘students’ self-discipline’ and the aspect of ‘the patient of the students’ respectively, while the least score fell on the aspect of ‘honesty’ which fell on the medium score. 2. The comparative results when comparing the behavior of the self-discipline of the  students studying in the general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3 among the aspect of status, age, education level, age, and province (their current address) was overall in a similar level. 3. The guidelines of the development of the behavior of the self-discipline of the  students studying in general education section of Phrapariyattidhamma School Section 3 are namely, the students’ behaviors which need to be self-disciplined all the time, the attempt to complete assigned tasks on time regardless of its difficulties, the students’ attention and the attempt to complete the assignments from their teachers, and the punctuation of the homework submission regularly, and the suggestions on the confidence in decision making and the readiness in working without the fear of the failures.