A Development of Activity Curriculum on Imagery and Relaxation for Students Participating Performing Arts Competition

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop the activity curriculum on imagery and relaxation for students participating performing arts competition. There were three procedures in this research and development process as follows: 1) Creating and checking the quality of the activity curriculum on imagery and relaxation checked by the expert for suitability and feasibility. 2) Try out the curriculum on imagery and relaxation for the students of Thai dance club, Sawang Daen Din School, Sawang Daen Din District, Sakon Nakhon Province, who were competing the Thai Dance competition at the Pong Land Exhibitiion in Kalasin during the second semester of the academic year 2015. There were 12 students purposively sampling taking 20 hours for experiment. 3) The evaluation of satisfaction for the activity curriculum on imagery and relaxation for students participating performing arts competition was conducted by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and different score.

The results of this research after using the curriculum were as follows: 1) The activity curriculum on imagery and relaxation for students participating performing arts competition consisted of 6 factors that were principle, purpose, material and structure, teaching and learning approach, measurement, and using instructional media. The curriculum was divided into 5 lessons: 1) the basic of performing on stage, 2) the principle of performing on stage, 3) the basic of imagery and relaxation, 4) the practice of imagery and relaxation methods, and 5) the performance on real situation. In addition, the quality of curriculum and curriculum document were checked and were the most appropriate, and the result of curriculum pilot study was practical. 2) The results of the experiment of this curriculum were as follows: 1) the students were able to perform their performing arts at a high level with the mean of 95.23 percent comparing with the criterion 80 percent; 2) the students were low-level stress, with the mean of 28.33 percent. 3) The students were satisfied with activity curriculum on imagery and relaxation for students participating performing arts competition at a highest level with the mean of (  = 4.87, S.D. = 0.13).