The Development of the Curriculum and Medias of Learning and Teaching for Dhamma Scholar Householders in Primary Education

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to effectively develop the curriculum and produce the digital teaching media in terms of Dhamma scholar householders in level 1, 2, and 3 for primary students, and (2) to compare the learning achievement of primary education between pre-teaching and post-teaching. The samples of this research were 100 primary students in grade 4 - 6 in the second semester, academic year 2020 at Wat Wimutayaram School, Bang Phlat District Office, Bangkok. They were divided into three groups; 40 students in the level 1, 30 students in the level 2, and 30 students in the level 3. The research instruments were the digital teaching media which comprised the teaching contents, the pre-test and the post-test for all the courses, and the exercises. 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 overall efficiency of the curriculum and the teaching media developed by the researchers for all levels in primary education was at 84.73 / 85.80; it was higher than the efficiency of 80/80. 2. The students’ achievement for all levels who had learned from the curriculum and the teaching media developed by the researchers was significantly at .05; this implied that the achievement after learning was higher than before learning. From the results above, it showed that the researchers had developed the curricula for primary students in accordance with the guide of curriculum development systematically. The teaching contents were tangibly explained so that students can easily read and understand by themselves. Besides, the digital media, exercises, and pretest and posttest were suitably created for the students in all levels.