Satisfaction of Chinese Major Students Toward Chinese Curriculum (New Curriculum 2012), the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, RajabhatMahaSarakham University

Abstract

The purposes of the current study were to study and compare satisfaction levels of Chinese major students toward Chinese curriculum (New curriculum 2012), the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, RajabhatMahaSarakham University. The target groupwas the 79 fourth year students studying in 2017 academic year selected by purposive sampling method. The research instrument was a set of questionnaire designed in 5 Likert Scales. Statistics used in data analysis and hypothetical testing were Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test (Independent Samples) andF-test (One-way ANOVA). The results of the study were as follow: 1. The overall satisfaction level of the fourth year students studying in the curriculum was found
at high level, and all aspects of satisfaction were also found at high level. 2. There was a significant difference between the participants with different genders at the statistical level of .05 in the aspect of learning management. The other aspects and overall satisfaction were found with no significant difference. There were significant differences between students with different group of study at the statistical level of .05 in terms of overall satisfaction and five aspects including curriculum structure, learning management, content of curriculum, instructors, and assessment. Lastly, there was no significant different between the participants with different levels of GPA in overall and each aspect of satisfaction. Keywords : satisfaction, students, BA. in Chinese