Developing public consciousness of mutthatomsuksa students.: A case study of Khonsawan School Chiyaphum province, Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop the public consciousness of Matthayom suksa students. The sample consisted of 180 junior high school students and high school students in Khonsawan School. The content used in learning management emphasized the school life, community and social lives, and the environment. The instruments for developing public minded consciousness included: 1) two-method lesson plans: lesson plans embedded with video-visual model behavior and simulated lesson plans; 2) the test of knowledge and understanding; 3) the assessment form of making decision and reasoning and 4) the assessment form of behavioral public consciousness. Two-way ANCOVA was employed in the data analysis. The results of the study were: 1) the developed two-method lesson plans for organization of learning as assessed by the experts showed the quality at the most appropriate level; 2) in experimental groups, high school students improved their public minded consciousness significantly more than junior high school students did when using lesson plans embedded with video-visual model behavior; 3) in the experimental groups, high school students developed their public consciousness significantly higher than junior high school students when using simulated lesson plans; 4) When using simulated lesson plans the experimental groups improved their public consciousness insignificantly more than students who used simulated lesson plans; 5) There were interaction effects between the method and the grade of students on decision making and reasoning; and, finally, 6) after training and 6 weeks after the intervention program, the public consciousness of all experimental groups was higher than that of the control groups.