Outcomes of Using the Community of Philosophical Inquiry Combined with a Discussion Method to Promote Citizenship Awareness of Grade 5 Students

Abstract

This research article aimed (1) to compare students' awareness of democratic citizenship before and after learning activities involving a community of philosophical inquiry combined with a discussion method, and (2) to compare the students in the experimental group and the control group's awareness of democracy after such learning activities. The sample of research was purposively selected. The example group utilized consists of 26 students in the experimental group and 26 students in the control group, grade 5 Wat Bang Due School. The tool used to gather data was 1) A plan for learning activities including the community of philosophical inquiry combined with a discussion approach, 2) A plan for regular learning activities, 3) A citizenship awareness test which is a subjective question and set scoring rubric, 4) A citizenship awareness interview form which is an open-ended question, and 5) A citizenship awareness questionnaire which is a closed-ended question and is a 5-level rating scale. The arithmetic mean, Standard deviation, percentage, t-test, and content analysis were used to assess the data. The study's findings revealed that The experimental group students had higher levels of citizenship awareness than the control group students at .05 level of significance when they learnt using the community of philosophical inquiry combined with the discussion approach, At .05 level of significance, students in the experimental group had higher levels of citizenship awareness than students in the control group.