The Effects of Instructional Activites by Using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model on Moral Reasoning Ability and Human Rights Learning Achievement of Mathayomsuksa 4 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were : 1) to compare the ability on moral reasoning of Mathayomsuksa 4 students before and after using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model and Normal Learning  2) to compare the results of Human Rights Learning achievement of Mathayomsuksa 4 students before and after using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model and Normal Learning, and   3) to compare the ability on moral reasoning and  the results of Human Rights Learning achievement of students studying using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model and Normal Learning. The sample consisted of 62 students of Mathayomsuksa 4  at a Private school in group of Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Thailand (Salesian Sisters), UdonThani under the Office of the Private Education Commission in the second semester of the academic year 2018. They were selected using cluster random sampling. The research was an experimental research non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Research instruments were: 1) lesson plans using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model,  2)  lesson plans using Normal Learning,  3) a Moral Reasoning Test,  4) a Human Right Achievement Test. The experiment lasted twelve weeks, 2 hours a week, or 24 hours for all. The mean, percentage, standard deviation, t-test for Dependent Samples and t-test for Independent Sample were used in data analysis. The findings of this research were as follows. 1) After the instruction using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model and Normal Learning, the posttest score on moral reasoning was  higher than that of the pretest.

1. After the students taught by using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model and Normal Learning, the posttest score of Human Rights Learning achievement was also higher than that of the pretest.


2. After the students taught by using Jurisprudential Inquiry Model, the score of Moral Reasoning ability and of Moral Reasoning Ability were higher than that of the students learning by Normal Learning.