The Development of Community-Based Learning Activities on Living Well in Accordance with the Sufficiency Way to Promote the Desirable Characteristic of Living Sufficiency among Grade 4 Students

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) develop community-based learning activities on Living Well in Accordance with the Sufficiency Way to promote the desirable characteristic of living sufficiency among Grade 4 students, with an efficiency criterion of 80/80; 2) study the desirable characteristic of living sufficiency among the students; 3) compare the students’ learning achievement before and after learning through the community-based learning activities; and 4) investigate the students’ satisfaction with the learning activities. The sample consisted of 20 Grade 4 students from Chumchon Ban Pho Song Hong Wittaya School, selected through cluster random sampling. The research instruments consisted of 1) 10 lesson plans based on community-based learning; 2) a measure of the desirable characteristic of living sufficiency; 3) a learning achievement test; and 4) a student satisfaction questionnaire. The data were analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations, and t-tests.

The results showed that: 1) the community-based learning activities on “Living Well in Accordance with the Sufficiency Way” designed to promote the desirable characteristic of living sufficiency among Grade 4 students had an efficiency of 81.07/82.17, which met the 80/80 criterion; 2) the students’ desirable characteristic of living sufficiency was at a very good level; 3) the students’ post-test learning achievement was significantly higher than their pre-test learning achievement at the .05 level of statistical significance; and 4) the students’ satisfaction with the community-based learning activities was at the highest level, with a mean of 4.66 and a standard deviation of 0.50.