THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CURRICULUM ON RUA TOR SHOW BY COMMUNITY-BASED OF THASAERACHADAPISAKE SCHOOL CHUMPHON

Abstract

 This research aimed to 1) investigate the local knowledge on the topic "Rua Tor Show" at Tha Sae, 2) develop a community-based local curriculum on the Rua Tor Show at Tha Sae, and 3) investigate the outcomes of implementing a trial community-based local curriculum on the "Rua Tor Show" at Thasae Ratchadapisake School in Chumphon Province as an action research. The total participants in this action research were 32 people, including 2 school administrators, 4 teachers, 20 students in Matthayomsuksa 3, 3 community leaders, and 3 local philosophers. The data were gathered through a questionnaire on the knowledge of the "Rua Tor Show", the learning achievement tests, the performance assessment, and the desirable characteristic assessment from. The index of congruence of all research instruments ranged between 0.67 and 1.00. The quantitative data was analyzed by percentage, average, and standard deviation. The qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis.The research findings were as follows: 1) The local knowledge on Rua Tor Show at Thasae Ratchadapisake School, Chumphon Province, comprised 1) the local contexts of Tha Sae District, 2) the historical background of the Rua Tor Show, 3) the form and prosody of the "Rua Tor Show" poems, 4) invention of stilts for the Rua Tor Show, 5) the musical instruments in the "Rua Tor Show", and 6) the dance posture to the melody in the "Rua Tor Show". 2) The development of community-based local curriculum on the "Rua Tor show" at Thasae Ratchadapisake School, Chumphon Province, comprised six distinctive learning units, which were 1) the historical background of the Rua Tor show, 2) the lyrics of the "Rua Tor show, 3) the costumes for the "Rua Tor show, 4) the lyrics style of the "Rua Tor show, 5) the music and melody of the "Rua Tor show, and 6) perform 10 plans of dance according to the melody, spending 20 hours of teaching time. within 20 hours of instruction time. 3) The results of the curriculum trial showed that the students' post-learning achievement was higher than before by 44.50 percent. Students had excellent practical skills and desirable characteristics at an excellent level.