An Active Learning Based Social Studies Development System For Propagating Ethical Students in Higher Education

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to study the conditions and needs for developing a proactive social studies teaching and learning system, 2) to design a proactive social studies teaching and learning system, 3) to try out a proactive social studies teaching and learning system, and 4) To proactively evaluate the social studies teaching system to promote morality and ethics for students in higher education institutions. This research was used as research and development (Research and Development: R&D). The sample population was 30 third-year undergraduate students in the field of Social Studies, Faculty of Education, Thonburi Rajabhat University. The research instrument was a morality promotion questionnaire. Ethics for students Statistics used in the research are percentages, averages, and standard deviations. The research results found that: 1. Conditions and needs for proactive social studies teaching to promote morality and ethics for students in higher education institutions. Overall, students' conditions and needs are at a high level (𝑥̅ = 4.23, S.D.=0.63) and are at a high level in every assessment. 2. The researcher has designed a proactive social studies teaching system to promote morality and ethics, consisting of 1) principles of the system, 2) objectives of the system, 3) process, 4) Product, 5) feedback. 3. Results of the evaluation of the proactive social studies teaching system to promote morality and ethics, consisting of 7 items, 48 items, calculated as a percentage of the number of items that meet the criteria considered before trial and are of fair quality. After trying out the system It is at a very good quality level. and 4. Results of certification of the proactive social studies teaching system to promote morality. Ethics for students in higher education institutions is at the highest level (𝑥̅ = 4.57, S.D.= .56).