A STUDY THE ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENT OF THAI LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH SUBJECTS OF GRADE 1 - GRADE 6 STUDENTS, BORDER PATROL POLICE SCHOOL BAN NA CHOMPHU IN UDON THANI PROVINCE USING INNOVATIVE MEDIA WITH THE FARM SCHOOL MODEL BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to compare the academic achievement of Thai language and English subjects of students in grades 1 - 6 before and after learning with the innovative farm school model based on the philosophy of the sufficiency economy, and 2) to study the satisfaction of students in grades 1 - 6 with the use of the innovative farm school model based on the philosophy of the sufficiency economy. The target group for this study consisted of 51 students from grades 1 – 6 at a Border Patrol Police School located in Udon Thani Province. These students were selected through purposive sampling and were enrolled in the first semester of the 2024 academic year. The research instruments included: (1) fifteen learning management plans covering all grade levels, implemented over a total of 60 instructional hours; (2) Thai language achievement tests for grades 1 – 6 with reliability coefficients of 0.91, 0.90, 0.89, 0.94, 0.88, and 0.91 respectively; (3) English language achievement tests for the same grade levels with reliability coefficients of 0.90, 0.90, 0.87, 0.93, 0.89, and 0.92; and (4) a student satisfaction questionnaire focused on the implementation of the Farm School Model media innovation. Data analysis involved the use of descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics using paired samples t-test to compare the students' academic performance before and after the intervention.
The results showed that: (1) the achievement of Thai language and English subjects of students in grades 1 - 6 who were learning with the innovative farm school model based on the philosophy of the sufficiency economy was statistically significantly higher than before school at the level of .05 (2) the satisfaction of students in grades 1 - 6 with the innovative farm school model based on the philosophy of the sufficiency economy was statistically higher than before the study at the level of .05. In the overall picture, it is the most at the level (M = 4.66, SD = 0.46).