Research Title: An Experimental Teaching of the Buddhist Subjects for the Developing of Moral Reasoning and Moral Attitudes of Primary and Secondary School Students
Researchers: Dr. Pramool Sarabantha Assist. Prof. Intha Siriwan
Department: Buddhist Research Institute of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Fiscal Year: 2547 / 2004
Research Scholarship Sponsor: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
ABSTRACT
This experimental research undertook to study the levels of moral reasoning and moral attitudes of primary and secondary school students by pre-test and posttest design. A numbers of primary school students were 71 Pathomsuksa of 6 school students of Klongbangphom School Khet Taweewatana, Bangkok. The sample consisted with 24 students who were randomly selected for the control group and experimental group. Each of group consisted with 12 students. The numbers of secondary school students consisted with 365 Mathayomsuksa of 6 students of Podhisarnphitayakorn School. The samples consisted of 40 students who were randomly selected for the control and experimental group. Each of group consisted with 20 students.
Research tools were the tests on moral reasoning and moral attitudes scale for primary and secondary school students which were adopted from M.Sc. research tool of Rewadee Chareerat.
Research findings were as follows:
1. Pathomsuksa of 6 school students, by pre-test, was found to be at the stage 4 of moral reasoning. This was the stage of law and order, and by posttest they were found to be at the stage 5 of moral reasoning, social contract. This was in accordance with Lawrence Kohlberg’ theory of moral reasoning.
2. By posttest, Pathomsuksa of 6 school students of the control group and the experimental group were found to be higher level of moral seasonings than pre-test of school students of the experimental group which were in higher level of moral seasonings than the control group.
3. By pre-test, the attitudes of Pathomsuksa of 6 school students were found to be at the moderate level and the attitudes of the control group students, by posttest, were at the moderate level while those of the experimental group students were in high level.
4. The levels of moral reasoning of Matthayomsuksa of 6 school students, by pre-test and posttest, were found to be at the fifth stage of moral reasoning. This was also in accordance with Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning.
5. The posttest mean scores of moral reasoning level of Matthayomsuksa of 6 school students of the control group and the experimental group were significantly higher then the pre-test mean scores 0.101 levels, and the posttest mean scores of the experimental group were significantly higher then those of the control group at 0.01 level.
6. By pre-test and posttest, moral attitudes of Matthayomsuksa of 6 school students were found to be good level with the mean values of the posttest of the both group of being higher then those of the pre-test. And the mean values of the posttest of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group.
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