Research Title: A Study of Virtue and Ethnics of the Students at the University Level in Bangkok and it Neighboring Province
Researchers: Dr.Sin Ngamprakhon PramahaLee Lakanayano Dr.Inha Siriwan
Department: Buddhist Research Institute of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Fiscal Year: 2546 / 2003
Research Scholarship Sponsor: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
ABSTRACT
The Objectives of this study were 1) to study moral virtue and ethics of students by making assessment of knowledge of students 2) to study the moral virtues and ethics of students by evaluating performance of teacher 3) to study the way of moral virtues and ethical development of students. A tool in using for the research was questionnaires and population that consisted of 290 teacher/ lecturers and 1,675 students. The total number of teaching population was 290 and students 1,675. Statistical techniques were used to analyze the collecting data. The statistical techniques were percentile, men, SD, and t-test.
The result of the study found that teachers and students have different attitudes towards virtues and ethics. Each aspect was mentioned below.
1) Students’ development was great gratefulness to others display of appreciation and gratitude for any favors, choose the best samples for practice in daily life, respect to the rules and Discipline, and accept the reasons’ of others; and using to improve themselves. The students have to know how to practice in community and society. They would know how to communicating with others.
2) In social aspect: the teachers and students had the same attitude (opinion) to non-violation of others; possession goodwill and good-wishes to one’s colleagues, respecting other rights, and understanding the principle of low of action (kamma)
(1) In respect to self – development of the Students found that gratefulness to others, Show of appreciation and gratitude to others’ favorer, to choose the best examples for practice in daily life, such as, they follow rules and disciplines; accept the reasons of others and willing to improve themselves. They know how to principles to practice in the area community and society, know the moderation in eating, spending, and wealth and to engage time for useful purpose.
(2) Social aspect; the teachers / lecturers and students have right attitude to each other prominently that non-interference and non –violation of other’s processions goodwill and good-wishes to one’s colleagues, respect other people’s rights and understanding and internationalization of the ethical principle as “you sow so shall you reap”.
(3) Regarding the aspect of being a good member of society, Students displayed such healthy feeling as sympathy, rejoicing at others’ success, recognition of justice, truth, rationalization and helpfulness.
(4) Regarding social works aspect, students showed their willingness to help others and adjust themselves to others, always show good behavior, generosity and ability to speak in a way that improves understanding and unity among people.
(5) As regards suitable surrounding aspect for cultivating moral virtues and ethics of students showed the quality of warm- heartedness while they lives with a family and social surround- ding, it was media for supporting to learn the knowledge of moral virtues and ethic.
Regarding the problem and obstacles of students were to develop moral virtues and ethics each aspect as follows:-
1) The serious problems and obstacles of students for their development weren’t to control their mind and it flow as consumerism. There was no mind and body control .The students had no appreciable values. They never thought of their income. It created problem to them and society. They did not know their financial status.
2) Regarding student’s society problems’ aspect, it was found that students love friends they are attracted to imitative behavior of others. Although they know that the imitation was not correct. They also did not pay attention to learn the changing in social, economy and political situation of the present world.
3) Regarding prominent surrounding aspect, it is founded that teachers/ lecturers were not good friends of students. The students like to change their behavior by imitation of the west; for examples; dress, spent their lives luxuriously and hair style etc. As regards social surrounding and useless multi media which dominated students' life to have consumer behavior without mindfulness. They believed in propagation of food staffs. In wrong direction, such as, television advertisement and other media without Intelligence (good sense)
4) Studying and teaching of students were non- cultivation of training and moral virtues lecturers/teachers emphasized on the class teaching room or only concerned subjects. Lecturers/ teachers had over load duties not only teaching but there were many works for them. They did not have time cultivate moral virtues and ethics.
5) The problem of students in friend group were: they believe their friends and hiding friend secrecy about wrong way .Some times, students like to follow friends in a wrong way i.e. drinking , smoking and addiction etc.
It can be summarized that lecturers/ teachers and students had opinion that students have to improve their creative thinking, pragmatic decision, making power diligent, saving and patience. These were at their lowest etc.
The methods for ethics and moral virtues development for students clearly were parents’ training and Show of teacher’s good behavior for them by playing a role model friend groups’ influence to persuade them to change their behavior.
They should be in good model or good example to students. The educational institutes should create a healthy atmosphere by providing congenial developmental activity and the lecturers/teachers have to admonish students to improve their bad behavior and create suitable surrounding to develop ethics and moral virtues.
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