CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR TRAINING IN THE LOCAL FOLK DANCE YOK KHAN SATHTHA BUCHA KHRU NORA TO ENHANCE PRACTICAL SKILLS

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) develop a training curriculum for the Yok Khan Saththa Bucha Khru Nora folk dance to enhance practical skills competency, 2) examine students’ learning achievement, and 3) investigate students’ satisfaction with the developed curriculum.

          This research was conducted in two phases. In Phase 1, a total of 40 participants including school administrators, teachers, and students participated in the curriculum development process. In Phase 2, the effectiveness of the implemented training curriculum was investigated among 20 students in the school’s traditional dance club. The statistics used in the analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

          The research results revealed that: 1) the developed curriculum consisted of eight components: rationale, training objectives, curriculum structure, training duration, training implementation procedures, training activities, assessment and evaluation, and a training management plan; 2) in terms of learning achievement: (1) knowledge; post-test scores were significantly higher than pre-test scores, with a t-value of 19.00* at a statistically significance level of .05. In terms of knowledge of performance components, the post-test scores were higher than the pre-test scores, with a t-value of 34.28* at a statistically significance level of .05. (2) Regarding practical skills in terms of vocal performance, the average score of the samples’ learning achievement was 15 out of 20, with a standard deviation of 0.92, while the average score for dance movement performance was 17 out of 20, with a standard deviation of 0.61. 3) Participants’ satisfaction in terms of instructor aspect was found at the highest level with a mean score of 4.87 and a standard deviation of 0.34.