The Activity Development and the Support to the Moral Teachers' Roles in Buddhist Education in Pali Section

Abstract

         This research aims to: 1) Study the problems affecting the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department; 2) Investigate factors affecting the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department; 3) Develop activities and promote the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department; The research is a mixed-methods study. The sample group in this study includes 140 teachers of Dhamma-Bali, Buddhist studies, and moral education teachers. The research tools used were interviews and a questionnaire consisting of 30 items with a discriminative power (r) ranging from .457 to .833. The reliability coefficient using the alpha coefficient was 0.971 for the entire questionnaire. The satisfaction evaluation had 20 items with a discriminative power (r) ranging from .609 to .829, with a reliability coefficient of 0.960. The statistical methods used in this research include percentage (%), mean (x̅), standard deviation (S.D.), Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r), Multiple Regression Analysis (MR), and Descriptive Analysis.

         The research findings are as follows:

         1. The problems affecting the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department were overall at a high level, with the highest level of concern being in the area of moral training, followed by Dhamma studies teaching, the coordinator of Buddhist way schools, and the lowest level being in teaching Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department.

         2. The factors affecting the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department were positively correlated, statistically significant at the .01 level.

         3. The development of activities and promotion of the role of moral education teachers in promoting Buddhist education in the Dhamma-Bali department, both overall and in specific areas, were at a high level.