THE PATTERN OF TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS OF TEACHERS IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION MAHACHULALONGKORNRAJAVIDYALAYA UNIVERSITY NAKHON PHANOM BUDDHIST COLLEGE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the condition, compare, and propose instructional pattern of the lecturers from Faculty of Education, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Nakhon Phanom Buddhist College. This research was Mixed Method Research based on the Quantitative Research and Qualitative Research. The key informants were full-time lecturers and special lecturers in the second semester of the academic year 2014, altogether 15 persons and students enrolled in Faculty of Education altogether 100 persons from Department of Social Studies and Department of Teaching English. The tools used in data collection were interview and questionnaire.

The results showed that instructional patterns based on Buddhist way were not carried out according to the Buddhist methods; aspect of adapting content to meet the needs of learners (7%), preparation of learning resources and materials (4%), ethical assessment (3%), and the use of cutting-edge technology (2%). While comparing the instructional patterns according to the Buddhist way with personal characteristics, the showed that in the aspect of usage of instructional media – it was statistically significant at level of 0.05 according to the age and work experience and working experience of more than 20 years and working experiences of 1-5 years and 6-10 years. Furthermore, in the aspect of teaching and learning management, it was statistically significant at level of 0.05 according to the working positions. In the aspect of preparation of learning resources in accordance with learners’ need, samples had 7% of satisfaction. As for the aspect of preparing learning sources and learning materials, samples had 4% of satisfaction. Lastly, for the aspect of ethical evaluation and use of modern technology media, samples had 3% and 2% of satisfaction respectively. While comparing the teaching with the Buddhist method, the use of instructional media was different according to age and work experience with a significant difference at the 0.05 level - between the age group of 60 years and 40 years and 41-50 years. Furthermore, in the aspect of teaching and learning management, the work position was statistically different at the level of 0.05. The researcher suggested that the instructional model based on Buddhist method should consist of the teaching model according to the 4 Noble Truths, Iddhipada 4 (4 Foundations for Accomplishment), Yonisomanasikara, etc.