THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN FOLK DANCE LEARNING UNIT: ZAPIN FOR GRADE 10 STUDENTS AT WORANARI CHALOEM SONGKHLA SCHOOL

-

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin for grade 10 students at Woranari Chaloem Songkhla School, 2) to study the academic achievement of grade 10 students in terms of knowledge after the learning management, 3) to compare the Zapin performance skills of grade 10 students to the criteria of 70 percent after the learning management, 4) to study the students’ satisfaction with learning management using the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin. The research methodology was based on Research and Development (R&D) procedure with three main steps as follows: 1) Studying the basic information on the development of southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin 2) Creating the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin and finding its quality 3) Studying the results of southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin. The sample group in the third step consisted of 30 grade 10 students in 4/16 class in the first semester of the academic year 2023 at Woranari Chaloem Songkhla School. This group was obtained by the cluster random sampling method. The research instruments consisted of 1) the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin prepared for grade 10 students, 2) the achievement test that measures knowledge, 3) the achievement test in practical skills, and 4) the questionnaire of satisfaction with learning management using the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin. The statistics used for data analysis were average, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples. The results indicated that the learning unit comprised (1) the title of learning unit, (2) the concept map of learning unit, (3) the table of relationships among learning standards, learning content, expected learning outcomes, and time, (4) class time, (5) guidelines to learning activities, (6) media/learning resources, (7) the measurement and evaluation, (8) three learning management plans covering 8 hours. Moreover, the post-test score of knowledge of grade 10 students after learning through the southern folk dance learning unit of Zapin was statistically higher than the pre-test score at the significance level of .01. Regarding the achievement of Zapin performance skills of grade 10 students after the learning management, the overall score was higher than the criteria of 70 percent. Lastly, the students’ overall satisfaction with the learning management was at a high level.