Development of Training Curriculum for Short-Term Ordination of Monks in Buddhism

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study the short-term ordination requirements of monks in Buddhism 2) to develop training curriculums 3) to study the feasibility of using training curriculums for short-term ordination monks in Buddhism. The research was done using mixed methods research methodology including quantitative research method which stratified random sampling 285 monks according to province by proportioning from the monastic order in Sangha Region 13 and qualitative research method from 48 key informants. The development of training curriculum was divided into 3 levels including  the basic level, the medium level, and the advanced level. The curriculum development process was divided into 4 phases as follows : 1) analysis needs assessment 2) curriculum development  3) implementation and 4) evaluation and study the feasibility of using training curriculums. The collected data were analyzed by percentage, effectiveness index and effect size.

            The research finding were summarized as follows :

1. The Need of short-term ordination were : 1. taking a leave for ordinate 5-9 days equivalent to 19.30 % 2. taking a leave for ordinate 10-15 days equivalent to 45.61 % 3.take a leave for ordinate 16-30 days equivalent to 34.74 %. The most reasons of short-term ordination was limited to take a leave and rated at 73.33%. The subjects which were necessary to study for short-term ordination monks namely discipline, Dharma, Buddha’s biography and praying.


2. The development of a training curriculum for short-term ordination monks was divided into 3 levels including the basic level, ordinate 5-9 days, the medium level, ordinate 10-15 days and the advanced level, ordinate 16-30 days. The comparison score of training achievement pretest and posttest by the effect size (ES) were found that ES = 68.18, ES = 74.50, ES = 69.43 respectively, which is more than .80 the results, of training effectiveness index pretest and posttest the level 3 training curriculum were found that value E.I = 72.00, E.I = 65.81, E.I 62.10, respectively.


3. The feasibility of using training curriculums on 3 levels concluded that all 3 levels of training curriculums were available due to suitable content, useful and fit within the short time.