Management of Student Development Activities According to the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy Under Samut Prakan Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The purposes of this quantitative research were: 1) To study the management of student’s development activities according to the philosophy of sufficiency economy: Modesty; Reasoning; Good immunity; Knowledge conditions; and Moral conditions.     2) To compare the management of students’ development activities according to the philosophy of the sufficiency economy classified by position, duty, and school size of Schools Under the Office of Samut Prakan Primary Educational Service Area 1. The sample were 320 administrators and teachers from the schools under the Office of Samut Prakan Educational Service Area 1, which random from Krejcie & Morgan table. Data were collected by using a rating scale questionnaire with 5 levels. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The results of the research showed that: 1) The management of students’ development activities  according to the philosophy of the sufficiency economy of the schools under the Office of Samut Prakan Primary Educational Service Area 1, in overall, was at the good level. The aspect that has the highest mean value is the moral condition, the knowledge condition, The rational, and the moderation. The lowest mean is the aspect of the self - immunity. 2) The comparison of data shows that the management of students’ development activities according to the philosophy of the sufficiency economy of the schools under the Office of Samut Prakan Primary Educational Service Area 1 classified by school size was not different statistically significance at 95% confidence level.