THE OPINIONS TOWARD VOLUNTEER SPIRITUAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN TEACHING PROFESSION FACULTY OF EDUCATION, ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to study the volunteer spiritual behavior of students in graduate diploma program in teaching profession, Faculty of Education, St. John’s University 2) to compare the volunteer spiritual behavior of students in graduate diploma program in teaching profession, Faculty of Education, St. John’s
University classified by gender, age, and teaching experiences. The population were 162 graduate diploma program students in the academic year 2014. This study was operated by using 5 rating scale questionnaires, examined the opinions toward volunteer spiritual behavior in 3 aspects ; Helping others , Sacrifice to society and Commitment to development. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The results showed that the opinions toward volunteer spiritual behavior of students in graduate diploma program were high in all aspects. The highest was helping others ( x = 4.05), then the commitment to development ( x = 4.03) and the sacrifice to society ( x = 3.78) respectively. The results of comparing the opinions of
students in graduate diploma program in teaching profession, Faculty of Education,St. John’s University classified by gender, age and experience found that, male students, age under 25 years and had 6-10 years of teaching experience, have high level of volunteer spiritual behavior.