The Guidelines Promoting to Well-being of Student in the Digital Age Based on Bhavana 4 Principles of Meditation, Wachiraprakarn School Group, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Abstract

This research article aimed to study the conditions and methods of promoting students' health in the digital age, including proposing guidelines for promoting health according to the four principles of meditation in the Wachiraprakarn School Group, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, by using mixed-method research. The quantitative data were collected from a sample group consisting of 108 administrators and teachers through an opinion questionnaire, and qualitative data from interviews with 9 experts. The content analysis was performed by proposing appropriate promotion guidelines. The quantitative data analysis was used by frequencies, percentages, and standard deviation.

The research findings indicated that 1) the overall and all aspects of student health promotion in the digital age were at a high level because there were continuous health promotion and progress in all aspects. 2) Promoting the health of students in the digital age according to the four principles of meditation consisted of 4 main areas: physical health, mental health, intellectual health, and social health. 3) The guidelines for promoting health in each area according to the four principles of meditation consisted of physical meditation, moral meditation, mental meditation, and wisdom meditation which were emphasized by comprehensive development to enhance health in the body, mind, intellect, and society to suit the digital age and current challenges. The results of this research could be used as a guideline for developing and promoting the health of students in schools and other educational institutions in the digital age effectively and sustainably.