A Factor Analysis of the Behavior of Responsible citizenship of Lower Secondary School Students: A Case Study of the Central Region
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The purposes of this research were to 1) factor analysis of the behavior of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students 2) analyze a level of the behavior of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students
3) compare a level of the behavior of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students by gender and grade level, and 4) suggest the way to develop the behavior of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students. Samples were 575 lower secondary school students selected by multi-stage random sampling. Research instrument was a 5-point scale with Cronbach’s alpha reliability of 0.97. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics q2w3emethods including frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation and by inferential statistics methods of t-test ,F-test for one – way ANOVA and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The research findings were as follow:
- The exploratory factor analysis of behavior of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students were found to be 3 factors; Knowledge (19 variables), Skills (21 variables) and Attitude (6 variables)
- Students had the overall behavior of responsible citizenship at a moderate level. When considering each items, the priority of mean from highest to lowest were acting as a good member of the family, participating in maintaining culture and religion and respecting and honoring the seniors respectively. However, selection of appropriate strategies to resolve conflicts and differences that arise in everyday life was the lowest average.
- The comparison of responsible citizenship score of lower secondary school students was found to be no difference by gender. When classified by grade levels, it showed a different significance at the .05 level, thus testing the pair subsequently found that the average of responsible citizenship score were difference between two pairs of students’ grade level, Grade 7 was higher than grade 8 and grade 9 was higher than grade 8.
- The recommendations for development of responsible citizenship of lower secondary school students by experts had concluded four issues:
(1) Should develop responsible citizenship by integrating in teaching (2) Should cooperate with parents or related groups holisticly (or agents) (3) Should promote activities both directly and indirectly, and (4) Should develop a quality instrument to measure the responsible citizenship.
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