Extra-Curricular Activities Development for Social Skills Development to Reduce Phetchaburi Province Secondary School Students’ Digital Hate Speech

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to develop extra-curricular activities for enhancing social skills to reduce Phetchaburi Province secondary school students’ digital hate speech, and (2) to examine the effectiveness of implementing these extra-curricular activities. This study was quasi-experimental research. Samples were 2,004 secondary school students selected by purposive sampling.  Research tools consisted of 1) extra-curricular activities, 2)

the hate speech usage assessment form, and 3) the satisfaction assessment questionnaire. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that (1) extra-curricular activities consisted of 12 plans, covering social skills, positive thinking, behavior change, and hate speech usage. Its suitability assessment was at a very good level, (2) the results of a digital hate speech usage assessment before and after using extra-curricular activities were significantly different at the .05 level, reduced from high to low level, and (3) students’ satisfactions toward extra-curricular activities were in the highest level.