Manual Development, Learning Management, Self-Sufficient Economic Philosophy2 of School in Suratthani Group under the Secondary Educational Service Area 11 Surat Thani Province

Abstract

This research aims to study problems, develop, and assess the learning manual based on philosophy of sufficiency economy of schools in Suratthani Group 2 under the Secondary Educational Service Area 11 in Surat Thani Province. Research was conducted in 3 stages which were 1) study problems from 16 school administrators and 197 teachers using questionnaire with the reliability at 0.97; 2) develop the manual under the supervision of5 experts; and 3) assess the manual by 10 teachers and 30 students using an evaluation form. Statistics used in this study were mean and standard deviation.

The research results were as follows: 1) problem-based learning conditions based philosophy of sufficiency economy on were overall at the moderate level. These included (1) student development activity; (2) curriculum and learning management; and (3) research in sufficiency economy. 2) Development of the learning manual was at the very high level in which the application obtained the highest mean, followed by the content and the form of books. This manual consisted of 6 units namely Unit 1: Learning the sufficiency economy philosophy, Unit 2: the history and meaning, Unit 3: Principles and the significance of sufficiency economy, Unit 4: Philosophy of sufficiency economy: A new concept in economic development, Unit 5: The philosophy of sufficiency economy in the learning activities, and Unit 6: Apply the philosophy into practice. The manual was assessed its accuracy and appropriateness of the content by the experts.