Abstract
King Bhumibol's science known as sufficiency economy philosophy encourages Thai citizens to live based on themselves, and all schools have been teaching their students to cultivate, learn and practice this sustainable theory. The objectives of this research were to 1) study the King's Science operational factors in the sufficiency school under the Lop Buri Primary Educational Service Area Office, and 2) create the model of the operation according to the King's Science of the sufficiency schools. The research sample was consisted of 321 school administrators and teachers by implementing the Yamane technique to stratify random sampling. The research instruments were questionnaire and structured interview form with a reliability of 0.87. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The research results showed that 1) the King's Science operational factors in the sufficiency school were rated overall at a high level. They were arranged in descending order of their mean values as follows: accomplishment aspects, administration aspects, and activity of student development aspects, and 2) the model of the operation according to the king's science by the case study of sufficiency school was possible, useful, consistent, and suitable for the context. This model also had been approved by the participants of focus group discussion and could be used as a practical guideline for schools in Lop Buri.
Highlights
From the royal speech of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, it was said “The national development was necessary to be done in a hierarchy, beginning from creating a foundation of the people to live by using economical methods sustainably under the correct principles and stable
[16] From “The sufficiency economy theory” to “The King’s Science”, through studying and practicing, it leads to the creation of a sustainable life with virtue, recognition and distinguishing various information, that can enhance the self-reliance of people
In accordance with the study of Phatanasiri [14], the guidelines for school administration according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of schools in Nakhon Sawan Province showed that the success aspects were at a high level because of the organizing of activities to promote students characteristics that are useful in daily life
Summary
From the royal speech of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, it was said “The national development was necessary to be done in a hierarchy, beginning from creating a foundation of the people to live by using economical methods sustainably under the correct principles and stable. In accordance with the principle of work and royal ethics of His Majesty throughout the 70 years, Thai people have adopted an excellent example into their lives. This philosophy has been applied by the government and civil servants to the public administration to create the nation and develop the country as well. [24] Referring to the core curriculum of basic education, the desirable characteristics were determined in the fifth item from 8 items which was economical life This was the reason all schools performed an essential role in cultivating the theory for students. One of the processes in terms of propelling the philosophy was integrated into teaching and school administration in order to step into sufficiency school [11]
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