Open AccessPolitical participation instruction for monk and novice students in Thailand
Author(s) -
Saward Hadpagdee,
Songphon Choutikavatchagul,
Chairat Mason,
Suttipun Aranyawat,
Phra Wasan Hngokchai,
Phramaha Komkai Singtong,
Niraj Ruangsan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
linguistics and culture review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-103X
DOI - 10.21744/lingcure.v5ns3.1453
Subject(s) - bachelor , politics , nonprobability sampling , voting , bachelor degree , political science , scale (ratio) , qualitative research , pedagogy , medical education , psychology , population , sociology , public relations , mathematics education , medicine , social science , law , physics , demography , quantum mechanics
This research aimed (1) to study the political participation of the monk and novice students in MCUKK as the guideline to develop the political participation instruction for MCUKK students, (2) to suggest the ways to promote the political participation instruction of the monk and novice students. The population of the research was the bachelor degree students: monks and novices (n = 266) of MCUKK. The key informants (15) including 1 educational administrator, 2 directors of Political Science Programs (Bachelor and Master), and 2 lecturers, 10 students selected by Purposive Sampling. This study was conducted by means of the mixed research methodology: quantitative research and qualitative research. The tools used in this research were the five-rating scale questionnaire and an in-depth interview. The research findings indicated that (1) the political participation of the students in four studied aspects were statistically rated the moderate level; (2) the university lecturers should pay attention to educating the legal rights and importance of political participation in terms of voting, political news, political campaign and political rally for the students. The finding suggested that teaching political participation should be managed properly, although there is the law that prohibits monks or novices to get involved in politics.