The Influence of Education Philosophy Upon High School Students’ Performance in Bangkok Metropolitan
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Educational philosophy is the guiding principle for education administration. It is the way educators perceive and interpret the world. Hence, they organize the administration of teaching and learning accordingly. The way teachers teach depends on the way they belief in the truth of the world. Educational philosophy is categorized into 5 taxonomies namely Essentialism, Perennialism, Progressivism, Social Reconstructionism, and Existentialism.
In Thailand, many researchers supported one more philosophy, namely, Buddhism based on Buddhism religion which is pervasively adopted in Thailand. Essentialists believe that learning should be performed through memorizing the materials of subjects and traditional knowledge and wisdom are deemed valuable. Perennialists believe that educators should teach the fact about nature. Progressivists believe in the process of knowledge creation. Reconstructionistsaim to educate learners with the knowledge to change the society. Existentialists believe that learners have freedom to choose what and how they learn. Buddhism philosophy believes that education should assist people to think logically and help the society. This research aimed to investigate the educational philosophies high school principalsuse and to assess the influence of educational philosophy and students' performance, specifically GPA. Samples consist of 559 principals of schools in Bangkok under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Thailand. The samples were asked to identify the educational philosophy they were using. Moreover, average GPAs of all students in the respective school were collected as the measure of students' achievement in each school. One-way ANOVA was utilized to investigate the influence of education philosophy upon student's achievement. Results suggested that Buddhism educational philosophy yielded lowest GPAs. School followed Existentialism yielded highest GPA followed by Social Reconstructionism, Essentialism, Progressivism, Perennialism, and Buddhism philosophies respectively. Tests of statistical significance revealed that Existentialism and Social Reconstructionism philosophies yielded better results than other philosophies.
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ผู้ส่งบทความ (และคณะผู้วิจัยทุกคน) ตระหนักและปฎิบัติตามจริยธรรมการวิจัยอย่างเคร่งครัด ทั้งนี้บทความ เนื้อหา ข้อมูล ข้อความ ภาพ ตาราง แผนภาพ แผนผัง หรือข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฎในบทความ เป็นความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้ส่งบทความ กองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นตามเสมอไป และไม่มีส่วนรับผิดชอบใดๆ โดยถือเป็นความรับผิดของของเจ้าของบทความเพียงผู้เดียว
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