Developing Curriculum to Enhance Active Citizenship Competencies for Primary 6 Students at Mahasarakham Town Municipal Schools

Abstract

This research aimed to develop a curriculum to enhance active citizenship competencies for primary 6 students at Mahasarakham town municipal schools. The target group comprised 1) 59 key informants provided crucial data, selected using a purposive sampling method. 2) 5 curriculum development experts, selected using a purposive sampling method. And 3) the experimental group, comprising 30 participants, utilized the curriculum, selected using a cluster random method sampling). The research instruments included: 1) a curriculum framework for enhancing active citizenship competencies, and 2) an evaluation form for assessing the suitability of the curriculum framework. Descriptive statistics, specifically mean and standard deviation, were employed for data analysis. The research findings indicate that the developed supplementary curriculum aimed at enhanceing active citizenship competencies among Primary 6 students in Mahasarakham town municipal schools comprises the following key components: 1) Rationale and Significance, 2) Vision, 3) Principles, 4) Core competencies, 5) Desirable characteristic, 6) Student quality, 7) Curriculum objectives, 8) Curriculum structure, 9) Learning management, 10) Measurement and Evaluation. Expert evaluation subsequently revealed that the curriculum was deemed to be at the highest level of appropriateness.