Implementing “Iddhipada 4” in Student-centered Learning Management by Primary Teachers

The research aimed to study and compare implementing “Iddhipada 4” in all aspects and each aspect in student-centered learning management by primary teachers as a whole and classified by gender, educational level and teaching experience. The samples were 91 primary teachers in Lakmeung Maha Sarakham School under the Office of Maha Sarakhamn Primary Educational Service Area 1, selected through stratified random sampling technique in the second semester of the 2014 academic year. The instrument was a 5-rating questionnaire with its validity of .88 consisting of implementing “Iddhipada 4” classified in 4 aspects including Shantha aspect, Viriya aspect and Jitta aspect, each of which consisting of 9 items, and Vimangsa aspect with 8 items, totaling 35 items in student-centered learning management. The statistics for data analyses were mean, standard deviation and tested the hypotheses by t-test (Independent Samples). The results of the study revealed that implementing “Iddhipada 4” in all aspects and each aspect in student-centered learning management by the primary teachers as a whole was at a more level except for Shantha aspect which was at the most level. And when taking their gender, educational level, and teaching experience into account, it showed at a more level, except for Viriya aspect of the females which was at the most and Shanta aspect of those with teaching experience of both was at the most level as well. When those by the primary teachers classified in gender, educational level and teaching experience were compared, it appeared that they were not different except for all 4 aspects under the females which was higher than those of the males at the level of .05 statistical significance.