DEVELOPING A LEISURE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENHANCING LEISURE SKILLS OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Abstract

This quasi – experimental research aimed to: - 1) develop a leisure education program for enhancing the leisure skills of grade 9 students, and 2) study effects of the leisure education program participation on the leisure skills of grade 9 students. Samples were 367 grade 9 students from Hatyaipittayakom School who were selected from Krejcie & Morgan’s sampling table from 41 schools by simple random sampling (drawing). They were assigned to test the leisure skills evaluation questionnaire in order to match - paired sampling them into experimental and control groups, 30 for each. The research instruments were: - 1) leisure skills evaluation questionnaire- the content validity (IOC) was in the range of 0.60 – 1.00, as well as the Cronbach alpha coefficient correlation reliability was 0.71, and 2) leisure education program for enhancing leisure skills of grade 9 students that was the researcher developed. Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Findings were found that: - 1) the leisure education program for enhancing the leisure skills of grade 9 students included 8 weeks of leisure activities, once a week, and 90 minutes for each. 5 leisure experts approved the face validity of the program. It was at the most appropriate level; and 2) after the experimental group attended the 8-week leisure education program, there were more leisure skills than before attending at the statistic of .05, meanwhile the experimental group had more leisure skills than the control group at .05. It can be concluded that the leisure education program effects on leisure skills of Grade 9 students. It possesses appropriateness to further application.