ABSTRACT

            The Opinion of Students  To Wards the Teacher’s Role in Moral and Ethical Devel Opment of Students at thanyarat School  Thanyaburi District Pathumthani Province’ is a survey research with the following objectives 1) to study  students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi district of  Pathumthani Province; 2) to compare  students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi district of  Pathumthani   province according to sex and classroom; and 3) to study the problems and hindrances on students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi district of Pathumthani province. The sample of the study consists of 265 Standard 7^th-12^th students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi  District  of  Pathumthani Province based on the ready-made table of sample-sized calculation of  R.V.Krejecie and D.W. Morgan. Statistics used for the data analysis includes Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation, t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance: F-test based on the ready-made computer programme.

The results of the study are as follows:  

1. From the result  of the data analysis of students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi  district  of  Pathumthani province it was generally found to be moderate ( =3.30), while individually considering it was found to be high in one aspect i.e., spirit ( =3.66); and to be moderate in seven aspects from the least to the most, i.e., honesty ( =3.42), studiousness ( =3.39), discipline ( =3.29), unity ( =3.26), economy ( =3.25), politeness ( =3.18) and cleanliness ( =3.16) respectively.   

2. From the result of the comparative analysis of students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of Thanyarat school in Thanyaburi  district  of  Pathumthani province classified according to sex through  t-test it was generally  found not to be significantly different which was not related to the given hypothesis and  while individually considering   it was also found not to be significantly different.  

3. From the result of the comparative analysis of students’ opinion upon the role of teachers in the development of morality and ethics for students of  Thanyarat  school in Thanyaburi district of Pathumthani province classified according to classroom through One-Way Analysis of Variance: ANOVA it was found to be significantly different at 0.05 level that was related to the given hypothesis, while considering individually it was found that the aspects of politeness, cleanliness and unity were significantly different at 0.05 level, whereas others were not significantly different.