The development of Curriculum Based on Happiness Theory to Improve the Hope of College Students

Lin Wei

Curriculum

Happiness Theory

Improve the Hope

The research objectives were 1) to study the factors affecting the development of hope of college freshman in Guangxi International Business Vocational College. 2) to develop curriculum based on the happiness theory. 3) to compare the hopes of college freshman before and after learning by curriculum based on the happiness theory. With a carefully selected sample of 35 students from the first-year Thai class at Guangxi International Business Vocational College, researchers conducted a thorough analysis of various factors affecting students' hope. A range of research tools was utilized, including 1) a questionnaire about the factors affecting the development of hope level, 2) an interview form about influencing factors of hope level, 3) lesson plans, 4) the Hope Scale, 5) an observation form about student behavior, and (6) interview form about opinions on teaching. This study was conducted in 3 steps: 1) Study the factors affecting the development of hope, 2) Develop a curriculum based on the happiness theory, and 3) Experiment and improvement of curriculum.
The results of the study showed that: 1) factors that affect the development of college students' hopes include personal factors and environmental factors. Personal factors are related to goals thinking, pathways thinking and agency thinking, and environmental factors include family, school, and society, 2) curriculum based on happiness theory includes 6 elements: principle, goal, contents and time, learning process, learning resource and evaluation. Learning process in the curriculum includes 5 processes: positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaning, accomplishment and present, and 3) students' hope is improved after the implementation of the curriculum based on happiness theory. This change was statistically significant, especially at the level 0.1

Keywords : Curriculum, Happiness Theory, Improvement, Hope

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology

Bung-on Sereerat

Saifon Songsiengchai

Prenpron Thongkamsuk

2023

2024-09-18

2024-09-18

2024-09-18

thesis

application/pdf

TH 375 W415D 2023

eng

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral Degree

Curriculum and Instruction

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University