Introduction
Generally, the Buddhist way school in which the Ministry of Education has implemented as a key point of bringing the Principles of Buddhadharma’s values into Thai society through the condition and management of the school’s learning management according to the Basic Education Curriculum, B.E. 2544 occurred during the period that the Thai society has had crisis in respect with morality. The Thai people are seeking the new process of learning, new way of thinking that is more powerful in order to recover the strength of virtue, moral system and culture of Thai society. Mainly, the Thai people keep respect of Buddhism. Such school has had certain intention in order to develop the Thai youths in terms of good, clever people and having spiritual consciousness. Thai is seen that learning through the Buddhist way is excellent way and having the systematic process method, and creating the Buddhist scholars of all sides and genders by linking and integrating the substance learning on the subject of Buddhism, and bring the Trisikkha Principles, namely Sila (Precept), Samadhi (Concentration), and Panya (Wisdom), with the unity being at the deep faith towards the Buddhadharmaprinciples, in order to prepare the learning and drive the substance learning for the learners to generate under the Buddhist way, and in order to apply as a tool for learningas expected to be succeeded and effective in teaching – learning preparation.
The Buddhist way school is the place where it iis able to enable the childen and the youths to get the real dharma light shining the wisdom by using the Buddhadhharma principles to support the mind because the life of people requires having khowledge, intelligence as the key instrument for helping the life go on and because of the knowledge will shine the reasonable direction to life, it will eliminate the darkness to the life. Regarding the religious motto certifies the knowledge or wisdom that “PanyaNaranungRattanung” or the wisdom is the beloved one of person.
However, at the same time the teaching – learning in Buddhism, substance learning groups on social science, religion and culture used for teaching in the Buddhist way school was not achieved as expected due to in respect with teaching, it lacked of media, most teachers had obligation of teaching tasks of teaching and had to perform other assigned functions. In addition, limitation of preparation of teaching was shown, in terms of finding media provision for supporting new knowledge, the teacher did not know the source, equipment and lacked of knowledge for media production, lack of subject content knowledge, having no knowledge of proper teaching method. Even though, the teachers will currently begin to understand the teaching method and how to provide education and training in order to reinforce the correct habitual characteristics, but the teacher has always had spiritual holding in certain content and skills, that let make them feel that it has lost time and the teaching has never been finished. In addition to because of the teachers lacked of teaching methods and teaching skills, another reason was that the students showed no pay attention to study the Buddhism, substance learning groups on social science, religion and culture, they lacked of Buddhist knowledge and failed to comply with the Dharma principles and teachings as well as the teachers always emphasized on teaching content as main point, not focusing on teaching – learning process for finding the new body knowledge in order to provide the students to think, perform and solve the problems themselves.
Luechai Pisitthasak reported his study on “Implementation in the Buddhist Way in the Basic Education in Chachoengsao province” and found that implementation in the Buddhist way in aspect of input factor, the item that having the highest three mean ordering from less to much were: the school provided supervision. Organizing and following up the implementation, the school had its curriculum, learning unit and plan of learning management integrated with Buddhadharma for all learning substance groups. The school had its auditing and evaluating systems by opening the opportunity to get the friendly recommendations for development, continuously. Regarding the processing aspect, the item that having the highest three mean ordering from less to much were: the school provided the learning management by using integration of Buddhadharma or the principles of Trisikkha all learning substance groups and connected with the daily life as well as the school provided the encouragement to bring the Dharma principles as the base for thinking, analyzing and problem solving.
As reason mentioned above, it was indicated that preparation of teaching – leaching, substance learning groups on Buddhism in the Buddhist way schools has not progressed and succeeded in the matter of applying the curriculum for the management of learning groups on Buddhism, they had seldom no knowledge