Satisfaction in the use of Internet for value education among the secondary students in the Catholic schools in Bangkok

Abstract

Internet has rapidly developed for years as the powerful media that eliminated time and space as obstacles to communication. It has grown wide in its potential use for information, communication, social networking, recreation and education. Values and the benefits gained are the satisfaction obtained from the use of internet. The benefits gained vary according to the students’ purpose of using the Internet at school or outside the school environment. The purpose of this research was to study the satisfaction of using the Internet for value education among the secondary students in the Catholic schools in Bangkok. In this study, the Multiple Regression Analysis and a reference to the frequency distribution, Mean and Standard Deviation were used to test the hypothesis. Demographic profile, internet usage, values obtained in the use of Internet, perceived supports for the use of Internet, benefits gained from the use of Internet and satisfaction were used to examine the research questions. Findings from the four hundred respondents from the six Catholic schools in Bangkok revealed that location of internet use such as school, home and internet café; age, gender, perceived support from educational structure and benefits gained from the use of Internet are significant predictors to the satisfaction in the use of Internet for value education among secondary students in the Catholic schools in Bangkok. However, findings also reveal that perceived school support as training, the school and year level are not significant predictors in the satisfaction of the use of Internet for value education.