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The Four Noble Truths (FNT) method: a four-stage Buddhist-principled instruction method comparable to the scientific method

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Description

The FNT method, developed by Saroj Boasri, applies Buddhist principles for instruction with systematic thinking procedures the article describes as "comparable to the scientific method". It has four stages — suffering, cause of suffering, cessation of suffering, and the way to the cessation of suffering — emphasizing problem solving by oneself. In this study it structures environmental education lessons on global warming, with stages operationalized as setting the problem, formulating hypotheses, experimenting/collecting data, and discussing/concluding.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Instruction organized in the four FNT stages, with learners solving problems by themselves through searching data, processing data and drawing conclusions

Constraints

Target Learners

  • grade 11 secondary students

Learning Goals

  • environmental education knowledge
  • global warming awareness
  • global warming decreasing behavior
  • critical thinking

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Key Sources

  • Chattuchai, S., Singseewo, A., & Suksringarm, P. (2015). Development of knowledge, awareness, global warming decreasing behavior and critical thinking of grade 11 students using the Four Noble Truths method with meta-cognitive techniques. Educational Research and Reviews, 10(16), 2268-2275. https://doi.org/10.5897/ERR2015.2360
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title The Four Noble Truths (FNT) method: a four-stage Buddhist-principled instruction method comparable to the scientific method
description The FNT method, developed by Saroj Boasri, applies Buddhist principles for instruction with systematic thinking procedures the article describes as "comparable to the scientific method".
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