A Study of Guidelines for Developing an Active Learning Management of Teachers in Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chaiyaphum Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the current context, desired contexts, and the needs to organize the active learning management of teachers in schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chaiyaphum Province, and 2) to study the guidelines for developing the active learning management of teachers in schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chaiyaphum Province. The samples were 318 teachers in schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chaiyaphum Province in 4 areas who were teaching in the academic year 2023 obtained from using the multi-stage random sampling method. For informants, there were 12 learning management experts obtained through using purposive sampling method. The research instruments used to collect data included questionnaires and structured interviews. The statistics used in quantitative data analysis comprised frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Modified Priority Need Index: PNImodified, whereas content analysis was used for qualitative data analysis. The research results were as follows:

1. The overall current conditions of the active learning management of teachers in schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Chaiyaphum Province was at a moderate level, while the desired contexts were reported at a high level. The needs to organize the active learning management of teachers could be arranged from highest to lowest as using of media and technology, learning resources and learning innovations, designing activities and creating active learning management plans, organizing learning activities through the process of thinking, and taking action respectively.

2.The guidelines for developing active learning management were as follow: teachers should study all curriculum elements, the online learning platform should be used to organize learning activities, various learning activities should be designed to allow students to practice, opportunities for exchanging knowledge with their fellow friends should be provided, teachers should improve themselves in terms of selecting learning resources and technologies and applying Google Applications to gain expertise, and teachers should constantly develop themselves by engaging in learning through computer networks and other technologies, learning and sharing with fellow professionals, and forming a professional learning community to develop individual and group learning management.