GUIDELINES ON READINESS OF THE ARMED FORCES ACADEMIES PREPARATORY SCHOOL’ S EDUCATIONAL PERSONNELS FOR THE ASEAN COMMUNITY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the state and needs of the readiness of all educational personnels of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School for the ASEAN Community. 2) to study the guidelines needed for educational personnels of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School for the ASEAN Community. The research comprised all 137 teachers of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and the specialists of Royal Thai Army and Education. The research instruments were questionnaires and 2 sets interviews. Statistics for data analysis were the percentage, standard deviation and priority needs index (PNI).

Research findings are concluded as follows: 1) The state and the need to prepare in all aspects of educational personnel of Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School were at a high level both on real situation and expectation basis with overall means on state basis of 3.63 and overall means on expectation basis of 4.38. The Priority Need Index (PNI) is 0.210. 2) The guidelines for preparation of educational personnel of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School for the ASEAN Community are as follows: 1. the development of teaching techniques for competent learning organization; 2. the initiation to objectify the substance of the ASEAN Community in the Armed Forced Preparatory Academies School; 3. the accentuation on using English in learning aid and instructional media and the designation of assessment of foreign language media and learning aids; 4. The development of professional efficiency of teacher in high skills of setting priority; 5. the initiation in teachers to apply local knowledge for learning management and promote the cooperation between local community; 6. the belief in virtue and professional ethics and the coherency of group analysis and participation in setting virtue and professional ethics; 7. the development of the capacity of teachers to fathom the ASEAN Community and the accentuation on integration of the knowledge of ASEAN Security Community (ASC) between Royal Thai Armed Forced Academies, Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy and Ministry of Defence; 8. the configuration and the application of versatile and applicatory implements for evaluation and monitoring in learning management; 9. the allocation of time to different tasks and activities to improve professional skills; 10. the arrangement and participation in activities to improve and exchange knowledge; 11. the arrangement and participation in activities to manage the information distribution between school and the public