A Development of Integrated Model of Contemplative Education and Quality Assurance for Basic Education Schools

Abstract

The development of integrated model of contemplative education and quality assurance for basic education schools. The research methodology was   3  steps; 1) Exploring the components of contemplative education and quality assurance from  712 primary school administrators and teachers by using EFA method. 2) Examining and confirming all components and their details of contemplative education and quality assurance which employing as the details of the integrated model of contemplative education and quality assurance by using  17 experts. 3) Implementing the integrated model in three size of schools; small, middle and large to find out the finding which indicate the success of the model. Research instruments were questionnaires, observation, interview, self–report and focus groups . The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistic for mean, standard deviation, factors analysis, median and interquartile range. The qualitative data were content analysis and inductive conclusion. The research finding were as follows: An integrated model of contemplative education and quality assurance for basic education schools was consisted of 3 parts: input, process and output. The process had 5 steps; 1)  a commitment for educational quality assurance, 2) planning operations contemplated with  creating love and compassion, 3) implementing with the contemplated and confrontation, 4) auditing continuous and 5) improving the work contemplatively to be learned community, all 3  employed P-D-C-A cycle. The implementation results found that both primary school administrators and teachers were changed their performance in work positively. The integrated model was fit to the  educational quality assurance of schools in most 4 criteria;  utility, feasibility, appropriately and accuracy.