The Guidelines for Curriculum Administration Promoting Career Development Skills of Students at Ban Huay Phueng, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

The aims of this study were (1) to examine current and desirable circumstances of curriculum administration promoting career development for students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province. The population involved 62 participants including 1 Director and 1 Vice-director, 4 chiefs of administrative divisions, 15 school committees, 41 teachers. The research instrument was questionnaire and the data was analyzed for PNI, mean, to examine current and desirable circumstances of curriculum administration promoting career development for students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province ,standard, deviation and content analysis. (2) to analyze key factors affecting the guidelines for curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province. The population recruited 20 participants including 2 administrators from Ban Huay Phueng School, 5 administrators from prototyped schools, 4 teachers teaching career development at Ban Huay Phueng School, 6 teachers teaching career development at prototyped schools, and 3 school committees from Ban Huay Phueng School. The research instrument was brainstorming form and the data was analyzed by content analysis to analyze key factors affecting the guidelines for curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province. (3) to develop the guidelines for curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province. The population recruited 6 participants including 3 prototyped school administrators, 3 teachers teaching career development at the prototyped schools. The research instrument was an interview and the data to develop the guidelines for curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province was analyzed by content analysis. The results showed that: 1. The current and desirable circumstances of curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province in regard to objective, content, learning activities, and evaluation, in overall, were rated at the high level. 2. The key factors affecting the curriculum administration promoting career development of students at Ban Huay Phueng, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province showed that: 1) The promoting factors were that personnel was sufficient and well planned for recruitment. Management showed analysis of curriculum consistent to the school’s context. Learning resources showed the use of learning resources focusing on career development activities. Media and technology showed allocation of technology promoting new learning skills appropriate for the curriculum and learners. 2) The de-promoting factors in regard to personnel were the lack of survey and planning on personnel recruitment matching with the direct discipline and career. Management concerned the lack of research on curriculum administration, supervision, and monitoring consistently. Learning resources concerned the lack of budget support to allocate materials, equipment and tools needed for career development activities. Media and technology showed adequacy and readiness for use. 3. The guidelines for curriculum administration promoting career development of Ban Huay Phueng School, Mae Fah Luang District, Chiang Rai Province concerned PDCA framework involving steps i.e. 1) Planning (P) 1.1) Readiness preparation of the school 1.2) Developing school curriculum 1.3) Curriculum administration plan 2) Implementation (D) 2.1) Curriculum implementation 3) Evaluation (C) 3.1) Supervision and evaluation 4) Improvement (A) 4.1) Summary of school curriculum administration 4.2) Improving and developing school curriculum administration.