The Scenarios of Thailand’s Vocational Teachers in the Next Decades

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Autumporn Intachak

Abstract

This research was aimed to study the future of the Scenarios of Thailand’s Vocational Teachers in the
Next Decades. It was divided into 3 procedures: 1) Study and analyze current problems of teacher’s training,
development, usability, and vocational teacher development mechanism from related research paper according
to the Second decades of Vocational Education Development Reforming Strategic Policy. 2) Organize
Foresight Workshop and alternative Scenario Planning by group of stake holding experts in order to define
further development framework and advise strategic policy about solid development for vocational teachers.
The study resulted in 1) Finding from global trend of vocational policy and strategy analysis: (1) Situation
of learning with working is becoming a new challenge in Thai education. (2) Demanding of young skillful
labor recruit and solid personnel training system. (3) Thailand education crisis of “Thai Children Disability
of Learning and Working”. (4) A better sign of vocational skill education management in international level.
(5) The education management responding to industrial growth and labor development. 2) The scenario of
Thai vocational teachers in the next decade from expert’s and stakeholder’s commitment is concluded as:
Declaration of Vocational Education as national policy will improve its quality. There must be continual management
system of vocational teacher development in both academic institute and establishment. Vocational
teacher should be working at their full efficiency according to individual skills. Moreover, vocational teacher
development requires area-based movement with cooperative organization as a key to success along with
innovation development support and various skill-augmenting curriculums.

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Intachak, A. (2019). The Scenarios of Thailand’s Vocational Teachers in the Next Decades. Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University Journal, 13(1), 317–328. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rmuj/article/view/249768
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