LEARNING MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND

Abstract

This research aims to study on the guideline on learning management of demonstration schools in Bangkok. In this research, there were 17 key informants including school directors, deputy directors for administration, deputy directors for plan and quality assurance, deputy directors for student affairs, deputy directors for academics, and teachers of demonstration schools in Bangkok. Research tool was a semi-structured interview. The results revealed that the guideline on learning management of demonstration schools in Bangkok for reinforcing learning behavior of students must be started from the administrational directions of demonstration schools consisted of 4 directions as follows: 1) emphasis on child center learning; 2) becoming leading quality schools in international level; 3) learning via active learning activities; and 4) emphasis on promoting children as global citizens via integrated learning. From policies, they could be classified into 4 critical procedures. Firstly, school environment which obtained qualitative and quantitative data were consistent with each other. From qualitative data, it was found that success factors of student’s learning management were environment, teachers, classrooms, and laboratories. Environment meant having modern instructional media management, and managing places facilitating learning. In addition, for characteristics of administrators, they must have leadership with clear definition on their roles. For teachers’ characteristics, professional teachers must be promoted. Their sills/abilities and ethnics must be promoted. Importantly, their motivation must be promoted to retain potential teachers.