A Study of Training Results Regarding Child-Centered Education Instructional Management Concept through Project of the Best Practices Schools under the Bangkok

Abstract

Training is one way to develop teachers’ instruction, especially regarding the child-centered education Instructional management concept in their instructions. This research aims to 1) study the results of training following the concept of child-centered education through the project of the best practices school under Bangkok, and 2) provide guidelines to drive the concept of child-centered through schools under Bangkok. The research method was qualitative research. The data were collected by observation, in-depth interview, focus group, and field study from the target groups.   

The results revealed that the trainee felt satisfied with the training according to the concept of child-centered education a little better. The concept consists of 4 aspects, i.e. environment, teacher, curriculum, and student. From the training process, the researchers concluded that in 4 factors as follows: 1) Attention of trainers, 2) Topics of training were useful and applicable, 3) The extra experts shared the direct experiences, and 4) Activities style were joyful. The guidelines showed that it should have training for the next curriculum, reduce the teachers’ tasks, and limit the top-down approaches policy to let the teachers follow their main jobs. For example, teachers designed the instructional management regarding the students’ needs and instruct the students effectively.