THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM MODEL FOR SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA IN CHAIYAPHUM PROVINCE

Abstract

        This dissertation aimed 1) to study school internal quality assurance system and school internal quality assurance system activity affecting school internal quality assurance success, 2) tostudy school’s problem, best practice, and how to develop school internal quality assurance model, 3) to develop school internal quality assurance model and 4) to evaluate the developed school internal quality assurance model’s possibility. The research results revealed that:

1. School internal quality assurance systemactivities were performed at the high level and the success was at the moderate. 6 internal quality assurance system factors and 37 assurance activities affecting school internal quality assurance success.


2. 2. School’s important problem on internal quality assurance system management was the assurance unawareness of school teachers and education personnel. School’s best practice in internal quality assurance system activities were school self curriculum development, school independent performing in learning activity and learning evaluation and also school self evaluation report. Schools have to develop their own internal quality assurance system by systematic and whole school development, as teachers and education personnel’s ordinary job, performing all assurance activities for school standard goals, and continuous improving school quality by school evaluation data.


3. A developed Internal Quality Assurance System Model for Schools under the Office of Primary Educational Service Area in Chaiyaphum Province was a semantic and systematic model founded by selected and affected internal quality assurance activities for all schools. Its aims were to be appropriate and possible to adapt and apply for school internal quality assurance system. The developed model composed of 5 Components: 5 quality controlled contexts, 5 creative believes input, 6 assurance improving methods with 39 internal quality activities as assurance processes for 4 outputs: quality students, quality teachers, quality school and satisfied stakeholders (15 performance success indicators), together with 7 school assurance mechanism as the model management.


4. The developed school internal quality assurance system model was at the highest level of possibility accepted by all stakeholders.