The Development of Outcome-Based Training for Secondary School Teachers : Toward Improving Learning Management Design in Promoting Systems Thinking Skills Among Learners

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) develop an outcome-based training curriculum for secondary school teachers aiming to improve learning management for learners, and 2) evaluate the implementation of the training curriculum. The target group comprised 20 secondary school teachers in Bangkok, participating voluntarily with an interest in the training. The research methodology involved 2 phases: 1) developing the outcome-based training curriculum and 2) piloting and evaluating the implementation curriculum. The results of the research were as follows: First, the outcome-based training consists of nine elements: (1) training curriculum principles, (2) training curriculum outcomes, (3) sub-training curriculum learning outcomes, (4) learning activity objectives, (5) content/learning experiences, (6) learning activities, (7) training curriculum time structure, (8) guidelines for training curriculum activities, and (9) assessment of training curriculum outcomes. Second, in terms of the effectiveness of the training curriculum, the ability in the systemic thinking process reached 87.78%, while designing learning lesson plans that promote systemic thinking obtained 91.11%. In addition, it was found that the participants were aware of their teaching roles in enhancing students' systemic thinking skills. They intend a plan to implement the concepts and principles in the future.