A Teacher Development Program in Learning Management to Enhance Creative Thinking of the Students in the Schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5

Abstract

                The purposes of the research were 1) to study current and desirable conditions in learning management to enhance creative Thinking   of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5 and 2) to develop a teacher development program in learning management to enhance creative thinking of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5. The research was conducted into two phases. The first phase was to study current and desirable conditions in learning management to enhance creative thinking   of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5, and the second phase was to develop a teacher development program  in learning management to enhance creative thinking of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5. The population consisted of 2,872 teachers working in the 2018 academic year from 260 schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5, randomized by multi-stage sampling to find the sample size, and classified by school network centers. After that, the samples were randomized by simple random sampling to receive 350 participants by using the finished table. The research instruments consisted of two instruments: a questionnaire asking for current and desirable conditions to be used as guidelines for developing teachers in learning management to enhance creative thinking of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5 and a depth-interview form used to interview experts from model schools which were excellent in learning management. The statistical instruments were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.  

          The research findings were found as follows.

1. The opinions of the administrators and the teachers towards the current and desirable conditions in learning management to enhance creative thinking of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5 in the overall were at a high level. When each aspect was considered, all of the aspects were at a high level. The first priority aspect with the highest mean score was the step on bring new ideas to create works, followed by the introduction step. The aspect with the lowest mean score was the step on creating direct metaphors or straight comparison. The desirable conditions in learning management to enhance creative Thinking   of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5 in the overall was at the highest level. When each aspect was considered, the findings showed that the aspect with the highest mean score was the step on bring new ideas to create works, followed by the step on creating multiple-opposite metaphors. The aspect with the lowest mean score was the step on creating personal metaphors or comparisons between humans and things.
2. The findings on the analysis of the development of the teacher development program in learning management to enhance the creative thinking of the students in the schools under Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area Office 5 showed that the program consisted of five components: 1) principles, 2) objectives, 3) contents, 4) development methods, and 5) evaluation and possibility which was at the highest level.