Guidelines for Development of Higher Order Thinking Skills for Principles of Bangkok Primary Education Service Area Office

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) The study issues about guidelines for development of higher order thinking skills for principles of Bangkok primary education service area office, 2) The guidelines for development of higher order thinking skills for principles of Bangkok primary education service area office. Four steps of the research method included both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Step 1 The conceptual framework of the study, Step 2, to study development of higher order thinking skills for principles was applied to teachers totaling 327 representatives obtained from sample random sampling method. The research instruments employed were questionnaires and semi-structured interview. Frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. Step 3, focus group discussion with nine experts was arranged.  The results were analyzed in terms of content analyses.  Step 4, proposed guidelines for development of higher order thinking skills for principles of Bangkok primary education service area office. The results revealed as follows:

1. The issues about guidelines for development of higher order thinking skills for principles of Bangkok primary education service area office was in a high level in all factors. Considering each factor, the Critical Thinking skill, the Problem Solving skill, and Creativity skill were sorted from highest to lowest averages.


2. The result exposed that promotion and development of Creativity skill as follows: 1) To made activative of learning in addition for Higher Order by ordering those job, its would be challenge of ability 2) Training for Higher Order in strongly with failer and unclear situations by solving the problem with cooperate each other 3) Training for Higher Order consideration in all of the problem more over some of its by made to know problem integration and understood that and 4) Made of research work by then self apon set up the environment to built or produce the useful things for schools


3. The result exposed that promotion and development of Critical Thinking skill as follows: 1) active or curiously building by made the challenge to finding difficult situation or problems 2) training for the god habit thinking by do the activity with that true experience, focus in the target and data feedback and 3) to do the activity of leadership building for activate skill in problem summarize or despite from the information with sensible


4. The result exposed that promotion and development of Problem Solving skill as follows: 1) cultivation to solving the problem all of knowledge and life skill by set up training for learning and experience 2) training for made understanding with problems, teacher the problems with mind and focus to solve the problems by use activity ingest in a real situation of administration process and 3) action by using the Road map as plan into practice and control the self in solving problems.

Which were found propriety, feasibility, utility and accuracy with the theory, principles and concept of the research.