THE TRAINING MODEL FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST INTEGRATION IN THE BANGKOK DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The objectives of this research were; 1) to study the training for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, 2) to develop a training model for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, according to Buddhist integration, and 3) to propose the training model for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, according to Buddhist integration principle. The mixed research methods were used in the study. The data were collected by in-depth interviews with 26 key-informants and focus group discussions with 9 experts, and then analyzed by content analysis. A training model was tried out with 30 controlled samples and examined by 4 standard evaluation criteria from 384 samples. The data were analyzed by mean, percentage and standard deviation.

        The research results found that;

1. The training program for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, had 7 stages; 1) Requirement analysis, 2) Objective setting, 3) Training course design, 4) Sorting out training activity and technique, 5) Pretest and posttest evaluation design, 6) Training operation, and 7) Measurement and evaluation of the training outcome. The training requirement had 4 aspects; 1) Creative thinking consisted of ability to utilize limited materials, knowledge transferring methods, and how to create relaxation among the trainees, 2) Self-development consisted of emotion control and discipline or duty responsibility, 3) Unity development consisted of teamwork, sacrifice and sympathy, 4) Communication development consisted of communication with trainees, internal school communication and inter-school communication.


2. The development of a training model for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, integrated with principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path and tried out with 30 teachers and educational personnel indicated that the average level of development in creative thinking, self-development, unity development, and communication development after training was higher than before training with a significant statistic figure at 0.01


3. The result of examination and evaluation of the training model for teachers and educational personnel in Department of Education, Bangkok, according to Buddhist integration was at a high level overall. The highest level was on appropriateness, followed by accuracy, feasibility, and usefulness respectively. The body of knowledge could be concluded in ABT Model or Ariyasacca Based Training Model.