THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AT THE BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL FOR LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES, 2020, ACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS’ OPINIONS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION BUREAU

Abstract

This exploratory research’s objectives were 1) to study the results of the administration of the non-formal education curriculum at the basic education level for learners with disabilities, and 2) to compare the administration of the non-formal education curriculum at the basic education level for learners with disabilities in 2020 according to the teachers’ education background and work experience. The study adapted the concept proposed by special education bureau as its framework. The sample selected in this study by stratified random sampling was 320 teachers of special education center of special education bureau in the semester B.E. 2565. Questionnaire was utilized as the research tool to obtain data to be analyzed by the basic statistics; mean, standard deviation (S.D.) and one-way ANOVA.
The findings revealed that: 1) According to the first objective, teachers of the special education center of special education bureau perceived the administration of the non-formal education curriculum at the basic education level for learners with disabilities at high level. The variable with the highest score was ‘education system management to support and improve’, whereas the variable with the lowest score was ‘curriculum development report and adjustment’. 2) According to the second objective, 2.1 teachers with different education background perceived the administration of the non-formal education curriculum at the basic education level for learners with disabilities both overall and each variable differently at significance level of 0.05. Additionally, 2.2 teachers of the special education center with different work experience perceived the variables of ‘education system management to support and improve’ and ‘supervising, monitoring and evaluation’ differently at significance level of 0.05.