Strengthening Teachers' Work Engagement and Learning Management Ability to Enhance Innovative Thinking Competency of Students in Small-sized Schools under Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office
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The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop a curriculum to strengthen teacherís engagement in learning management and integrated learning management ability for developing innovative thinking competency of students in small-sized schools in Loei, 2) to evaluate the results of curriculum development as regards these topics, and 3) to develop innovative thinking competency for students in small-sized schools in Loei. The samples consisted of: 1) 12 key informants, 2) 10 teachers in small-sized schools, and 3) 24 students studying in those small-sized schools. The research tools comprised: 1) a focus group interview protocol, 2) a teacher development curriculum, 3) an assessment form to evaluate the teacher development curriculum, 4) an assessment of learning management ability, 5) a management lesson plan, 6) an assessment form to evaluate the learning management plan, and 7) an assessment form to evaluate innovative thinking competency. The key results were as follows. 1) The curriculum was appropriate at a high level. 2) Teachers' posttest scores after attending the developed curriculum were statistically significantly improved at the .05 level., and 3) students in the experimental group had higher level of innovative thinking competency than those in the control group.
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