A STUDY ON CONDITIONS, PROBLEMS AND GUIDELINES FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NONGBUALUMPU PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research included: 1) to study the conditions and problems of early childhood school curriculum management; and 2) to study guidelines for solving the problems of early childhood school curriculum management of private schools in Nongbualumpu Province. The research methodology consisted of 2 phases including: phare1, quantitative research i.e. studying conditions and problems of the school curriculum management. The samples consisted of 63 school administrators, head of early childhood academic affairs and kindergarten teachers of 21 different private schools. The research instrument was a 5 – rating scale questionnaire with a reliability at .97. The data were analyzed by basic statistics were mean and standard deviation; phase 2: qualitative research i.e. studying guidelines for solving problems of early childhood school curriculum management. The key informants were 9 school administrators, head of early childhood academic affairs and kindergarten teachers and 7 professionals for assessing the possibility. The samples were purposively selected. The instrument used were structured interviews and the assessment form of possibility. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage and mean. The results of the research were as follows. 1) The condition of early childhood school curriculum management of the private schools in Nongbualumpu Province was at a high level. 2) The problem of early childhood school curriculum management of private schools in Nongbualumpu Province was at a low level. 3) The guidelines for solving the problems of early childhood school curriculum management consisted 5 aspects including: (1) the preparation of the schools; (2) construction of the school curriculum; (3) implementation of the curriculum (4) supervision, monitoring, evaluation and following-up; (5) development of the curriculum. 4) The possibility of guidelines for solving the problems of early childhood school curriculum management was at a highest level.