A Curriculum Administration Model for Development of English Language Teaching in Schools under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area 1

Abstract

             The purposes of the study were 1) to study a condition of the model of curriculum administration to develop English language teaching, 2) to develop a model of curriculum administration to enhance English language teaching, and 3) to propose a model of curriculum administration to enhance English language teaching. The study was a qualitative method by in-depth interviewing 10 involved people consisting of in-depth interview 3 informants in terms of the current status, 7 experts in group discussion.

             Results indicated that the models of curriculum administration to develop English language teaching were 1) the current state of curriculum management of most schools follows the learner centeredness including extra-curricular activities adhering to the basic education standards; 2) the curriculum development model for improvement of the teaching of English in all 7 missions were as follows; (1) as for the preparation, the school has realized and create understanding among personnel to be aware of the curriculum development, (2) course processing in a compact, ease, and conducing to teaching and learning, (3) processes, methods and procedures in implementing the curriculum,(4) course management based on standards suitable for students, (5) supervision, monitoring, evaluation by set criteria, (6) summary of operations following forms following the course objectives, and (7) the improvement of curriculum management process per the PDCA system; 3) 3) with regard to a proposal of the curriculum management model for the development of English language teaching, it was found that the teaching process and methods were per the objectives of the model created by the researcher through approval from experienced experts. They agreed that the aforementioned model was appropriate, useful and encouraged learners to meet the target characteristics, resulting in increased learning efficiency and effectiveness.