NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN ENHANCING STUDENT'S LEARNING POTENTIAL IN EDUCATION EXPANSION SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF UDON THANI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA 3

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This Article aimed to study (1) the current condition of parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential; (2) the expectation for parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential; (3) the needs for parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential; and (4) developmental guidelines for parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential in education expansion schools.The research findings revealed that (1) the overall current condition of parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential was rated at the high level; (2) the overall expected condition of parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential was rated at the highest level; (3) the needs assessment indices were in the range of 0.16 – 0.21; and (4) the main developmental guidelines for parents’ participation in enhancing student’s learning potential could be divided into six aspects as follows: (4.1) in the aspect of child rearing, the parents should encourage their children to engage in physical exercises regularly, and they should provide them with nutritious food; (4.2) in the aspect of communication, the school should organize the meeting with the parents before the start of the semester in order to create the mutual understanding with the parents, and the parents and the homeroom teachers should cooperate in solving the students’ problems; (4.3) in the aspect of voluntariness, the parents should support and promote their children’s readiness on learning materials and equipment, and the school should allow the parents to have opportunity to participate in improving the school environment that facilitates the students’ learning; (4.4) in the aspect of learning at home, the parents should organize activities at home that are consistent with and promote their children’s learning, they should check the correctness and tidiness of their children’s work, and they should organize the home environment that facilitates their children’s learning; (4.5) in the aspect of voluntary-mindedness, the school should allow the parents to have opportunity to participate in determination of the model and methods of learning management as well as participation in monitoring and evaluation of their children’s learning outcomes; and (4.6) in the aspect of cooperation with the community, the parents should encourage their children to participate in community development activities, and they should promote their children’s learning by taking them to study-tour various learning resources.