Guideline for Enhancing the Instructional Management to Develop Career Skills of High School Students in Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

This research aimed to: (1) examine the problems of instructional management for developing career skills among secondary school students; (2) compare instructional management for developing career skills among secondary school students, classified by school size; and (3) explore guidelines for enhancing instructional management to develop career skills among secondary school students. The study employed a survey research design. The sample consisted of 384 teachers from secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in the 2024 academic year, selected through stratified random sampling based on school size. In addition, eight key informants participated in in-depth interviews. The research instruments included a questionnaire on instructional management for developing career skills among secondary school students, with a reliability coefficient of 0.91, and a semi-structured interview protocol focusing on guidelines for enhancing instructional management. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and content analysis.
The research findings were as follows:
1. The overall instructional management for developing career skills among secondary school students was at a high level (𝑥̄ = 3.92, S.D. = 0.70), with high mean scores in integrating career skills into core subjects, organizing student development activities, independent study, and project-based learning related to careers.
2. There were no statistically significant differences in instructional management for developing career skills among secondary schools of different sizes; and
3. The guidelines for enhancing instructional management derived from the interviews indicated that schools should integrate instructional content with essential careers, promote the use of active learning processes, enhance student motivation, foster collaboration with external organizations, support students’ self-management, apply diverse assessment and evaluation methods, provide platforms for presenting students’ career-related work, and promote participatory learning.