The purposes of this study were to 1) to study current and problem conditions of teachers’ learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking 2) to develop teachers’ learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking based on alternatives and participatory action plan, and 3) to follow up teachers’ developmental results for enhancing students’ analytical thinking in Non Pho Sri Wittakom school.
The target group of this study were administrators, teachers and students; 26 co-researchers and 63 informants. There were 2 phases of this participatory action research as follows; phase 1: research preparation, phase 2: 2 cycles of research practice and phase 3: result summarization. The research tools were a questionnaire, a self-assessment form, a behavior observation form, an interview form and supervisory record form. The quantitative data were statistically analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation while qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis.
The research findings were as follows;
1. A study of current and problem conditions of teachers’ learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking in Non Pho Sri Wittakom school were 1) according to current condition, the students were not enhanced analytical thinking, so they could not relate and construct their own knowledge and 2) according to problem condition, teachers were not developed to enhance students’ analytical thinking.
2. The development of teachers’ learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking based on alternatives and participatory action plan in phase 1: the guidelines for development consisted of 1) workshop 2) supervision and monitoring and in phase 2: the guideline for development was coaching supervision.
3. The results of teacher development in learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking were as follows; 1) teachers’ awareness toward learning management for enhancing students’ analytical thinking was at highest level, 2) teachers’ abilities of creating their lesson plans for enhancing students’ analytical thinking was at highest level, and 3) the improvement of students’ learning behaviors for enhancing students’ analytical thinking was at highest level. |