Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to develop and evaluate a model for application of the sufficiency economy philosophy in instructional management of the higher education level. The research process comprised the following seven main research steps: the first step was the setting of the conceptual framework; the second step was the development of the first draft model; the third step was the appropriateness verification of the developed first draft model; the fourth step was the improvement and presentation of the improved model; the fifth step was the development of instructors of education program at the higher education; the sixth step was the experiment and evaluation of the model; and the seventh step was focus group the reporting of research results from the experimentation of the model. The sources of data for the study were documents, research studies, and data collected from the questionnaires and evaluation forms. Research data were analyzed with the use of content analysis, frequency distribution, percentage, focus group the reporting of research results from the experimentation of the model by experts; and efficiency evaluation of the model.
Research findings showed that.
1. The developed model for application of the sufficiency economy philosophy in instructional
management of the higher education level was developed based on the following components :
1.1 Rationale of the developed model for application of the sufficiency economy philosophy in instructional management of the higher level which created the achievement that could be efficiently and sustainable implemented under the change circumstance.
1.2Name of the model which consisted of six principles, two components, and four processes, with the English name of Twelve Plus Model.
1.3 Practice guidelines for the developed model for application of the sufficiency economy philosophy in instructional management of the higher level for effecting on the efficiency and beneficial instructional management based on 6 principles and 2 components and 4 processes Twelve Plus Model was compiled as instructional follows : (1) management (2) courses management (3) management process (4) activities management (5) students and instructors development in teaching and learning (6) increasing efficiency for instruction (7) sufficiency in instruction management (8) immunity in instruction management (9) adjustment on course outlines and content details (10) adjustment on activities (11) adjustment on media, learning resources and other factors and (12) adjustment on measurement and evaluation.
2. Evaluation results of the implementation of the model for application of the sufficiency economy philosophy in instructional management of the higher education level to the higher level standard criterion.
3. Evaluation results of their students potential the sufficiency competency in instructors of education program.
3.1 The students potential to equip them with sufficiency competency at study in instructors of education program that were accepted at the higher level in every aspect, namely, the ethical and moral aspect, the social aspect, the mental aspect, and the cognitive aspect, respectively.
3.2 The students who have been trained in the course namely preventing of pollution, physics, and sciences equip the sufficiency competency that were accepted at the highest level, on the other hand, the course namely statistics, environment law the students could not pass the criterion standards of satisfaction level.