Abstract:
This research intended to develop a models and the training curriculum for section chief in vocational education Institutes based on development of routine to research. The efficiency evaluation of training curriculum for section chief in vocational education Institutes based on the concept of routine to research, was conducted through 9 research steps, i.e. situation and needs analysis, synthesis of routine to research, development of draft model, evaluation of the model appropriateness, development of the training curriculum, evaluation of the training curriculum, trial of the program, implementation with the target group, and evaluation. The target group in the trial step consisted of 25 persons while that of the implementation was 20 persons with the qualification according to the set criteria. The questionnaire was used to survey 108 vocational institutes on 788 persons consisting of management team and section chief. Research statistics included percentage, arithmetic mean, and SD with the results as follows.
1. Model of the training curriculum development for section chief in vocational education Institutes based on development of routine to research according to Pisit Methapatara Model revealed that the program consisted of analysis steps, synthesis of the topic, modification of the topic, and objectives, developed program consisting of content, evaluation, teaching media, and activities of routine to research under the Deming Cycle. After that, the handbook was constructed according to the objectives, then trial with the target group. Finally, the developed program was evaluated through CIPP Model. The specialists evaluated this program with high appropriateness. 2. The development of this training curriculum consisted of 5 topics, i.e. 1) define the research problem, 2) review literature and related researches, 3) design the research, 4) collect data, and statistics 5) report the routine to research and results research to apply. It was found that the developed research reached the efficiency of 84.21/82.05 and the efficiency of implementation was 82.76/81.50 higher than the set criteria at 80/80.
3. The results of the program evaluation by CIPP Model showed that the trainees reported high satisfaction and the follow-up study evaluated by the specialists on 4 colleges was at high level.