Abstract:
To construct and develop criteria of quality assurance for four Faculties of Education under the Ministry of University Affairs Quality Assurance Pilot Project. The nine aspects were developed by the Ministry of University Affairs as follows: (1) Philosophy, Vision, Objectives and Plan (2) Learning and Teaching (3) Outside Classroom Activities (4) Research (5) Public Service (6) Cultural and Arts Preservation (7) Administration and Management (8) Finance and Budgeting (9) Quality Assurance System and Mechanism. the auditing criteria of quality assurance performance were constructed from the analysis of documents and interviewing experts in Faculties of Education in four universities ; Chulalongkorn University, Burapha University, Kasetsart University and Srinakharinwirot University. The results were used to construct, questionnaires. The sample group used in this investigation included 550 administrators' instructors and government officials. 245 questionnaires were obtained. The results from the questionnaires showed low reliability thus serveral screening out methods were used by considering (1) respondents' comments (2) incomplete questionnaires (3) matching job with respondents. After three consecutive screening techniques were used, one hundred and fifty-nine questionnaires were analyzed, 5 levels of auditing criteria were obtained and content validity was reported by 7 experts in the area of education.