Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the current and the desirable states of STEM education learning management for secondary school teachers in Nakhon Nayok province, and 2) to propose guidelines for development of STEM education learning management for secondary school teachers.
The samples of this research consisted of 339 secondary school teachers in Nakhon Nayok province. The samples were selected by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a dual response questionnaire with the reliability of .85. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, Priority Needs Index (PNIModified), and content analysis.
The research results revealed that: 1) the current state of STEM education learning management for secondary school teachers with the overall average was at the medium level and the desirable state of STEM education learning management for secondary school teachers with the overall average was at the high level. 2) The guidelines for development of STEM education learning management for secondary school teachers included the following items: (1) administrators promote the concept, principles and teaching design to enable learners to find knowledge and solve problems systematically, (2) administrators promote techniques for organizing various learning activities, (3) administrators encourage teachers to give students the opportunity to express their opinions on various issues in order to check learners' knowledge and understanding, and (4) teachers can arrange various types of assessment, respectively.