SITUATIONS, NEEDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED LEARNING MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS UNDER NAKHON PHANOM PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1
Abstract:
The development of integrated learning management is critical to teaching and
learning management related to 21st century learning standards. The purposes of this research were
(1) to examine the current situations and the desirable situations, (2) to assess the needs, and
(3) to develop the guidelines for the development of integrated learning management. The samples
consisted of 430 school administrators and teachers followed the percent criteria in the sample size
specification, and they were selected by Simple Random Sampling. There were 4 instruments used
in this research: (1) a questionnaire about the current situations of integrated learning management
with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) between .80-1.00, the discrimination between .57-.88, and
the reliability of .97; (2) a questionnaire about the desirable situations of integrated learning
management with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) between .80-1.00, the discrimination between
.59-.87, and the reliability of .97; (3) a structured-interview form with the Index of Item Congruence
(IC) between .80-1.00; and (4) a suitability and possibility assessment form of integrated learning
management with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) of 1.00. The statistics used were percentage,
mean, standard deviation, and the index modified Priority Needs Index (PNI Modified).
The results revealed that (1) the overall current situations of integrated learning
management were at the high level, and the overall desirable situations of integrated learning
management were at the highest level. (2) The overall needs of integrated learning management
revealed higher than the overall value in 2 aspects, namely Integration within the classroom and
integration within the subject group, respectively. (3) The guidelines for the development of
integrated learning management were as follows: 1) integration within the classroom teachers
should teach using learning activities that are consistent with the objectives so that students can
solve problems by themselves and can be applied to solve problems.; 2) integration between subject
groups, teachers should teach content related to the daily life of students. There should be some
teaching and learning activities that promote thinking skills in life-related content; 3) integration
within the subject group, teachers should give importance to learners to create their own knowledge
and teachers can organize a variety of teaching and learning activities; 4) integrated teaching within
the class level, teachers should provide experiences for self-learning and learning from others.
Mixed class arrangement is a management style that brings students from different classes to learn
at the same time. The effective classroom management is essential to arrange teachers for mixed
classes and take into account background information. The results of development guideline
assessment revealed the suitability and the possibility in overall at the highest level and the high
level, respectively.