The Study on the Administration of School Curriculum in Schools under the Local Government Organization, Mueang District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the administration of school curriculum and guidelines for the development of school curriculum administration in schools under the local government organization, Mueang District, Lamphun Province. The sample consisted of 140 school administrators and teachers, 6 qualified interviewers. The tools used were questionnaires, and interview forms. Statistics used included the mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.

The results revealed that school curriculum administration under the Lamphun Local Government Organization, in overall, was at a high level, each aspect was as follows;   preparation of the school, implementation of the curriculum, planning of curriculum management, supervision and monitor, evaluation of curriculum implementation, respectively.

Guidelines for the development of school curriculum were as follows: they should study the problem conditions of the school in order to prepare a curriculum that is consistent with the school context, include information and communication technology courses in each learning group, use information and communication technology to assist in teaching management, store student information up to date, and easy to access, provide supervision planning for the use of the school curriculum as a step by step, positive monitor the use of the curriculum by creating an understanding of those who receive supervision and providing reflection on the results of school supervision. The school develop the curriculum to be up-to-date. There should be freedom to administer the curriculum, changes in information technology, appoint an internal supervision committee to monitor and review the use of the school curriculum. The results of the evaluation of the use of the school curriculum should be used to develop the school curriculum to be appropriate to school context.