Approach of basic education management for careers development of Thailand

Abstract

This study was qualitative research aimed to study approach of basic education management for careers development of schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. Research resources and sampling as follow (1) basic education for careers development documents of Thailand, Germany, England, United States, Finland, Australia, Taiwan, and Singapore (2) 24 interesting practice schools (3) People who experienced with basic education management for careers development whose are school administrators, teachers, and supervisor
of schools under Office of the Basic Education Commission and Secondary Educational Service Area Office, and the experts of Division of Academic and Professional skills Department of the Vocational Collage, Local government organization, Institute of skilled Development and the business. Research instruments include (1) Fieldwork data collection (2) Regional group discussion template (3) National group discussion template. Data were analyzed by using (1) Content Analysis (2) Analytic Analysis (3) Typological Analysis (4) Comparative Analysis. The results of research show the approach of basic education management for careers development of Thailand are (1) Local curriculum should be consistency with the community context and requirement. (2) To design learning and teaching for students to have actual experiences in business. (3) Cooperate with enterprises and the community in designing the curriculum and teaching activities. (4) The strategy “Reinforcement, fulfill dreams, expand the basic educational opportunity into careers”