การพัฒนาหลักสูตรฝึกอบรมที่บูรณาการแนวคิดวงจรคุณภาพ PDCA กับการตระหนักรู้เพื่อส่งเสริมสมรรถนะการประกันคุณภาพภายในของครูศูนย์พัฒนาเด็กเล็ก

บทคัดย่อ

This Article aimed to study 1) the background, current problems, and needs regarding the development of internal quality assurance competence among teachers at early childhood development centers, 2) the development of a training curriculum integrating the PDCA quality cycle and awareness to enhance the aforementioned competence, and 3) the effectiveness of the developed training curriculum. The sample was 497 early childhood development center teachers. They were selected by voluntary participation. The instrument for collecting data was a five-point rating scale questionnaire, a knowledge test, a report writing performance assessment, and an attitude scale. Analysis data by descriptive statistics and content analysis.

The research results were found as follows;

          1) The current internal quality assurance competence of the teachers was found to be at a moderate level, while the desired level was rated as very high, indicating a significant gap and need for development.

          2) The training curriculum, developed by integrating the PDCA cycle with awareness, was validated by a panel of seven experts through a focus group process. The pilot implementation with 20 teachers resulted in a finalized curriculum consisting of 8 components and 12 training units.

          3) The effectiveness study showed that the curriculum significantly improved all aspects of competence: knowledge (average score = 86.17; 96.67% scored above 80%), report writing skills (average score = 90.93; 100% scored above 75%), and attitudes (average score = 87.07; 100% scored above 70%), confirming the curriculum’s success in enhancing internal quality assurance competencies among the target group.