Contemporary Challenges
Educational Management in Past and Present in ASEAN Community
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Dr. Lampong Klomkul, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phra Rajvaramethi Inkrungkao
Education in ASEAN countries have different aspects of educational management and have their own identities of educational policy for exploring the similarity and difference of each country. The purpose of this research was to synthesize the state of educational management in past and present of countries in ASEAN community. In-depth interview was used for data collection with 20 educators from ASEAN countries. Data were analyzed by using content analysis and analytic induction. Results of educational management in past and present in ASEAN community showed that most of the educational policy in ASEAN countries depending on the government, the curriculum and instructions focus on child center education and students are trained for 21st century skills, teachers conduct research for solving and developing student learning. Teacher training is also an important part of educational development. However, some ASEAN countries still need further development in term of resources and budget of educational development and research.
Trends of Educational Management for Unity and Peace of Countries in ASEAN Community
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phra Rajvaramethi Inkrungkao, Dr. Lampong Klomkul
Educational management for unity and peace of countries in ASEAN community was focused in this research article. The purpose was to propose trends and set strategy of educational management for unity and peace of countries in ASEAN community. Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) was used for research design and the target group was educational personnel from ten ASEAN countries. Research tools were interview schedule and questionnaires. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis and analytic induction, and quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results indicated that six strategies of educational management were set for unity and peace of countries in ASEAN community which were to develop teachers and administrators, collaborate curriculum and assessment, enhance teaching and instruction, encourage educational research, facilitate educational opportunity, and develop educational management.The analyzed result from Ethnographic Delphi Future Research technique showed that 6 strategies and 26 goals have been accepted with the consensus from experts all items. Each item showed that median of strategies and goals was between 4.00 to 5.00, the absolute of median and mode difference equal to 0 in all items, interquartile range were between 0.00 – 1.00 which showed that the expert group had correlated agreement on ASEAN education strategic plan.
Challenging Neoliberal Ideas in Education: CGScholar’s Seven Affordances, Learning Analytics and Mastery Learning
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Rita van Haren
Neoliberal ideas such as accountability and the marketization of schooling have resulted in more test-based assessment and prescribed curricula. As test scores level out and even stagnate, people are looking for alternatives. This session will focus on how Australian and US teachers of grades 3-10 have explored different approaches to teach writing. These have included using the affordances of technology such as collaboration, metacognition and active knowledge making in online discussion forums, and recursive feedback using rubrics for structured writing and peer review. The session will also explore CGScholar’s analytics and how they support self-regulation of learning and Bloom’s ideas to achieve mastery.
