The Development of Teacher Training Curriculum on Learning Management to Develop Students’ Analytical Thinking in Thailand

AbstractThe purposes of the present research were 1) to develop a teacher training curriculum on learning management to develop student's analytical thinking, 2) to implement the teacher training curriculum and to assess its effectiveness and 3) to study the student's analytical thinking as a result of learning management emphasizes analytical thinking. The research employed Research and Development Design consisting of 3 phases of study. The first phase involved the development of a teacher training curriculum. The second phase was for the implementation and assessment for the effectiveness of the curriculum. The target group consisted of 24 teachers who taught Science, Thai Language, Social Studies, Religions and Culture learning areas in the schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Education Service Area 1, Ministry of Education, Thailand. The third phase was for the study the student's analytical thinking as a result of learning management emphasizes analytical thinking. The target group in this third phase consisted of 824 students in grades 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 from 24 classrooms who were taught by the 24 teachers that had been trained for learning management emphasizing analytical thinking. Results of the research are as follows