English Teachers' Understanding of Thailand Basic Education Core Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Vibulphol, Jutarat; Prabjandee, Denchai; Chantharattana, Meena; Bupphachuen, Praew
Titel	English Teachers' Understanding of Thailand Basic Education Core Curriculum
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 14 (2021) 11, S.128-143 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Teacher Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; National Curriculum; Core Curriculum; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Trend Analysis; Teaching Experience; Teacher Qualifications; Curriculum Development; Educational Policy; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lehrerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kerncurriculum; Ausland; Trendanalyse; Lehrqualifikation; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie
Abstract	This qualitative study aimed at exploring English teachers' understanding of the Basic Education Core Curriculum in Thailand and to investigate the contributing factors. The selected research with triangulation design was used to analyze the data, which was obtained from 66 English teachers. The drawings and questionnaire data showed that most teachers possessed 'impeding understanding', which may interfere with the development of a localized school curriculum. No clear trend was found in the present study on how teachers' professional experiences, teachers' qualifications, professional development activities, and involvement in curriculum development may contribute to teachers' comprehension, as suggested in previous studies. The findings on teachers' lack of understanding of the Core Curriculum after ten years of its implementation indicate the pressing needs to carefully design the implementation of the new national curriculum the Ministry of Education is developing. Effective communication processes and continual in-service professional development activities are recommended. Further investigation on how to effectively provide in-service professional development activities in Thai schools to promote teachers' understanding of a new educational policy will be needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01