Development of teacher training curriculum

management learning to develop students'

analytical thinking
in Thailand
 The purpose of this study is 1) to develop teacher training curricula for learning management to
develop students' analytical thinking, 2) to implement teacher training curricula and to assess effectiveness
and 3) to study
Analytical thinking of students as a result of management learning emphasizes analytical thinking.
This study uses Design Research and Development consists of 3 phases of research. The first stage
involves teacher development training curriculum. The second stage is for the implementation and
assessment of curriculum effectiveness. That
group the target consists of 24 teachers who teach Science, Thai Language, Social Sciences, Religion and
Culture study area in school under Khon Kaen Office of Basic Education Service Area 1, Ministry of
Education, Thailand. Third phase is to study students' analytical thinking as a result of management
learning emphasize analytical thinking . The target group in the third stage consisted of 824 students in
grades 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the 24 classrooms taught by 24 teachers who have been trained to learn
management emphasize analytical thinking.
Results of the development of a teacher training curriculum
for management learning to develop students' analytical thinking teacher training
curricula such as those that have been developed consist of 6 components, namely
reasons, curriculum aiming, content structure, management of training, measurement
and evaluation activities, and passing criteria for training that represents all the main
components of an accepted curriculum (Taba, 1962; Tyler, 1970 cited in Marsh &
Willis, 2003). The resulting curriculum is consistent with the results of research by
Aerarunchot (2008); Soonklang (2008); Punprasert (2008); Anekwit (2009) and
Prarajrattanamongkon [Yangthisan] (2011) who indicates that at least 4 components
must be included in the curriculum received , namely curriculum aims, content
structure, activity management training, and measurement and evaluation. The teacher
training curriculum aims at 1) to provide teachers with basic knowledge and
understanding of analytical thinking and to be able to develop their own analytical
thinking and 2) to have sufficient knowledge and understanding of management
learning to develop students' analytical thinking and to be able to prepare stressed
lesson plans analytical thinking.
Training activities as determined in the curriculum aim at 3
aspects of providing teachers with basic knowledge
of analytical thinking, to practice analytical thinking
processes and for management learning that will
develop someone's analytical thinking as it is clear that for a
teacher to be able to teach / students to learn how to think
analytically, he / she must first
understand the thought process and to be able to think
analytically (Baldwin, 1984; Paul, 1985; Shelly &
Wilen, 1988; NCSS, 1989).