Educational Quality Development and Local Development Projects with Higher Education Institutions as Mentor: to Support Teaching and Learning for Elementary Schools by St Theresa International College
Abstract
The educational quality development and local development projects with higher education institutions as
mentor: to support teaching and learning for elementary schools by St Theresa International College the purpose (1)
to assess the reading ability of students in schools (2) to assess learning resources and local wisdom including
integrated learning of students and the local development to support being a tourist city of Nakornnayok province,
and (3) to assess the use of english for communication for students. The number of teachers and the number of
students participating in the project with the network of St Theresa International College, a total of 13 schools, with
a total of 2,176 teachers and students participating, divided into 143 teachers (6.57%) and 2,033 students (93.43%).
The results of the project found that a number of activities organized by schools are in line with the government's
policy on promoting learning and developing skills for all ages. Focusing on school development along with teacher
development, 12 activities (27.91%), preparing Thai people for the 21st century, learning and innovation skills, 12
activities (27.91%) and found that there are activities that are in line with the ministerial policy, namely create and
develop innovation (community innovation, social innovation) of 19 activities (44.18%) activities to develop english
communication skills for learners it was found that it was the most daily activity (41.93%), followed by language
reading and simple conversation (32.26%) and activities for students to record clips to practice self-introduction
(22.58%). From YouTube the least (3.23%) satisfaction and project performance assessment results by project
participants according to the Kirkpatrick assessment framework consist of 4 aspects of assessment: reaction,
learning, behavior, and results. Classified by aspect and overall it was found that the results of the project evaluation
behavior had the highest mean (mean=4.44, S.D.=.26), followed by reaction (mean=4.35, S.D.=.27), with the result
evaluation having a low mean. Ultimate (mean=4.29, S.D.=.28)