Reviews of National Policies for Education Education in Thailand An OECD-UNESCO Perspective (eBook)

Foreword 5
Acknowledgements 7
Table of contents 9
Acronyms and abbreviations 15
Executive summary 17
Curriculum 17
Student assessment 18
Teachers and school leaders 18
The use of ICT in education 18
A long-term strategy for education reform 19
Assessment and recommendations 21
Introduction 21
Thailand's education curriculum 22
Student assessment in Thailand 25
Thailand's teachers and school leaders 27
Thailand's information and communication technology in education 31
Moving forward 34
Bibliography 38
Chapter 1. Thailand’s education system 39
Country overview 40
The education system in Thailand 47
Recent education reforms 55
Conclusions 59
Notes 59
Bibliography 60
Chapter 2. The basic education system in Thailand: A comparative policy perspective 65
Introduction 66
Inputs 66
Access and participation 73
Educational processes 80
Student outcomes 82
Efficiency 88
Conclusions 88
Bibliography 90
Chapter 3. Thailand's education curriculum 95
Introduction 96
Policy Issue 1: Thailand’s intended curriculum lacks clarity, consistency and relevance 101
Policy Issue 2: Education staff need more training and support to implement the standards-based curriculum 115
Policy Issue 3: Thailand has limited capacity to assess how well the curriculum has delivered its intended outcomes 120
Policy Issue 4: Thailand’s curriculum review processes need to be put into practice 123
Conclusion 129
Notes 130
Bibliography 131
Annex 3.A1. Summary of the structure and contents of the Basic Education Core Curriculum (2008) 133
Chapter 4. Student assessment in Thailand 135
Introduction 136
The Thai context 138
Policy Issue 1: Thailand needs to build assessment capacity right across its education system 147
Policy Issue 2: National assessments need to offer greater validity and comparability of results 155
Policy Issue 3: Thailand does not have the right mix of assessment instruments to measure the full range of skills students need 167
Conclusion 177
Notes 178
Bibliography 179
Annex 4.A1. The information request made by the OECD/UNESCO team to the National Institute of Educational Testing Service 187
Chapter 5. Thailand’s teachers and school leaders 191
Introduction 192
Policy Issue 1: Teacher preparation is inadequate to support the country’s education reforms 198
Policy Issue 2: Thailand lacks a holistic strategy for professional development 206
Policy Issue 3: Administrative burdens, particularly in rural schools, keep teachers away from the classroom 216
Policy Issue 4: Thailand is not making effective use of the school leaders’ role to improve teaching and learning in an increasingly decentralised system. 222
Policy Issue 5: Thailand’s procedures for teacher deployment fail to meet local and national school workforce needs 229
Conclusions 242
Notes 243
Bibliography 244
Chapter 6. Thailand's information and communication technology in education 251
Introduction 252
Policy Issue 1: Thailand lacks the infrastructure to support effective ICT use in schools 256
Policy Issue 2: Digital learning materials are not yet fully incorporated into the basic education system 266
Policy Issue 3: Teachers need more confidence and capacity to use ICT effectively in the classroom 270
Policy Issue 4: Thailand lacks adequate capacity to monitor and assess ICT use in schools 278
Policy Issue 5: Thailand lacks a coherent framework for its significant investments in ICT 284
Conclusions 287
Notes 288
Bibliography 289
Annex A. Contribution of stakeholders in Thailand 296