Expected and Actual Learning Outcomes of Teacher Students Based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education

Titiworada Polyiem

doi:10.5539/jel.v10n6p18

Abstract

The major objectives of the research were to evaluate and compare expected and actual learning outcomes of teacher students based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Thailand. The key informants were one hundred and eighteen 1st and 2nd year of teacher students from one university in 2020. The research instrument was a questionnaire on five domains of the national qualifications framework for higher education in Thailand. The data were analyzed by a statistical procedure: percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Paired-samples t-test and content analysis were employed for the study. The research findings indicated that the overall expected learning outcomes and actual learning outcomes regarding the five domains of the national qualifications frameworks were at a high level. The expected learning outcomes and actual learning outcomes regarding the comparison of the expected learning outcomes and actual learning outcomes with the national qualifications framework were not different.

Highlights

Education is the best way for human resource development as well as country development
1) Study on documents and research relating to construction of a questionnaire on the factors concerned with expected learning outcomes and actual learning outcomes based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Thailand
2) Design scope of contents and structure of questionnaire on the factors concerned with expected learning outcomes and actual learning outcomes based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Thailand relating to the definition of keywords

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Education is the best way for human resource development as well as country development. The National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999) and Amendments, the Second National Education Act B.E. 2545 (2002), focus on creating good, intelligent and happy Thai citizenships based on learner centered instruction (Khampirat et al, 2020). According to the previous educational reform of Thailand, the educational has been reformed in pre-school education, basic education and higher education throughout Thailand. Office of Higher Education Commission in Thailand has established the official regulations for higher education since 2005. The university curriculum has to be developed every five years for the desired characteristics of students based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (Pitiyanuwat et al, 2017). Learning Outcomes (LO) are an important indicator for the quality of students consisting of ethics and morals, knowledge, cognitive skills, interpersonal relation and responsibilities, including analytical skills in number, communication and information technology application (Siribanpitak, 2018)

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