The Development of Informal Education of Opportunity Foundation, Nangrong District, Buriram Province
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The Development of Educational Management, Informal Education, Opportunity FoundationAbstract
To support and improve learning in response to the unique needs of each student requires a variety of important principles and methods that are beneficial to learners. Therefore, this research aims to study the development problems, development guidelines, and the development results of The Development of Informal Education of Opportunity Foundation, Nangrong District, Buriram Province. Target groups were determined without relying on probability using a specific selection method, consisting of a group of 18 development partners and volunteers, 4 key informants, 15 learners, a total of 37 people. Research tools included a problem conditions questionnaire, cognitive assessment form, development evaluation form, participation observation form, and interview form with a consistency index equal to 1.00 for every issue. There are 4 steps in collecting data: diagnosis step, and implementation step by organizing workshops, measurement step by jointly conducting, observing, evaluating project activities, and reflection stage by organizing group discussions. The data was analyzed by analyzing the content in a descriptive format and using descriptive statistics to analyze the average, and standard deviation.
The results of the research found that 1) children in the foundation still lack skills and should be improved and developed. 2) the group of co-researchers and volunteers have the highest level of knowledge and understanding of organizing informal education. 3) environment analysis consists of internal factors: strengths with 18 items, and weaknesses with 15 items, and external factors: opportunities with 13 items, and challenges with 8 items. 4) development guidelines can be determined by 6 development skill projects, totaling 72 indicators. 5) overall development performance is at a high level, and 6) the overall development performance is at a high level. There is a project to develop life skills based on the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy at the first level. As for the project to develop English literacy at an average level with suggestions that is, it should be incorporated into the organization's policy in order to achieve continuous management excellence.
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