The State of the Instructional Management of Jakhay Performance Skill Course in Bachelor of Education Program

Abstract

This research aimed to study the state of five aspects of the instructional management of a Jakhay performance skill course in a Bachelor of Education program: learning objectives, contents, instructional activities, instructional media, measurements and evaluations. The research employed a qualitative method by collecting data from the course syllabus and interviews of teachers and graduates. Data were analyzed by using interpretation for creating inductive conclusions and presented by the descriptive method.

The findings showed that 1) the learning objectives aimed at developing the essential skills and knowledge of jakhay performance, connecting principles of the performance in order to improve performance skill, music performance and teaching skills and knowledge of jakhay performance, 2) the contents were consistent and linked to the learning objectives and focused on songs and principles of performance by the Thai classical string category of Thai classical music standard criteria at levels 7 - 9 and the relevant contexts, 3) the instructional activities were conducted by demonstration combined with lecture, discussion, analysis and practice, and adapted to students’ abilities, 4) the instructional media consisted of musical instruments, published media, multimedia, and music classrooms and 5) the measurements and evaluations covered the learning objectives and the contents and used authentic assessment: observations, interviews, and  xaminations. There were three st eps of assessment: namely, pre-test, in-class test and post-test assessment with concentration on the development of each student.