Towards Developing an Organizing Framework for Describing the Meaning and Relationships of Education Terms in Education Policies: a Participatory Action Research
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Quality of education depends on a clear understanding of educational terms between manifesto (policy levels) and operations. This article aims to 1) explore the feelings, emotions, and/or opinions of the participants regarding education terms 2) analyze patterns of feelings, emotions, and/or opinions of the participants, and 3) synthesize an organizing framework that link troward those terms participatory action research was conducted in this workshop which has organized and operated by the research team as a keynote speaker since 2013 to 2019. The participants were in-service teachers from both vocational and general educations. Sense information and opinion were collected through an observation and notetaking. Analysis results of major of participants expressed a negative responsibility indicating misunderstanding of education terms. The organizing framework was created as 'Pyramid of educational architecture' which was able to organize those terms systematically. Results of using of the organizing framework in the workshops since 2016 has made the participants to get the new understanding and made positive responsibility.
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