Trends of Educational Management for Unity and Peace of Countries in ASEAN Community

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to synthesize the state of educational management in past and present of countries in ASEAN community, 2) to develop framework of trends in educational management for the unity of countries in ASEAN community, and 3) To propose trends and set strategy of educational management for peace of countries in ASEAN community. Future Research using Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) was designed and the target group was educational personnel from ten ASEAN countries. Research tools were interview schedule and questionnaires. Qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis and analytic induction, and quantitative data from EDFR questionnaires were analyzed using median, mode and interquartile range as descriptive statistics. Research results were showed as follows: 1. Educational management in past and present in ASEAN community showed that most of the educational policy in ASEAN countries depending on the government, the curriculums and instructions focus on child center education and students are trained for 21st century skills, teachers conduct research for solving and developing student learning. Teacher training is also an important part of educational development. However, some ASEAN countries still need further development in term of resources and budget of educational development and research. 2. Framework of trends in educational management for the unity in ASEAN community consisted of 5 aspects which were 1) the curriculum of humanism which supported the harmonization and collaboration, 2) the strategic planning came from local people, 3) teaching and instruction were integrated between scientific methods and religious methods, 4) the gap of educational problem should be implemented through action research and religious principle, and 5) all religions were integrated for peaceful coexistence consisted of good for human kind, conduct good action, avoid bad action and purify our mind. 3. Trends of educational management for peace of countries in ASEAN community showed 12 aspects of bringing together to be the top in 2030 and can be developed through educational strategies. Six strategic aspects of educational management for peace in ASEAN community were synthesized consisted of strategy 1 develop teachers and administrators, strategy 2 collaborate curriculum and assessment, strategy 3 enhance teaching and instruction, strategy 4 encourage educational research, strategy 5 facilitate educational opportunity, and strategy 6 develop educational management. Analysis results from Ethnographic Delphi Future Research ( EDFR) technique indicated that 6 strategies and 26 goals have been accepted the consensus from experts all items which showed that the expert group had correlated agreement on ASEAN education strategic plan. The scenario was shown in ASEAN education roadmap to predict the future of education that to move towards education cooperation in 2018, to be a unity in education in 2020, to have education for peace in 2022, and to make ASEAN community full of unity and peace of education in 2024.