DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF TEACHERS IN TERMS OF CREATIVITY SKILLS FOR TEACHING PROFESSION COMPETENCY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS STUDENTS IN NAKHONRATCHASIMA COLLEGE

Abstract

The research aimed 1) to study the problems and needs to develop a learning organization to improve the creativity skills of the teacher profession for early childhood teacher students Nakhon Ratchasima college, 2) to develop a curriculum to enhance the teachers’ competence in creativity skills for early childhood teacher students, and 3) to study the results of using the teacher enhancing curriculum to improve the creativity skills for early childhood teacher students. The research was conducted in three stages: 1) study of basic information, 2) develop the curriculum for improving the teachers’ skills to creativity, and 3) apply the curriculum and correction. The samples were 20 early childhood teachers in Nakhon Ratchasima college in the second semester of the academic year 2020. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings were that 1 ) it was necessary to improve the learners’ creativity skills, especially in terms of teachers’ knowledge, and ability to design and manage learning. 2) The curriculum for enhancing the teachers’ competence consisted of five components: principles of the curriculum, objectives of the curriculum, contents of the curriculum, learning organization, and evaluation. The curriculum as evaluated by experts was found to be suitable at a high level. 3) The teachers who were developed according to the curriculum had a higher understanding of the creativity skills at a statistical significance of .01 and the highest level of satisfaction.