EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
2.6 Educational Innovation
2.7.1 Selection of “One School One Innovation” performances of the Teachers' Council of Thailand is organized every academic year through the process
of innovation performance selection and educational service areas all over the country. The list of innovations passes the assessment criteria based on its quality level and will be submitted to the Secretariat Office of the Teachers' Council of Thailand in order to select which outstanding innovation deserves to be awarded further. The process of submitting innovations to the contest is based on the Council’s rules. Educational institutions can submit only one innovation in any of following categories.
2.7.1.1 Curriculum: Providing a curriculum that corresponds to the core curriculum for developing learners; linking to conservation and development of the environment, culture, new knowledge and desired characteristics based on the context of educational institutions, allowing learners to have knowledge, skills, morals and ethics; supporting each learner to develop competencies by showing the components of the presented curriculum and experiences in which the learners can successfully and happily practice applying their knowledge.
2.7.1.2 Learning process management: Offering opportunities for learners to practice, solve problems, or study; creating new meaningful knowledge based on preferences and interests; discovering knowledge and providing learning with respect to the difference between individuals; respecting the rights and duties of learners; planning and designing activities; managing experiences meaningfully and systemically; aiming for the highest benefits to learners for learning and developing learning from real experiences; thinking, acting and solving problem efficiently.
2.7.1.3 Learning sources: Process of using sources of data, information, local wisdom, natural resources and the environment to encourage learners to be eager to learn, seek for and learn knowledge widely and continuously. Innovation of learning sources should use media for strengthening learners to create the learning process, realize the value of learning sources, and think and develop in order to retain the value of sustainable learning sources.
2.7.1.4 Educational media and technology: Working examples derived through creativity, having traces and evidence of tests or applications to the learning management process, resulting in useful learning to learners; “Printed Media”, such as books, textbooks, magazines, reports, annals, memos, theses, and other printed materials; “Technological Media”, including software produced to be used together with hardware such as video, recording tape, computer assisted instructions, programmed lessons, instructional modules, distance training modules, or any type of multimedia; “Other Media”, single media or additional media, such as personal media, media from resource centers, learning resources, activity media, games showing the learning process, or audio-visual media.
2.7.1.5 Measurement and evaluation: Systemic process of measurement and evaluation; Quality assessment in any aspect of learning by using a variety of methods and tools and emphasizing an authentic assessment and evaluation of results that reflects learning, behavior and practices in the real world of learners in all aspects; Basic data that is used for developing learners further.
2.7.1.6 Administration and management of educational institutions:
Systemic model of educational institution administration and management, decentralizing the powers of all concerned persons who are engaged in decision making and administration together with the directors of educational institutions in terms of developing the budget system, personnel, academic works (especially learning management), and development plan based on requirements of the learners, parents and communities; assigning tasks for preparing strategic plans, improving educational institutions and providing information technology systems.
2.7.1.7 Psychology: Application of psychological knowledge and education coaching to the problem solving process or learner development in educational institutions, allowing learners to live in society happily and learn very
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well, for example, by providing assistance to learners, studying learners case by case and by group, advancing learners into special groups, managing classes, etc.
2.7.2 Assessment Methods for Quality Innovation: Quality assessment for innovation can be categorized into the following levels:
2.7.2.1 Innovation at the educational service area level: The Commission for Educational Service Area, Teachers’ Council of 183 areas evaluates each innovation from documents and CDs according to the assessment criteria for quality specified by the Teachers’ Council. Innovation that passes the assessment criteria and is approved by the Commission of Teachers’ Council of Educational Service Area will be submitted to the Secretariat Office of the Teachers' Council of Thailand in order to receive further assessment for an innovation contest at the national level.
2.7.2.2 Innovation contest at the national level: The Commission inspects and evaluates performances of One School One Innovation for 2 rounds.
1) First Round: Innovations that completely pass the assessment from the educational service area level will be assessed from documents and CDs of the educational institutions. Qualified innovations will be selected and considered according to the criteria specified by the Teachers’ Council. They will be categorized based on the type of innovation. However, the score obtained from the assessment operated by the Commission of Teachers’ Council of Educational Service Area will not be taken into consideration in this round.
2) Final Round: Innovations that passed the first-round assessment will be evaluated using empirical evaluation by considering the innovation exhibited in the contest area. The Commission, which inspects and evaluates performances of One School One Innovation, will select the qualified innovation which deserves to be granted the “One School One Innovation” award according to the assessment criteria for quality specified by the Teachers’ Council. The award can be classified into 3 levels: gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal.
2.7.3 Assessment Criteria for Quality Innovation: Criterion-referenced assessment is applied to the assessment for quality innovation. The assessment criteria are as follows:
2.7.3.1 Process for selecting innovations for the “One School One Innovation” award will be based on the assessment criteria for quality of innovation performance using quality dimension, scales and indicators. The total score for innovation performance in each aspect is 36 points as follows:
1) Academic Value (9 Points), Scoring scale 3, 2 indicators, which are thinking process and development, and results
2) Benefits of Innovation (12 Points), Scoring scale 4, 2 indicators, which are significance towards professions, and application
3) Nature of Performance (3 Points), Scoring scale 1, 1 indicator which is outstanding uniqueness
4) Participation (6 Points), Scoring scale 2, 3 indicators which are variety of concerned persons, behavior of participation, and duration
5) Presentation (6 Points), Scoring scale 2, 3 indicators which are presentation technique, details, and trace evidence
2.7.3.2 Consideration for granting the “One School One Innovation”
award can be divided into 2 levels as follows:
1) Innovation award at the educational service area level:
Innovation that passes the assessment criteria and is approved by the Commission of Teachers’ Council of Educational Service Area, according to the assessment criteria for quality as specified by the Teachers’ Council. The score starts from 24 points or higher.
2) Innovation award at the national level: Innovation that passes the assessment operated by the Commission for Inspection and Assessment of the “One School One Innovation” award according to the assessment criteria.
2.7.3.3 Quality specified by the Teachers’ Council is as follows:
1) Gold medal: Score of 33-36 points 2) Silver medal: Score of 29-32 points 3) Bronze medal: Score of 25-28 points
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Table 2.4 Summary of Assessment Criteria for “One School One Innovation” Award of Teachers’ Council
Quality Dimension
Quality Level
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
1. Academic Value - Thinking process and development - Results and impacts
Uncomplicatedly thinking, using one side of
information, representing principles, theories, or highlights of innovations used for development, having concepts and accuracy of presented contents, having procedures leading to results based on existing or used models, results for a short term
Having various thinking processes, representing
principles, theories, or highlights of innovations used for development, having concepts and
accuracy of
presented contents, having procedures leading to results by self-design, able to adjust and improve innovation that creates good results to relevant groups for a certain period
Having relative, systemic and reasonable thinking processes, representing principles, theories, or highlights of
innovations used for development, having concepts and accuracy of presented contents, having procedures leading to actual results as specified, generating new knowledge, having direction of continuous development, having good results to the overall society in the long term
Table 2.4 (Continued)
Quality Dimension
Quality Level
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
2. Benefits of Innovation - Significance towards professions and career - Application
Performance
leading to a specific development and allowing concerned persons to learn it, less widely applied.
Innovation leading to developments and allowing concerned persons in specific groups to learn it together, can be applied in specific groups or tasks
Innovation leading to sustainable
development and changes of
development in all aspects of concerned persons at the school level with results to communities, causing actual collaborative learning, being widely applied 3. Nature of
Innovation - Outstanding Novelty
similarity to
existing innovations
Innovation that is partially adapted from existing ones
Newly created innovation with outstanding novelty 4.Participation
- Variety of concerned persons - Behavior of participation - Duration time
Concerned persons in specific groups or individuals
participate only in thinking and performing the assigned innovation work at the initial phase only.
Concerned persons in various groups
participate in thinking and performing the work in some procedures of
innovation process or at some phases only.
All concerned
persons participate in thinking, planning, deciding, performing, and assessing the results occurred in the innovation process from the beginning to the end.
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Quality Dimension
Quality Level
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
5. Presentation - Presentation technique - Details of innovation - supporting evidence
Performing presentation interruptedly, presenting only major topics, lack of details,
information and evidence supporting the clear
performance of innovation
Performing
presentation orderly and continuously, clear and interesting presentation, having some details but not covering all aspects, having clear
supporting evidence that ensures the actual operation and result
Performing
presentation step-by- step, representing the systemic relation, concise, clear and interesting
presentation, having sufficient
information
supporting the actual operation and result, having clear and reliable supporting evidence
corresponding to the performance of innovation