AN EVALUATION RESEARCH OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BRAIN, MIND AND LEARNING CURRICULUM, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, BURAPHA UNIVERSITY
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The purposes of the research were to evaluate the Master of Science in Brain, Mind and Learning Curriculum, Faculty of Education, Burapha University by incorporating the quantitative and qualitative research, in context, input, process and outcomes. The data were collected from the lecturers, and students of Master of Science in Brain, Mind and Learning Curriculum, the graduates, and graduates’ employers. The questionnaire and the interview form were used as the tools of this study. Data analysis was done through percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.
It was found that the respondents were the current students at 39.22 percent, followed by the lecturers or the curriculum committees at 27.45 percent. The research results revealed that the opinions of the lecturers in the curriculum, students of Master of Science in Brain, Mind and Learning Curriculum, graduates, and graduates’ employers toward the curriculum in overall were at a high level. When considered in each aspect it was found that: the objectives of the curriculum were at a highest level while the structure and content of the curriculum, the teaching materials, the materials, venue, learning processes, duration of study, self-development of learners, and the competencies of the learners and graduates were at the high level respectively. In addition, the content analysis revealed that the respondents suggested to improve the curriculum as follows: 1) providing the professional certificate, 2) offering more experiences on teaching, seminar, and experimental research, 3) developing the curriculum into the international curriculum and offering the Ph.D. program, 4) revising the duplicated subject and adding the course, statistics in Research Method, 5) providing more learning materials and instruments of brain, mind and learning measurements, 6) developing brain, mind and learning laboratory, and 7) providing the relaxing classroom.
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