Educational Development in ASEAN Countries: Reflection of Research Results

Abstract

This reflection was written from the research called “Trends of Educational Management for Unity and Peace of Countries in ASEAN Community”. The purposes of the 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. Results of Reflection indicated that six strategic aspects 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. The analysis results from Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) technique collected from 27 experts indicated that 6 strategies and 26 goals have been accepted the consensus from experts all items. 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.