Development of Strategies for Developing Leadership of Undergraduate Education Students between 2012-2021

Abstract

This futuristic research^* aims to: 1) study the leadership of undergraduate education students, 2) analyze the futuristic leadership of undergraduate education students between B.E. 2555 – 2564, and 3) create the strategies for developing the futuristic leadership of undergraduate education students between B.E. 2555 – 2564. The researcher studied the leadership of undergraduate education students in 14 public universities, by collecting data from 5 chancellors, 5 deans of education faculty, 251 lecturers, 236 support staffs and 377 students and used Delphi research technique developed by 18 specialists in student and leader development to analyze the futuristic leadership of undergraduate education students. The researcher also used SWOT Analysis to evaluate other factors and created the strategies for developing leadership of undergraduate education students between B.E. 2555 – 2564 using scenario planning developed by 17 organizational and strategic management specialists. The strategies were validated again by the specialists. In this study, the leadership of undergraduate education students in human relations and socialization dimension was at the highest rate ( = 4.08, = 4.01, = 4.05), while comparing to other dimensions, leadership in intelligence, still in high level ( = 3.79, = 3.91, = 3.82), was at the lowest rate. Regarding the leadership characteristic of undergraduate education students between B.E. 2555 - 2564, there were analyzed in 8 dimensions: personality, human relations and socialization, leading and managing, sagaciousness, working skill, communication and information technology, intelligence and morality and ethics. The Development of Strategies for developing leadership of undergraduate education students between B.E. 2555 – 2564 consists of 3 strategic issues and 16 tactics. The first strategic issue is undergraduate education students have academic knowledge with leadership skill and understanding of change which involves 8 tactics: 1) integration of academic matters and student activities, 2) development of learner-centered instruction and working skills, 3) development of role-model teachers, 4) improvement and development of curriculum under TQF standard, 5) development of general education curriculum, particularly subjects focusing on awareness, discernment of thinking process and life goal setting, 6) promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and modern communication application in instruction and student activity, 7) improvement of learning environment and facilities and 8) development of the desired leadership characteristics. The second issue is undergraduate education students have morality, ethics and code of professional conduct which includes 4 tactics: 9) promotion of good attitude and pride in teaching, 10) promotion of morality and professional ethics, 11) support of shared value creation and 12) support for consciousness and pride in Thainess. The third issue is undergraduate education students are recognized within Thailand and in ASEAN which includes 4 tactics: 13) promotion and support of academic activities in education, 14) promotion of academic cooperation between government and private sectors, alumni and specialists, 15) development of language proficiency for communications and information retrieval and 16) promotion of the ASEAN cultures studies.