Curriculum development, logistics and supply chain: Project Incubator and the development of integrated logistics and supply chain under the reform program of the National Curriculum
Abstract
Thailand being one of the members of ASEAN Economic Community has to compete in the global economy. This has affected schools approach in preparing students in relation to AEC by a policy of curriculum development to produce work personnel who are knowledgeable and skillful. This research aims to 1. develop logistics and supply chains curriculum in high school, 2. study the effects of using the curriculum, logistics and supply chain, and 3. evaluate the satisfaction of using the curriculum of logistics and supply chain course. The samples were high school students who volunteered to study in the logistics and supply chain course. The total number of participants were 368: 320 lower secondary school students and 48 upper secondary school students. The instruments used in the research were: 1. unstructured interviews and semi-structured interviews, 2. evaluation of the appropriateness and consistency of the curriculum, 3. Students’ achievement, and 4. students’ satisfaction level of the logistics and supply chain course.
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The results showed that: 1. The development of logistics and supply chain curriculum have the following elements: a) the requirements or policies of ASEAN AEC, b) government policy, c) development policy of the province, d) the structure of the course, and e) the involvement of the local community, and the curriculum is appropriate at a high level. 2. The achievement of the students in junior high and senior high school in all subjects showed that their average score in the post-test is higher than the pre-test with statistical significance of 0.01 level. The level of skills in logistics and supply chain in all subjects shows that the students’ average scores are higher than their previous scores with statistical significance at the 0.01 level. 3. Students are satisfied with the logistics and supply chains course with a high mean level = 4.69 and standard deviation of 0.35.
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