A Study of Thai Dance Teaching and Learning Environment for The Deaf Students in The Special Education School in Central Area

Abstract

    This research on “The Study of Thai Dance Teaching and Learning Environment for the Deaf Students in the Special Education School in Central Area” is aimed to study the environment of learning and teaching and activities to promote education altogether with problems and hindrances in managing learning and teaching and activities to promote learning of Thai dance for the Deaf students in the education school in central region. These are for radical data as the guidelines to develop managing learning and teaching or to arrange activities to educate Thai dance for the deaf students in the special education school.    Personnel used for this research comprised of executives, teachers or personnel related to management of learning and teaching and providing promotion activities for the knowledge of Thai dance. They are from seven auricular schools for deaf students in the central area, under the Office of Special Education Management, the Bureau of the Board of Radical Education, Ministry of Education. These schools are such as Sretsathira School under the Royal Patronage in Bangkok, Thung Mahamek Auricular School in Bangkok, Nonthaburi Auricular School (Bangbuathong Municipality) in Nonthaburi, Nakorn Pathom Auricular School (Wat Khae Tambol Administration Organization) in Nakhon Pathom, Petchaboon Auricular School (Nahn Koke Tambol Administration Organization) in Petchaboon, Panlert Auricular School in Lopburi, Theprat Auricular School (pongprasart Tambol Administration Organization) in Prachub Khirikhan. Means utilized for data collection consisted of questionnaires, interviews and observations.    The output (result) of the research reveals that auricular schools for deaf students are quite adequate in areas and buildings. They are divided into two categories which one is solely used for classroom of dancing and the other is sharing used for classroom of dancing with other subjects.    For the capacity of equipments and teaching media, they are adequately provided for deaf students. It was found, on the teaching media side, mostly are general media used for regular normal students. Anyhow, some schools have developed innovations and teaching media to be especially used to implement dance teaching.    For personnel development capacity, it was found that dancing teachers are insufficient. Most of them were not directly graduated from dancing academy. There are some who graduated Master degrees in dancing. Anyhow, these schools have promoted and supported their personnel to receive several special trainings to enhance their skills and experiences.    For the capacity of learning, teaching and evaluation, it was found that they arrange learning and teaching in accordant to the courses of Ministry of Education. All this, every schools has adjusted the gist of each subject to suit the development and learning ability of their students. For evaluation, they apply the parallel means in theoretical and practical examinations along with observation, deeming to Individualized Education Program: IEP.    For the parts of problems, hindrances and recommendations for development the essential ones that affect learning and teaching dancing art development are problems on lacking of personnel and personnel development as the utmost and the secondary ones are of the learning and teaching, buildings and places and of the equipments and learning and teaching media respectively.