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Higher Education Research in Thailand: Current Trends and Development

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To understand the current trends and development of higher education research in Thailand, it is vital to examine the role of higher education in promoting teaching, learning and research in higher education institutions as well as the government policy in steering research directions of the country. On the one hand, research on higher education in Thailand, by itself, is a product of the courses and programmes provided by HEIs. On the other hand, the trends of higher education research itself are seen to be navigated by the national government and funding agencies in the country which have played parts in promoting the research in this area. In this chapter, apart from assessing the trends and development of higher education research through the lens of teaching courses and programmes, the national policy framework on education and higher education research, the current fields of research interests in higher education and the nature of higher education publication in Thailand are also examined.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The full implementation handbook of Thailand Qualification Framework was developed by OHEC in 2006, and together with the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology (KMUTT), National Research Council of Thailand and

    Thailand Research Fund, OHEC has been the major supporter for the development of Thailand Citation Index Centre and ASEAN Citation Index database (OHEC 2006 and http://www.kmutt.ac.th/jif/public_html/history.html).

  2. 2.

    The role and mandates of the Office of Higher Education Commission (Thailand) include the following provisions: (1) the guidance for driving higher education policy and cultivating international networking; (2) the coordination and the development of educational human resource and student academic activities; (3) the research coordination for national development; (4) the guidance on the establishing, merging or terminating HEIs or community colleges; (5) the monitoring and assessing quality of HEIs as well as developing a database for HEIs; and (6) the secretariat role for the OHEC.

  3. 3.

    The Secretariat of the House of Representatives (n.d.)

  4. 4.

    PERDO, (n.d.). http://www.perdo.or.th/centres_of_excellence_thai.aspx

  5. 5.

    The Central University Admission System, OHEC (http://admission.cuas.or.th/adm57mxmn/)

  6. 6.

    Details could be found in the philosophy and principles of the establishment of the Faculty of Education or College of Education throughout Thailand. The first teaching institute to produce teachers for Thai education system can be dated back to the early twentieth century during the reign of King Rama V. Under the Civil Servant School (or known in Thai as Rongrian Karachakarn Polarouen), a teaching division was established and has been transformed into the Faculty of Education under Chulalongkorn University in 1957.

  7. 7.

    Linguistics and Language Education cover various courses providing linguistic studies, including English, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and so on. Each HEI has different focuses in providing courses relating to languages.

  8. 8.

    The 11th Higher Education Development Plan (http://www.mua.go.th/~bpp/developplan/download/higher_edu_plan/PlanHEdu11_2555-2559.pdf)

  9. 9.

    http://portal.edu.chula.ac.th/edu58/

  10. 10.

    From around 1500 research items collected, theories and policy in Higher Education consists of 21 items, Higher Education Governance and Management consists of 334 items, Comparative Higher Education Policy consists of 15 items, Higher Education Development consists of 96 items, Higher Education Reform consists of 11 items, Teaching and Learning and Curriculum Development consists of 289 items and other miscellaneous issues consist of 135 items.

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Dhirathiti, N.S. (2018). Higher Education Research in Thailand: Current Trends and Development. In: Jung, J., Horta, H., Yonezawa, A. (eds) Researching Higher Education in Asia. Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4989-7_15

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