The The Needs Assessment for Organizing Learning Ecosystems to Develop Essential Life Skills for Students in the Modern World

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the needs for developing essential life skills required for learners in the modern world; 2) to study the needs for organizing learning ecosystem that supported the development of essential life skills for learners in the modern world; 3) to present framework for learning ecosystem that fostered the development of essential life skills for learners in the modern world. This quantitative study involved 83 teachers from Horwang Pathumthani School. The research instrument was questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.986. The statistics used to analyze were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and needs prioritization using modified Priority Needs Index (PNI Modified). The research findings revealed that 1) students have the highest need for developing essential life skills in the modern world in thinking skill (PNI = 0.36), followed by preserving environment (PNI = 0.31) solving daily-life problem (PNI = 0.31) and interacting with nature and environment (PNI = 0.30), respectively. 2) Regarding the needs assessment in organizing learning ecosystems that supported these skill developments, the study indicated that the student dimension (PNI = 0.31) had the highest priority for development. 3) The appropriate approach for organizing the learning ecosystem was restructuring school curriculum to align with the dynamics of the modern world.