The ideal Thailand music institute in higher education in the 21st Century

• Main Author: Saya Thuntawech
• Other Authors: Somchai Trakarnrung
• Language: English
• Published: Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center 2023
• Subjects: Higher education > Thailand; School music > Instruction and study > Thailand
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/89563
• Institution: Mahidol University

This research study aimed to explore the aspirations of the ideal higher education music institute in 21st century Thailand based on philosophy perspectives. This was a qualitative approach design study whose instruments used to collect data were a documentary cataloguing form and a semi-structured interview schedule. The participants were 11 administrators from higher education music institutes in Thailand who were selected through purposive sampling. The results showed that the ideal music institute in Thailand in the 21st century could be explained into two main sections as follows: 1. The elements of the ideal music institute contain three parts; 1) Administration and Management: This section deals with four major issues including philosophy of the institute, styles of the institute, administration strategies, and finances 2) Curriculum and Instruction: This section is concerned with levels of the study, purposes of the programs, contents, teaching styles, evaluation and assessment, music activities and services 3) Resources including buildings and Environment (well-prepared equipment, auditorium and performance stages, practice rooms, and recording studio), library and databases (textbooks, music scores and manuscripts, recordings, and online databases), human Resources (faculties, staff, students, and alumni). 2. The factors of changes: These are three major issues which transform the institute to succeed and to survive in the changing world; 1) social needs include diversity and equity, rapid changes, population structure, economics, technology and innovations 2) world excellences include ASEAN and world competition, world rankings, and labor markets 3) Policies include government policies, educational qualification assurances, and cooperation policies. These three factors affected the institution in the following ways: changes, lifelong learning, preservation, creativity, innovations, local wisdom-based knowledge, and diversity.