The Development of Personnel Capacity in Learning Management for the Active Aging Elderly

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) develop a training curriculum for learning management instructors with the active aging elderly, 2) enhance the personnel capacity for the active aging elderly, and 3) evaluate the effectiveness of the training curriculum for the learning management trainer, and assess the satisfaction of the training curriculum for the active aging elderly. The sample was 50 elderly aged 60 years and over who were teaching management trainer and activity leaders in the school for the elderly; in the provinces of Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Suphan Buri and Kanchanaburi, the sample group was divided by cluster sampling, and the district was chosen by the simple random and sub-district was chosen by purposive sampling. Research tools included the training curriculum, a personnel capacity test (Rating scale), a satisfaction questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test. The result is the training curriculum for learning management instructors with the active aging elderly got high performance. The development of personnel capacity in learning management was carried out in all 4 provinces, and the satisfaction is the highest level.