The State of Teaching Master's Degree in Public Administration in Thailand

泰國公共行政碩士教學分析

10.6635/cpar.2013.19(2).01

Amporn Tamronglak

公共行政課程 ； 公共行政教學 ； 公共行政教育現況 ； 泰國公共行政 ； public administration curriculum ； teaching public administration ； the state of the public administration education ； public administration in Thailand

中國行政評論

19卷2期（2013 / 06 / 01）

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英文

1899年美國學者在泰國成立大學公共行政系，並且在19世紀建立新的公務員制度。同時也有很多泰國學者到美國研習公共行政，以便發展泰國公共行政專業。一百年來，這方面的努力已開花結果。在泰國已成立了160個公共行政大學部，40個研究所，公共行政在泰國已成為重要學科。本論文旨在探討泰國公共行政碩士教學的現狀。其內容包括：泰國公共行政研究發展之簡述，碩士班教學課程狀況，並深入探討公私大學教學課程狀況。本文的研究方法採用深度訪談法，對系所主任、教師、以及學生進行深度訪談，提出改進意見。

Ever since Public Administration has been initiated and founded in Thailand by scholars from United States of America in 1899, it was intended to create new cadre of civil servants for the Thai bureaucracy during the 19th century. A number of scholarships were given to Thai scholars to study Public Administration in the U.S. in order to support the early development of the field and to become professors later after their graduations. Over 100 years of staggering development of the field, Public Administration has been flourished. More than 160 undergraduate curriculums plus over 40 graduate studies have been offered allover the nation nowadays. It is considered ”highnoon of Pubic Administration” in Thailand. This paper aims at exploring the state of teaching Public Administration in Thailand. First, a brief development of Public Administration as a field of study in Thailand is discussed. Then, the author explores the teaching curriculums of graduate study at Master level offered in Thailand. A number of curriculums from state and private universities have been particularly investigated. Opinions derived from in-depth interviews with various stakeholders, such as program directors/administrators, students, teachers/professors, executives in the market, etc. were presented. Recommendations for further actions are also discussed at the end.

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