A Study of the Autonomous Supervision of Early Childhood Teacher on based Noble Eightfold Path

ABSTRACT

The early childhood teachers, the central figures teaching main values of early education, should form their moral and good character, and cultivate their expert knowledge of the early education. A self-supervision is a process of becoming a better teacher by constant doing a self-examination. Uposadha(posal: 布薩) and pravārasā(jaja: 自恣), which are often compared to the self-supervision, are similar idea in Buddhism. Because they enable teachers to supervise themselves and improve their professionalism, they could be a basic resource to cultivate teacher’s character and could be served as a way to do a self-supervision. This study has examined all the process from planning, practicing, to evaluating based on “the model of autonomous supervision centered on Noble Eightfold Path” in Buddhism. The results of this study on the effects of “the model of autonomic supervision centered on Noble Eightfold Path” in Buddhism showed that the reflective journal has the positive effect on their expertise and that the self examination has the desired effect on gaining right knowledge and changing their behavior. A supervision centered on Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism encourages the early childhood teachers to improve their expertise. Therefore forming teachers’s character help teachers promote deeper understanding of environment and other people.