THE PRIORITY NEEDS OF TEACHER DEVELOPMENT OF HORWANG SCHOOL BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATORS

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the current and desirable conditions of Horwang School teacher development in accordance with the Concept of Characteristics of Innovators and 2) to study the needs of Horwang School teacher development in accordance with the Concept of Characteristics of Innovators. This study used a descriptive research methodology. The population of this research was 145 administrators and teachers of Horwang School. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using statistics to determine frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified ). The results of this research were as follows: 1) The overall current condition of teacher development at Horwang School in accordance with the Concept of Characteristics of Innovators was at a high level. The overall desirable condition of teacher development at Horwang School in accordance with the Concept of Characteristics of Innovators was at the highest level. The overall need score for teacher development at Horwang School in accordance with the Concept of Characteristics of Innovators was  0.138 (PNI_modified  = 0.138). When individual aspects were considered, an aspect with the highest mean was Inspiration(PNI_modified = 0.175), followed by Vision and Leadership (PNI_modified = 0.156), Problem-solving ability(PNI_modified = 0.147), Risk-taking  (PNI_modified = 0.145), Flexibility and patience (PNI_modified = 0.142),  Self-confidence (PNI_modified = 0.112), and Competent practitioners and teamwork (PNI_modified = 0.099).