Model for potentially building the instruction of practitioner-level teachers Under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission.

Abstract

           The objectives of this research were: 1) the components of practitioner-level teachers’ teaching and learning potential. 2) to create a model for strengthening teaching practitioner-level teachers under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission. It was a descriptive research, the research process was divided into 2 steps as follows: Step 1, The tool used to collect data was a questionnaire on opinions in the study of the components of enhancing the teaching and learning capacity of practitioner-level teachers obtained from the study, analysis, and synthesis of concepts and theories from documents related to research and interview experts. A total of 51 questions were obtained to create a questionnaire regarding opinions on the components of enhancing the teaching and learning potential of practitioner-level teachers; and used to collect data with a sample of teachers under the Institute of Vocational Education, Eastern Region of 273 people. Data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis. Step 2, The tool used to collect data was an assessment of practitioner-level teachers’ teaching and learning potential, obtained from the components in step 1 by collecting data with a sample of teachers under the Institute of Vocational Education, Eastern Region of 300 people and analyzing the data with confirmatory factor analysis.
           The research findings revealed that 1) practitioner-level teachers’ teaching and learning potential have 4 components and 51 indicators, explaining 69.837% of the variance in all indicators. 2) a model for strengthening teaching practitioner-level teachers under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission contained Component 1; Effective Learning Management 22 indicators, component 2; the Creative Design of Learning Activities 14 indicators, component 3; Student Care and Assistance 9 indicators, component 4; Connecting Knowledge in the New Era 6 indicators. The relevant agencies can use the research results to plan to enhance the potential of practitioner-level teachers to have knowledge and ability according to the elements discovered. This will be beneficial to organizing classroom teaching appropriately in the present era.