THE EXPECTATION AND REALITY OF BLENDED INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS AT FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY

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Nampech Tasaboomrung
Nathee Kerdaroon

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the expectation of blended instruction for students at the Faculty of Education in Ramkhamhaeng University, 2) to study the reality of blended instruction for students of the Faculty of Education at Ramkhamhaeng University, and 3) to compare the expectation and the reality of blended instruction for students of the Faculty of Education at Ramkhamhaeng University. The sample of this study was 247 students studying teaching profession in the academic year of 2018 in Faculty of Education at Ramkhamhaeng University. The researcher used the strategy proposed by Krejci and Morgan to calculate the sample size and employed simple random sampling to select the participants. The research instrument was a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire comprising two parts: 1) general background information, 2) the reality of blended instruction. The reliability of the instrument calculated by Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was at 0.97. Statistics employed for data analysis were mean, and standard deviation.


           The findings were as follows:


           1) The findings showcased that as for the expectation of blended instruction, the mean was 4.87, and the standard deviation was 0.56.


           2) The expectation was at the highest level. As for the reality of blended instruction, the mean was 3.92, the standard deviation was 0.91.


          3) The reality of classroom management was at the high level.

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