Development of Training Curriculum to Improve Information Technology and Communication Skills for the Secondary School Teachers under the Secondary Education Service Area Office 11

Abstract

The main purposes of this research were to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the training curriculum to improve information technology and communication skills for the secondary school teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 11. The research was conducted in 4 procedures: 1) studying and synthesizing components of the training curriculum and the samples consisting of 5 experts and 45 teachers, 2) creating the training curriculum and the samples consisting of 6 experts, 3) trying out the training curriculum and the samples consisting of 40 teachers, and 4) evaluating the training curriculum done by 9 experts. The research instruments were an interview form, a questionnaire, and an evaluation form. The statistics used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test with a community group.

              The research results were as follows. 

1. The developed training curriculum combined with 6 components: 1) principles and reasons, 2) objectives, 3) contents, 4) activities, 5) media, and 6) measurement and evaluation. The content structures consisted of 5 units, namely, 1) Understanding about Learning Management in ICT in the 21^st Century, 2) Creating Knowledge through Work Pieces, 3) Problem Solving and Flowcharts, 4) Writing the Basic Python Program, and 5) Internet of Things (IoT).
2. The results of the trial of the training curriculum revealed that the trained teachers had the mean score of the knowledge and skills after training higher than that before training with the statistical significance at the .01 level.
3. The results of the evaluation on the training curriculum showed that the training

curriculum was appropriate at a high level.