The Teacher Development Model Based on the Professional Learning Community to Enhance the Active Learning Management Ability of Teachers Sanowittaya School

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) develop the teacher development model based on the professional learning community to enhance the active learning management ability of teachers Sanowittaya school and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of the model. This research was research and development. The key informants were 9 experts. The target group were 1) 13 teachers teaching in the primary 1 to the secondary
3, and 2) 193 students studying in the primary 1 to the secondary 3 in the academic year 2023. They were selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments used in the research were 1) an evaluation form of the teacher development model, 2) a test used to measure knowledge in active learning, 3) an evaluation form used to evaluate the teachers’ ability used in active learning management, 4) a record form the learning achievement of the students, 5) a questionnaire asking for the satisfaction of the teachers towards the model, and 6) a questionnaire asking for the satisfaction of the students towards active learning management. The statistics used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Wilcoxon signed ranks test.

            The research findings were as follows.

1. The teacher development model based on the professional learning community to enhance the active learning management ability of teachers Sanowittaya school developed was called “PC-PLC Model.”
   It consisted of 5 components: 1) principles, 2) objectives, 3) development processes, 4) conditions for success, and 5) measurement and evaluation. The findings of the teacher development model evaluation by the experts showed that the overall was at the highest level.
2. The effectiveness of the teacher development model based on the professional learning community to enhance the active learning management ability of teachers Sanowittaya school showed that: 2.1) the teachers’ knowledge in active learning after using the model was higher than that before using the model with the statistical significance at the level of .05, 2.2) the teachers’ ability in learning management in the overall was at a very good level, 2.3) the learning achievement of the students in the overall was 81.52 percent, 2.4) the satisfaction of the teachers towards the model in the overall was at the highest level, and 2.5) the satisfaction of the students towards the active learning management in the overall was at the highest level.