A Study of the Needs for Instructional Supervision for Teachers in General Education Department for the Basic Education Level, Colleges of Dramatic Arts, Bunditpatanasilpa Institute of Fine Arts

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the needs for instructional supervision for teachers in general education department for the basic education level in the College of Dramatic Arts, Bunditpatanasilpa Institute of Fine Arts. This is qualitative research in which research data were collected from 168 key informants, te deputy director, academic affairs, head of the general education department, head of learning area groups, and teachers of eight learning area groups. The research tool was a questionnaire in which the data was analyzed via the following statistics: frequency, percentage, mean (µ), standard deviation (σ), and PNI_modified. It was found that the expectation state of instructional supervision was at a higher level than the current state; the highest needed aspect was the critique (PNI_modified = 0.414), of which the most highly needed issue was the college’s use of results from instructional supervision review between supervisors and teachers for improvement of the next instructional supervision process (PNI_modified = 0.457); followed by post-conference (PNI_modified = 0.381), of which the most highly needed issue was the college’s supervisors and teachers plan for the next observation to continuously improve the teaching and learning management of teachers (PNI_modified = 0.423); and analysis and planning (PNI_modified = 0.366), of which the most highly needed issue was the college’s supervisors summarize the observation of teaching to present teachers through the form of essay, percentage, graphs, charts or diagrams (PNI_modified = 0.436), respectively. In addition, the study’s findings could be used to provide guidelines for the instructional supervision for general teachers of the basic education level in the Colleges of Dramatic Arts, Bunditpatanasilpa Institute of Fine Arts.