Study of Problems and Guidelines for Development of Research Competency for Students Teacher of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University

Abstract

This research aims to study problems in conducting research and guidelines for the development of research competencies for student teachers of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University. The sample in the research consisted of mentor teachers, supervisors, and lecturers responsible for research courses, for a total of 180 people. The research results found that the overall problem of research operations of student teachers is at a high average. When considering the problem individually, the highest average is the skills of searching for information and data necessary for doing research. Next is the ability to define problems, define research objectives and hypotheses, take advisory hours with advisor or mentor teachers, design research and select sample selection, compose correct and appropriate research titles, and understand and select appropriate innovations for applying with teaching methods used in the classroom. The item that received the lowest mean value was the ability to select appropriate statistics for data analysis.

            Guidelines for developing research competencies of student teachers include 1) developing an online database of research and 2) providing a licensed statistical data analysis program that can be downloaded to use in analyzing their collected data. 3) Promote students' knowledge and understanding of each type of innovation so that students can apply it correctly and appropriately to research problems. 4) Organize activities that promote research development for students by having students participate in determining the issues or topics that they want to develop. 5) Support scholarships or awards for students with outstanding research work with the correct research process. 6) Promote students to conduct real research before going out for teacher’s training—lecturers of research courses set up simulated classrooms for students to define problems and use them as research classrooms from the beginning to the end of the process, with teachers acting as mentors.