Guidelines for the Development of Electronic Professional Learning Community by Coaching to Competencies for Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study the consensus of experts in the development of electronic professional learning community by coaching to competencies for pre-service teachers and 2) to propose the guidelines for the development of electronic professional learning community by coaching to competencies for pre-service teachers. This research used the Delphi technique to conduct the research, with 19 experts were interviewed. Data were collected using questionnaires created by the researcher which are an open-ended questionnaire and a 7-level estimation scale questionnaire in Round 2 and Round 3. Data were analyzed by calculating the median and interquartile range. The researcher selected developmental approaches from the median level to higher ones.

The findings of the study suggested that: the guidelines for the development of electronic professional learning community by coaching to competencies for pre-service teachers, from the experts’ consensus consists of 6 components; the assemble of processional learning community, analyzing and identifying problem/ development target, lesson plans selection and designing, lesson commenting and adjustment, organizing lesson/ activity/ innovation, and lesson evaluation/ reflection. Each component consists of 3 coaching process including pre-coaching, while-coaching, and coaching summary. Information and communications technology used to support in each process contain 5 types: communication, teamwork, meeting, presentation, and reflection.