A STUDY OF SATISFACTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND MENTOR TEACHERS TOWARD PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TRAINING OF 4TH YEAR SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS, FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, CHAIYAPHUM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research Article aims to 1) Study the satisfaction of school administrators and mentor teachers toward 4^th year pre-service teachers, social studies major, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University and 2) collect suggestions and opinions from school administrators and mentor teachers. The samples of this research consist of school administrators and mentor teachers at the professional training schools for 4^th year pre-service teachers, social studies major during the 1/2024 semester. The research instrument used in this study was a five-point Likert scale. The satisfaction questionnaires were designed to collect data across five dimensions: 1) knowledge 2) teaching and learning management process 3) teamwork 4) behavior and 5) personality. The statistical analysis employed in this study were percentage, mean, standard deviation.

This research provided the following results:

1. The overall satisfaction of school administrators and mentor teachers toward professional experience training of the 4^th year pre-service teachers, social studies major, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University, was rated at the high level ( = 4.23). When examined by specific aspects, the aspect with the highest mean score was personality (  = 4.52), followed by teamwork (  = 4.49), teaching and learning management process (  = 4.22), knowledge (  = 4.18) and  behavior (  = 3.72), respectively. The findings concluded that the professional experience training of the 4^th year pre-service teachers, social studies major, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University, received positive evaluations  in all aspects. This study reflects overall readiness readiness to enter the teaching profession in all aspects.
2. The following recommendations which may be applied to improve the quality of the professional teaching experience include students should be promoted to the acquisition of scout qualifications or skills as well as encourage teacher professional experience training every semester. In addition, students should be promoted social and leadership skills to prepare them for the teaching profession.