THAI TEACHERS’ CHARACTERISTICS IN THE 21st CENTURY
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Abstract
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the school administrators’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration 2) to study the teachers’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration 3) to compare the school administrators’ opinions and the teachers’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The population of the research included 437 schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration during academic years 2017. The samples used in the research were 205 schools, retrieved by Krejcie and Morgan’s the sample size table. The respondents of the research were 205 administrators and 205 teachers, in the total of 410 units. The tools used for data collection was a five-level rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t- test for Independent.
The results of this research revealed that:
1.The school administrators’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, as a whole, were at high level which were ranked by descending orders of means as follows ; Experience ; teacher is
experienced in new learning, Extended; teacher has self-directed learning skill, Expanded; teacher
extends knowledge to people and community. Evaluation; teacher uses technology for evaluation,
Engagement; teacher cooperates and collaborates learning to each other, Exploration; teacher explores update content, Enabler; teacher creates lessons and content with technology, End-user; teacher uses various technology and to be a good end-user, and Efficient and Effective; teacher is efficient and effective in use of technology was at medium level.
2.The teachers’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, as a whole, were at high level which were ranked by descending orders of means as follows; Extended; teacher has self-directed learning skill, Experience; teacher is experienced in new learning, Enabler; teacher creates lessons and content with technology, Expanded; teacher extends knowledge to people and community, Engagement; teacher cooperates and collaborates learning to each other, Exploration; teacher explores update content, Evaluation; teacher uses technology for evaluation, End – User; teacher uses various technology and to be a good end-user, and Efficient and Effective; teacher is efficient and effective in use of technology was at middle level.
3.The comparison between the school administrators’ opinions and teachers’ opinions towards Thai teachers’ characteristic in the 21st century at schools under Bangkok Metropolitan were not different.