Study of necessity and needs in instructional media innovation in educational reform of elementary school teachers under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Abstract:
Studies and compares the necessity and needs in instructional media innovation in educational reform of elementary school teachers under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The samples of the study were 432 teachers and 18 administrators. Research instruments were questionnaires and interviewing forms. The data were analyzed by percentage, median, standard deviation and One-Way ANOVA analysis. The findings revealed that : Most teachers commented that the instructional media innovation were necessary in educational reform in the medium level. The most serious needs concerning the use of instructional media innovation of teachers found in the study were cameras, VCD players, computers, printers, scanners, group process, cooperative learning, collaborative learning, constructivism, integration and laboratory. Teachers from large-sized, medium-sized and small-sized schools suggested that there was no significant difference demand for the needs of innovation instructional media, reflecting confidence interval level of 0.05. Teachers needs for instructional media innovation types had significant differences among the different school sizes with the confidence interval level of 0.05 accordingly.