Abstract:
The purposes of this study were : to survey categories of instructional media, needs and producing, utilizing and improving instructional media of elementary school teachers in Nonthaburi, Pathum thani and Samut prakan. The research tools were two questionairs, used to obtain data from 134 prathom I teachers and 138 principals or assistant principals and one interview form used to get information from 1 Provincial Education Administrator, and 5 District Education Administrators. The total sample group was 278 subjects. The data were analyzed and presented in terms of percentage, mean ( X ) and standard deviation ( S.D. ) The results of the study were as follows : 1. Wordcards and maps were the most common instructional media found in primary schools. The less using on instructional media found in schools were overhead projector and television. 2. Prathom I teachers frequently used instructional media in teaching the Support Disposition Subject. The teachers mostly produced instructional media in Life Experience Subject and less produced in Physical Education Subject. Prathom I teachers in urban schools got most of instructional media for the classrooms from the donation of government offices, institutions, organizations and companies. However, prathom I teachers in rural schools had to produce most of instructional media themselves. 3. Prathom I teachers in urban and rural schools need mostly knowledges of producing instructional media found wasted materials and low cost instructional media and need the least on taking a photograph and a slide. For improving instructional medias operation, prathom I teachers in urban schools mostly need the operation, prathom I teachers in urban schools mostly need the responsible authority concerned to provide instructional media which cannot be produced by the schools; but prathom I teachers in rural schools mostly need teachers colleges to offer the services in preparation of instructional media. 4. The problem and obstacle the urban school teachers faced mostly was the lack of time to produce and prepare instructional media because they had too many teaching hours. But the rural school teachers were faced mostly with the lack of instructional media, facilities in utilizing instructional media and the unfavorable school conditions in facilitating the use of instructional media. Suggestions: The school administrators and the provincial and district administrators should support the teachers idea of producing and utilizing instructional media and should arrange training courses on this matter and set up the follow up programs and supervisions on the instructional media.