Problems and needs concerning the instructional competency improvement of the elementary school teachers under the auspices of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Pathum Wan District, as perceived by themselves
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to study and compare problem and needs to improve the instructional competencies of the elementary school teachers under the authority of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Pathum Wan District, as perceived by themselves with the variances in educational levels and time experiences. The teaching competencies consisted of six components: preparing teaching plans, setting instructional objectives, selecting teaching methods and techniques, producing and using teaching media, evaluating learning outcomes, and promoting the childs learning. The samples were the 223 teachers who taught in Prathom Suksa one to six of the schools in Pathum Wan District. Questionnaires about the problems and needs to improve the teaching competencies, constructed by the researcher, were administered to the samples. The data were statistically analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, one way analysis of variance. Scheffes Test for all possible comparison was also used. Findings : 1. Teachers had problems in setting instructional objectives and producing and using teaching media at the moderate level. 2.The teachers need to improve the instructional competencies in producing and using teaching media and promoting the childs learning was at the moderate level. 3.View on problems in teaching of teachers with different levels of education and different time experiences in teaching were not significantly different at the level of .05. 4.The need to improve competencies in teaching of teachers with different time experiences in teaching was not significantly different at the level of .05. 5.The need of teachers with different levels of education to improve the instructional competencies in selecting the methods and techniques in teaching learning outcomes and promoting the childs learning was not significantly different at the level of .05 However, the need to improve the competencies in preparing teaching plans and setting instructional objectives was significantly different at the level of .05.