Abstract:
Purposes: The purposes of this research were to study and compare the opinions of Prathom 1 Teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools and the teachers of the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools in Bangkok Metropolis concerning the problems in teaching the Thai Language according to the Elementary Curriculum B.E. 2521. Procedure: The questionnaires were used in this research asking the opinions of Prathom 1 teachers concerning the problems in teaching the Thai Language according to the Elementary Curriculum B.E. 2521 in the area of buildings and academic resources, curriculum and materials, and the Thai Language lesson plan and its components. The questionnaires were constructed in the form of checking, completion, rating scale and open-ended types. Stratified Random Sampling was used. The samples were 100 teachers of 32 Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools and 100 teachers of 71 Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and z-test. Findings: 1. The teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools and the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools had some problems in teaching the Thai Language according to the Elementary Curriculum B.E. 2521 in the area of buildings and academic resources; there were 8 problems. The teachers of the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools had 6 more problems. In the area of curriculum and materials only the teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools had one problem. In the area of the Thai Language lesson plan and its components; there were 6 problems. The teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department schools had 2 more problems and so did the teachers of the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools. The problems of both the teachers were the shortage of the teachers rooms, tape-recorders, televisions, cinema-projectors, slide-projectors, library corner service, remedial teaching and guidance program, the lack of time for learning activity management, the difficulty in providing and producing learning media, the lack of time for producing learning media, the unappropriate preservation of learning media and the shortage of funds for implementing learning media. 2. There was significant difference at .05 level regarding the point of view of the teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools and the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools concerning buildings and academic resources. 3. There was no significant difference at .05 level regarding the point of view of the teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department schools and the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools concerning curriculum and materials. 4. There was partly significant difference at .05 level regarding the point of view of the teachers of the Elementary and Adult Education Department Schools and the Bangkok Metropolis Elementary Schools concerning the Thai Language lesson plan and its components.