Abstract:
The Purposes of this independent study were to study about problems in Teaching and Learning of General Education Courses for Guidelines to Solve Teaching and Learning of General Education Courses of The University of Phayao. The population of this studies was 74 instructors of General Education Courses in the academic year of 2013. Questionnaire was employed to collect data consisting of two parts. General data of instructors and problems and guidelines to of General Education Courses, The data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS for Windows: Percentage, Mean, standard deviation and presented by using description with table The research found that problems in Teaching and Learning of General Education of General Education Courses of The University of Phayao perceived by instructors was at a medium level, The highest mean was related to the evaluation and assessment, the teaching, the instructors, and the environment respectively. 2) These were parts of teaching management for general education subjects of the University of Phayao: Lecturer: The University should survey students to know the data and to prepare more lectures or more sections. The Student quantity should have ≤ 50 students per 1 section per classroom. Moreover, the University should have teaching media training for lecturers before the beginning of term. The instructors: The University should support teaching style adjustment for General Education Courses of the University of Phayao to have more practice than explanation. Evaluation and assessment: The University of Phayao should have specific training for lecturers and students and the online-evaluation guidebook. Furthermore, the university should allocate the budget to make the main examination including training of standardized examination making for lecturers. In the case of online-teaching report, the faculties and administrators should have the meeting to criticize results of assessment and the instructors. If there were too many students for each section, the minor activities of the General Education Courses may be canceled. Environment: The University of Phayao should provide conducive classrooms appropriate with the number of students. Desks and chairs should be sufficient with the students. All classrooms should have the air-conditioner and their equipment should be improved or modernized for comfortable usage
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