Development of Evaluation Instrument for Teaching Efficiency of 21st Century under Primary Educational Service Area in Three Southern Border Provinces of Thailand
Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate teaching efficiency tool for teachers in the 21st century for teachers under the jurisdiction of primary education in the three southern border provinces. In addition, the local norm of teachers in three southern border provinces was also created. The samples consisted of 390 teachers selected by random sampling from the jurisdiction of primary education in the three southern border provinces. Based on developmental research, the teaching efficiency tool for teachers in the 21st century was constructed in form of 5 level Likert scale and consisted of 8 major factors as follow: content, computer integration, constructivism, connectivity, collaboration, communication, creativity and caring. Results showed that teaching efficiency of caring factor was at the highest level and that of connectivity and constructionist factors was at the lowest level. It is recommended that connectivity and constructionist has to be upgraded seriously to meet the need of teaching efficiency in the 21st century for teachers in three southern border provinces.