Abstract:
This research was 1) to develop coaching process for promoting the 21st
century skills for early childhood teachers in the eastern of Thailand, and 2) to study the
teachers learning in terms of knowledge attitude and professional skill. The research
participants were twenty early childhood teachers from schools in 3 provinces in the
eastern of Thailand. This study was a qualitative research with intervention. The research
consisted of two phases: 1) the development of process consisting of three steps; (1)
construction of the initial process, (2) preliminary field study of the process, and (3)
analysis and revision of the process, and 2) the conclusion of the research results.
The findings were as follows:
1. The coaching process for promoting the 21st century skills learning
process for early childhood teachers integrated the coaching concepts, adult learning
concepts and the 21st century skills. The process consisted of four steps: 1) pre-coaching
2) coaching plan 3) coaching and 4) post-coaching.
2. The learning for early childhood teachers was consisted of 3
domains : 1) knowledge domain ; learning and understanding about the 21st century
skills and the designing of the learning plan. 2) attitude domain; good attitude of the
learning activities and coaching. and 3) professional skill; developing of the learning skills
and the self-development skills.