Abstract:
The research objectives were to (1) develop standards and indicators for school practices of student teachers, (2) develop an evaluation form of the school practices standards, (3) determine evaluation criteria of the school practices standards, and (4) examine change in school practices of the student teachers as consequence of utilizing the evaluation form and criteria. The research and development approach was divided into 3 stages: (1) developing the standards and indicators through documentary research and experts judgment, (2) developing the evaluation form and the evaluation criteria also studying its content validity, concurrent validity, inter-rater reliability, and internal consistency, and (3) studying application of the evaluation form and criteria on changing of student teachers. The data collections were done four times: (1) before teaching practice, (2) first month of practice in schools, (3) second month of practice in schools, and (4) third month of practice in schools. The data were collected from eight student teachers, eight mentors, and four supervisors. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The results were as follows: 1. The standards for school practices of student teachers composed of three standards, six indicators, and thirty attributes. Standard 1 was Knowledge and Instructional Competency comprising of three indicators, which were preparation of instructional management plans, application of learning management plans, and teaching performance evaluation. Standard 2 was Research Competency comprising of one indicator, which was classroom action research. Standard 3 was Performance Guidelines for Self-Improvement comprising of two indicators, which were self-improvement and performance development. 2. The evaluation form was rating scale type with a scoring rubric which had good property in content validity (IOC ranged from 0.70 to 1.00) concurrent validity ( ranged from 0.70 to 0.84), inter-rater reliability (IRR was 0.60), and internal consistency ( ranged from 0.50 to 0.90). 3. The evaluation criteria was used to judge quality of student teachers performance into 4 levels. They were level 4 means excellent (3.40 ≤ X ≤ 4.00), level 3 means good (3.20 ≤ X ≤ 3.39), level 2 means satisfactory (3.00 ≤ X ≤ 3.19), and level 1 means needed improvement (2.20 ≤ X ≤ 2.99), respectively. 4. The results of applying the evaluation form for school practices of student teachers shown that all the eight student teachers change their performances quality of school practices from needed improvement to satisfactory, good, and excellent, respectively. The student teachers, the mentors and the supervisors reflected that the evaluation form was suitable for and went along well with student teachers' teaching conditions, and was useful in supporting positive changes of student teachers.