THE PRIORITY NEDDS INDEX MODIFIED ANALYSIS OF LERTLAH KASET- NAWAMIN SCHOOL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF TEACHER INNOVATORS ’ CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

This quantitative research aims to study the requirement of development for teachers at Lertlah Kaset -Nawamin School based on innovative teachers’ characteristics. The data has been gathered from 20 staffs at the management level in the Lertlah Kaset-Nawamin School and 84 Thai teachers who teach in kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels in the academic year of 2018. The total sample size is 104 people. The research instrument used in this research is a questionnaire that surveys the present circumstances and circumstances of development for teachers at Lertlah Kaset-Nawamin School based on innovative teachers’
characteristics. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, which are frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and PNI Modifed ranking. The results related to the present circumstances and the normal circumstances consisted of 6 skills, which are creativity, questioning, observation, venturing, experimentation, and network building. The fnding of the present circumstances of Lertlah Kaset-Nawamin
School based on innovative teachers’ characteristics was at a moderate level. In addition to the skill-level analysis, It appeared that observation, venturing and experimentation skills gain the highest means value ( = 3.09) followed by network building ( = 3.00), and the lowest is creativity ( = 2.95) The requirements of development for teachers at Lertlah Kaset-Nawamin School based on innovative teachers’ characteristics, it can be seen that the highest qualifcation is creativity (PNI = 0.61). The second requirement is questioning skills (PNI = 0.60). The  third requirement is network building skills (PNI = 0.57). The fourth is venturing skills and experimentation skills (PNI = 0.54), while the lowest requirement is observation skills (PNI = 0.53)