The state of professional training experience management: the field experience: observation and practice in the classroom course in the five-year science teacher education program (Thai)

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the state of professional training experience management at a professional development school in Bangkok, and pre-service science teachersû satisfaction and perception on the professional experience process, quality of their own practice and characteristics of teachers from the Field Experience: Observation and Practice in the Classroom Course in the five-year teacher education program. The results indicate that the university laboratory school was set as a professional development school. Field Experience: Observation and Practice in the Classroom Course was intended to help pre-service science teachers to understand and practice student activities, art and cultural activities, sport and jobs as a classroom teacher. Pre-service science teachersû satisfaction of planning and running professional training experience, and perceptions on their practice quality and their own characteristics as a teacher gained from field experiences were found at a high level. However, pre-service science teachers faced problems in their activities timetable, cooperating with teachers, and in the context of the professional development school.