Development of competency factors for information technology teachers at lower secondary education level (Thai)

Abstract

This research aimed to develop competency factors for information technology (IT) teachers at lower secondary education level. The research was descriptive using structural relationship models. The research samples were 1) 120 experts and 2) 384 schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission in the 2009 academic year. The research tools were 1) expert questionnaire which had content validity and reliability (a) of 0.85-0.93 and 2) a school questionnaire which had content validity and reliability (a) of 0.83-0.97. The data were statistically analyzed by 1) exploratory factor analysis and 2) second order confirmatory factor analysis. The research found that the model for competency of IT teachers at lower secondary education level had high construct validity by both exploratory and second order confirmatory factor analysis. The model was composed of 3 factors and 10 sub-factors from 46 selected variables.