The Development of an e-Training Curriculum to Enhance the Competency of Professional Teachers in Classroom Research

Abstract

Research on developing an e-Training curriculum to enhance professional teachers' competencies in conducting research in the classroom. the objectives are to 1) study the problem conditions, needs, and desires for developing an e-Training curriculum to enhance the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. 2) develop an e-Training curriculum to enhance the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom, and 3) study the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom from the use of the e-Training curriculum. There are 3 research phases: Phase 1, studying the problem conditions, needs, and desires of teachers in developing competency in conducting research in the classroom. and draft an
e-Training curriculum format, a tool that uses a questionnaire to identify problems and needs of teachers in conducting classroom research. and a questionnaire on teachers' needs for conducting research in the classroom. Phase 2: Develop an e-Training curriculum to strengthen the competencies of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. Tools used: 1) e-Training course to enhance the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. 2) Competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. 3 components: 2.1) Competency in knowledge about doing research in the classroom, 2.2) Competency in skills in writing research reports, and 2.3) Competency in attitude towards doing research in the classroom. The quality of the curriculum was checked by 7 experts, then it was pilot tested with 10 assistant teachers, who were recruited voluntarily through the e-ClassNet system, by themselves at any time. And Phase 3 studied the competency of professional teachers in conducting classroom research from using the e-Training curriculum. Tried the curriculum with 30 assistant teachers, who were recruited voluntarily. Using the same tools as in Phase 2

          The research results are summarized as follows: 1) Results of the study of problem conditions, necessities, and desires in Developing an e-Training curriculum to enhance professional teachers' competencies in conducting research in the classroom. By answering a questionnaire from 415 assistant teachers, this is the result of a study of problems and the need for research in teachers' classrooms. Overall, it is at a high level (\bar{X}  = 3.56, S.D. = 0.37) .Results of the study of teachers' needs for conducting research in the classroom. Overall, it is at the highest level (\bar{X}  = 4.60, S.D. = 0.16) 2) Develop an e-Training curriculum to enhance the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. By examining the tools from 7 experts, the results were as follows: 1) Results of the evaluation of the e-Training course to strengthen the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom. The experts had the average suitability level at the highest level (\bar{X}  = 4.54, S.D. = 0.52) can be separated into 2 areas. It was found that the assessment of speakers/researchers the average suitability is at the highest level (\bar{X} = 4.62, S.D. = 0.50), followed by the evaluation of content and learning processes. The average suitability is at the highest level (\bar{X}  = 4.52, S.D. = 0.52) 2) Results of the pilot experiment using the curriculum. e-Training to enhance the competency of professional teachers in conducting research in the classroom with assistant teachers who were not the actual target group, totaling 10 people, which were obtained voluntarily as follows: 2.1) Competency in knowledge regarding conducting research in the classroom. Overall, the average score was 80.00 percent. Knowledge competency was at a very high level. 2.2) Skill competency in writing research reports in the classroom. Overall, the average score was 76.60 percent. Knowledge competency was at a high level. 2.3) Overall attitudinal competency towards doing research in the classroom had an average score of 90.00 percent. Attitudinal competency was at a high level. And 3) results of the study of professional teachers' competency in doing research in the classroom from using the e-Training curriculum, trialled with 30 real assistant teachers in the target group, obtained voluntarily as follows: 3.1) Competency in knowledge about doing research in the classroom. Overall, the average score was 77.92 percent. 3.2) Competency in knowledge was at a high level. Competency in skills in writing research reports in the classroom. Overall, the average score was 75.50 percent. Knowledge competency was at a high level. 3.3) Overall attitudinal competency towards doing research in the classroom had an average score of 90.18 percent. Attitudinal competency was at a very high level.