Indicators of Code of Professional Ethics for Teachers in Basic Education Schools Under office of The Basic Education Commission in Bangkok Metropolis

Abstract

        The research objectives were to 1) study main factors, sub-factors, and indicators of the code of professional ethics for teachers, 2) develop the indicators, 3) examine the fitness-of-fit of the developed measurement model with empirical data, and 4) explore suggestions to promote practice according to the code for teachers in basic education schools under Office of the Basic Education Commission in Bangkok.  Data were collected by a 5-level rating scale with 0.969 reliability from the sample derived with multi-stage sampling from 830 teachers under the OBEC in Bangkok. The data were analyzed with descriptive and referential statistics with statistical software package and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with Lisrel program. The results are the following. The code comprises 5 factors and 15 indicators. The developed structural equation model of the code of professional ethics for teachers in basic education schools under OBEC in Bangkok is congruent with empirical data with Chi-square (c²) = 24.26, and Degree of Freedom (df) = 26, P-value =0.56, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 0.98, RMR = 0.00 and RMSEA = 0.00. The suggestions for promoting practice according to the code are mainly 1) showing good attitude, awareness, and understanding of duty according to the code and self-conduct towards professional teacher standards. 2) self-learning on the code of professional ethics and professional standards enabling teachers knowing and understanding of the code, self-conduct, and self-behavior pattern according to the code; and 3) training on duty according to the code, professional standards, and behavior pattern according to the code.