Guidelines for the Promotion of Teaching Behaviors of Teachers at Basic Education Level Towards Developing Student Learning Achievement

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the status and problems in supporting the teaching behaviors of teachers at basic education level towards developing of learning achievement and 2) study guidelines for the promotion of teaching behaviors of teachers at basic education level towards developing of learning achievement. The research instruments included 1) the research quality evaluation form, 2) the form of attribute research, 3) the outstanding teachers’ behavioral observation form, and 4) the questionnaire on students’, teachers’, and stakeholders’ opinions about the teaching behaviors of teachers towards developing of learning achievement. The data was analyzed by using the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, meta analysis, and content analysis.

The results showed that 1) the status and the problems in promoting the teaching behaviors of teachers towards developing of learning achievement showed that in the policy and the support by stakeholders aspect: the educational policy has changed often so the teachers could not adjust themselves to follow the changes, the teacher development emphasized on the academic rather than the spirit of teacher. In the administrative management aspect: the teachers in the elementary and secondary levels in the educational opportunity expanding schools were assigned to teach the subjects that were not their expertises. Additionally, the teachers had other tasks besides their teaching. In the curriculum and instruction aspect: the curriculum focused more on content than the process skills, too many standards and indicators, complicated and difficult to use. The teacher aspect: the teachers lacked of teaching techniques/ teaching methods so they taught as what they get used to. In addition, the teachers lacked an understanding of curriculum contents so they taught inaccurately. In student aspect: students had different background of education and learning readiness, family problems, and pay more interest in the media for the entertainment instead of education. 2) guidelines for the promotion of teaching behaviors of teachers at basic education level towards developing of learning achievement in the teacher attribute aspects and teaching aspect: the department at the policy level should establish the policy, standard of teacher tasks, the teacher ethics, and the clear, appropriate, and usable measurement. In addition, they should allocate budget to encourage and support teachers to improve themselves in teaching and ethics. Also the elite teachers should be supported and praised. The department at the service area level should concentrate on policies and measurement to practices, set up the systems and the strategies in developing teachers, create the event to provide knowledge and teaching skills, monitor each process until it is success, set up the systems and strategies for supervision, create the community of professional teachers. The department at the educational sectors: the administrators should have the academic leadership, administer with no corruption and fairness, promote and support teachers’ progress in career path, enhance the organizational culture to be a learning community and help each other, encourage and support teachers in teaching.