Proposed Guidelines for the Developments of Teacher Education Research Competencies of Educational Administrators under the Office of Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Area 2

Abstract

This research aimed to propose the guidelines for development of  competency in performing educational research for teachers working under the Office of Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Area 2. The methodology had two steps. Step 1 was the development of plan to build teacher competency for research in education by the school administrators under the Office of Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Area 2.  The key informants used in this step were 5 experts that were purposively selected, and the research tool was the form for content analysis.  Step 2 was the study of suitability and feasibility of the approaches for developing the teachers’ competency in educational research by the school administrators under the Office of Phranakhon   Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Area 2. The samples used in this step were 115 school administrators  that were selected by simple random sampling, and the instrument was a 5 rating-scale questionnaire. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by using mean and standard deviation.

               The findings showed that: 1) the guidelines for the development of teachers’ competencies in performing research in education were found to be appropriate and feasible above the average of 3.50, including 3 components and 76 practical items, of which component 1 was competencies in opinion and attitude towards performing research with 1 practical item for promoting the teacher for performing the research by themselves with good ethics, component       2 was competency in knowledge in research with 2 practical items for 1) promoting the teachers to study research guidelines by themselves and 2) promoting the teachers for seeking the comments and recommendation from the experts, and component 3 was methodology in doing research with   2 practical items, including that 1) the school administrators should examine and follow the recommendations in summarized reports of classroom research and 2) schools should have guidelines for teachers in doing research.