Guidelines to Develop the Student Teacher of Rambhai Barni Rajabhat in Thailand 4.0

Abstract

               The objective of this research was to propose the guidelines to develop the teaching profession students of Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University in Thailand 4.0 period. The research instrument was a focus group discussion. Eight participants including two experts/professionals on developing the teaching profession students, two teaching profession students’ supervisors, two administrators from Faculty of Education and two teachers from Faculty of Education were selected by purposive sampling method according to the determined criteria. Content analysis was applied to analyze the data. The results revealed that the guidelines based on Thailand 4.0 skills were as follows: 1) learning and innovation: the second year students should be developed through activity camps and workshops together with evaluations at the end of the academic year; 2) critical thinking and problems solving: the third year students should be developed through activity camps designed to encourage the students to take part in, and workshops together with appropriate evaluations reflecting students’ views or ideas; 3) communication and collaborative: the first year students should be developed through activity camps, and workshops together with evaluations at the end of the academic year complying with additional extra curriculum activities organized by the faculty or inserted into teaching and learning activities; 4) information, media and technology: the first year students should be developed through activity camps, and workshops together with appropriate evaluations; 5) life and career skills: the fourth year students should be developed through activity camps designed to encourage the students to take part in, and field trips together with appropriate evaluations reflecting students’ views or ideas which could also be added up to the third year students’ activities.