Guidelines for Improving Communication and Technology Skills in the School Network of Teacher Professional Training Center of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to offer the guideline of learning management in science for a lower secondary level to develop communication and technology in 21st century skills based on the result of research articles’ analysis. The sample group was 18 research articles of undergraduate in general science doing a practicum at the school network of teaching professional training center, faculty of education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok. Those papers were published in the proceeding of the national academic conference for undergraduate students in education, 2021. The paper selection was based on the research quality criteria. The research instruments were the research quality assessment form and an assessment form for the learning management to developing communication and technology skills. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The results showed that 1) all research articles were classroom action research to improve 21st century skills (66.67 percent) and secondly to develop communication skills (33.33 percent) and 2) the new learning management in science for a lower secondary level to develop communication and technology skill had the quality at a very high level. They consist of 4 steps: 1) preparation of technological skills and communication based on school context, 2) using technology to conduct a scientific investigation, 3) solving the scientific problem and integration, and 4) scientific communication and publishing. The recommendation for future study is to try out learning management for other education levels and related subjects.