DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING PRACTICUM TO IMPROVE LEARNING MANAGEMENT FOR STUDENT TEACHERS BY ACTION RESEARCH PROCESS AT ONGKHARAK DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The current research purposes to (1) to develop a pattern of teaching practicum throughout a process of action research at Ongkharak Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University in order to develop pre-service teachers’ instruction and (2) to investigate effectiveness of implementing the pattern which was developed. The sample of the research includes 265 pre-service teachers, 9 school mentors, and 9 university supervisors. The data collection is of a one-semester duration. The instruments of the research are composed of (1) an instruction manual of the pattern of teaching practicum throughout the process of action research at Ongkharak Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University, (2) an assessment form of teacher skill, (3) an assessment form of observation skill, (4) an assessment form of reflection skill, (5) an assessment form of responsibilities of school mentors or university supervisors, and (6) an interview form of opinions toward the developed pattern. The quantitative data were analyzed with percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and T-test, and the qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis. The results reveal that the developed pattern with a technique of coaching and mentoring and a learning process throughout reflective thinking aims to improve the pre-service teachers’ instruction in the school and to develop responsibilities of school mentors or university supervisors The principle 7 items procedure. The procedure for implementing 4 pattern. The effectiveness of the developed pattern is revealed that the pre-service teachers who implemented the pattern developed in their instruction after the experiment with the significantly statistical level 0.05; besides, the school mentors or the university supervisors who implemented the pattern developed in the responsibilities as the school mentors or the university supervisors more than the period before the experiment with the significantly statistical level 0.05.