Increasing Teachers Research Competency Using Classroom Research Training with Coaching and Mentoring Procedures for Teachers in Basic Education Institution
Abstract:
The aims of the research were 1) to study the current state of classroom
research conducted among teachers at basic education schools in Roi Kaen Sarasin
Education Development Zone 14, 2) to construct and develop a classroom research
training course, 3) to enhance the teachers research competency through the
classroom research course using coaching and mentoring procedures, and 4) to
assess the results of the enhancement. The samples consisted of 380 school
administrators, head teachers, classroom teachers, and external educational
supervisors. The research instruments included 1) a questionnaire to study the
current state of classroom research, 2) an assessment form for the classroom
research training course, 3) a pre-test and post-test, 4) a teacher satisfaction
questionnaire, 5) a supervisory form, and 6) an assessment form for the benchmark
of the completed classroom research training .
The results of the research were as follows:
1. The school administrators, head teachers, classroom teachers, and
external educational supervisors under the offices of primary educational service
areas in Roi Kaen Sarasin Education Development Zone 14 responded that the state
of conducting classroom research was at a high level. They recommended that
administrators should provide active support to researchers in terms of budget,
knowledge, documents, literature searches, and publications.
2. The classroom research course comprised five major elements; 1)
principles and rationale, 2) objectives, 3) structure and content, 4) practical activities,
and 5) measurement and evaluation. The content consisted of 7 units; 1) introduction
to classroom research, 2) individual learners analysis, 3) assessment for self-teaching
development, 4) case studies of individual learners, 5) development of innovative
ง
learning management, 6) research report writing, and 7) research exhibition and
publication.
3. The enhancement of the teachers research competency through
the classroom research training and coaching and mentoring procedures resulted in
a higher mean on the post test (35.00), compared to the pre-test (23.87). In
comparison, the post-test mean was higher than the pre-test mean at a significant
level of .05. The effectiveness of the constructed classroom research training course
was 83.81/87.50, which was higher than its benchmark of at 80/80. The effectiveness
index of the course was 0.690. In addition, it was found that the trainees satisfaction
of the course was at a high level. After training the participants in the course, it was
revealed that the teachers practiced the research skills at the highest level. As a
result of the coaching and mentoring procedures, the teachers showed greater
research competency, practical skills, support, and encouragement. These were
helpful in doing research effectively.
4. The assessment of the entire research training course showed that its
appropriateness was at the highest level. Specifically, utility had the highest mean
followed by correctness, appropriateness, and possibility, respectively.