Image of the characteristics of being a teacher: A study of content and language in Wittayachan in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn

Abstract

       During the reign of King Chulalongkorn, there was a publication called "Wittayachan" that liked a teacher's manual because it complemented both knowledge and teaching methods. This article aims to visualize the characteristics of a teacher through the study of content and language appearing in the Witthayachan newspaper in King Chulalongkorn period by using the conceptual framework at discourse, the reflection, the characteristics of the teachers and educational reforms in the reign of King Chulalongkorn. The results found that the content issues include providing both knowledge and general news related to education. The language characteristics found the use of word groups or statements; 1) directive 2)suggestion and 3) reasoning. The image of the characteristics of being a teacher appeared in 3 aspects; the aspect of curiosity and knowledge, morality and ethics,
and information monitoring