English Language Competencies and Professional Competencies Development of Primary School Teachers in Mahasarakham Province, Thailand by Using Onsite Training Courses and Online Training Courses
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https://doi.org/10.14456/jsasr.2022.19Keywords:
English and Professional Competencies; , Primary School Teachers; , Onsite and Online Training CoursesAbstract
The paper solely presents one of the major objectives was to design on-site and online training courses for English language competencies and professional competencies development of primary school teachers in Mahasarakham Province under the Mahasarakham Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, 2, and 3 based on contextual studies and documentary studies. The quality of the training courses and online learning programs was assessed by nine experts through Delphi Technique. The data were analyzed by statistical procedures: frequency, mean, standard deviation, and IOC index. 1) The research study showed that the five training courses consisted of “Practical English Phonetics, Forms and Usage in Modern English, Teaching Methodology, Lesson Design and Lesson Plans, and Learning Assessment and Evaluation”. Each training course included nine major components: instructions for trainers and trainees, training description, objectives, the scope of contents, assessment and evaluation, contents and activities, exercises, tests, and a questionnaire. 2) The findings indicated that the average accuracy and appropriateness of the onsite training courses and the online training courses assessed by the experts were at a very high level ( = 4.87, S.D.= .67) and ( = 4.89, S.D. = .67) respectively. 3) The findings indicated that the average accuracy and appropriateness of three sets of the tests for the training courses and online training courses assessed by the experts were at a very high level ( = 4.87, S.D.= .65), ( = 4.86, S.D. = .69) and ( = 4.94, S.D.= .66) respectively. The index of item objective congruence (IOC) of the tests was .97, .90, and .97 respectively. 4) The findings showed that the average accuracy and appropriateness of two sets of the questionnaire on the site training courses and online training courses assessed by the experts were at a very high level ( = 4.95, S.D.= .66) and ( = 4.90, S.D. = .67) respectively.
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