The Effects of Active Training to Develop Knowledge in Educational Psychology and Counseling Skills for Teachers under the Phayao Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement

Abstract

Developing knowledge in educational psychology and counseling skills is important for teachers under the Office of Learning Encouragement to be developed for effective use  with learners thus, objectives of the study were 1) to compare the psychological knowledge of teachers under the Phayao Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement, 2) to compare the counselling skills of teachers under the Phayao Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement, and 3)to study the satisfaction of teachers under the Phayao Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement taking active training on the body of knowledge of psychology and counseling skills.The sample group consisted of forty teachers under the Phayao Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement with purposive selection based on criteria of selection focusing on teachers who applied for active training to develop psychological knowledge and counseling skills held by the researcher. Instruments employed for data collection were active training manuals, educational psychology fundamental test, counseling skill assessments, and satisfaction questionnaires..Statistics used in data analysis include percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Dependent Sample t-test. Findings showed that: 1) after training, teachers had statically significantly higher knowledge of psychology prior to training at the .05 level, 2) after training, their counseling skills were statically significantly higher at the .05 level, and
3) after training teachers were satisfied with the active learning training to the great extent.