Adaptation of students to teaching and learning under the new era : Case study of students in the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Laws and Politics, Roi Et Rajabhat University.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study students' readiness for online learning 2) to study students' needs for online teaching, and 3) to suggest students' adaptation to online teaching. This research was a quantitative research and sample was 94 public administration students, using the Krejcie and Morgan random sampling (Krejcie & Morgan 1970). The data was collected using Google Form and imported into statistical analysis including percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.

The results of the research revealed that 1) the readiness of the students for online learning, the top 3 rankings were technologies readiness ( x̅ = 4.49 , SD = 0.64)  learner readiness ( x̅ = 4.26 , SD = 0.74) and readiness for teaching and learning activities ( x̅ = 4.21 , SD = 0.72) 2) The needs of students towards online teaching, it was found that the need for teaching in a systematic manner ( x̅ = 4.57 , SD = 0.75) The need for learning activities was appropriate according to the situation ( x̅ = 4.40 , SD = 0.72) and duration requirements for attendance ( x̅ = 4.39, SD = 0.68) and 3) recommendations for students' adaptation to online teaching and learning found that (1) scores should be collected every time after completing the course (2) adjust teaching and learning according to the situation (3) appropriate activities should be included during the lesson (4) there should be new and interesting learning content and issues (5) provide opportunities for students to interact and (6) lectures using language that is easy to understand.