Development of Program for Strengthening Teachers’ Competency on Student-centered Learning Management for Schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 24

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the components and indicators of teachers' performance in student-centered learning management; 2) study the current state and the desired state of teacher performance in student-centered learning management. 3) develop program for strengthening teachers’ performance in student-centered learning management. The populations in this study were school administrators and teachers. 335 samples were selected from a total of 2,139 people by using stratified random sampling and simple random sampling technique. Research instruments were evaluation form of components and performance indicators of teachers in student-centered learning management, questionnaire of the current state and desired state of teachers' competencies in student-centered learning management and evaluation form of program for strengthening teachers’ competency in student-centered learning management. The statistics used in the research were average and standard deviation. The results of this research: revealed that 1) there are three elements and sixteen indicators of the teachers’ competency components in student-centered learning management. 2) current state and desired state of the teacher's competence in student-centered learning management was at low level and the desired state was at the highest level 3) Program for strengthening teachers’ competency in student-centered learning management was the most appropriate in general.