Competencies in Classroom Management of Social Studies Student Teachers

Abstract

The research purposes were to study competencies in classroom management of social studies student teachers and compare competencies in classroom management of social studies student teachers categorizing in gender and GPA. The sample group was 117 fourth year students in social studies, faculty of education, Roi Et Rajabhat University who enrolled in the 2nd semester of academic year 2018. They were chosen by purposive sampling method. Research instrument included a measure of classroom management competency form and open-ended questions. Basic statistics used in data analysis were means and standard deviation. To compare competencies in classroom management of student teachers by gender and GPA, Independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were employed, respectively. The research findings revealed that social studies student teachers showed overallcompetencies of classroom management in 5 aspects at a high level including; leadership, classroom management, effective communication, contribution of service, and make use of the innovation. Considering as an aspect, students showed high competency in each aspect with the average scores of 3.80- 4.27. Comparing competencies in classroom management of students by gender, it was found that students with different gender were different in competencies statistically significant at .05 level. However, the comparison of competencies in classroom management of social studies student teachers who earned different GPA, it was showed that there was no difference in classroom management competencies.