Teacher Development Model on Teaching Critical Thinking Process in Small Schools under the Office of Maha Sarakham Primary Educational Service Area 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the factors on teaching critical thinking process for teachers in small primary schools under the Office of Maha Sarakham Primary Educational Service Area 1, 2) design the development model for primary school teachers on teaching critical thinking process, and 3) evaluate the development model for primary school teachers on teaching critical thinking process. The subjects, selected through the purposive sampling, were eighteen teachers from two of each nine small schools under the Office of Maha Sarakham Primary Educational Service Area 1 at Keong-lard Phattana Quality Development Center. The research was conducted by observation, questioning, interviewing, focus group discussion, satisfactory evaluation including knowledge and understanding test by using pretest and posttest. The qualitative analysis was analyzed by descriptive analysis and quantitative analysis was used by percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test.

The results of the research were as follows:1. The factors on teaching critical thinking process for teachers in small primary schools consisted of indication of problems, data collection, reliability consideration of data source, setting up hypothesis, references conclusion and decision making.

2. The development model for teachers in small primary schools on teaching critical thinking process consisted of four main parts: principle, objective, development technique including evaluation and assessment.

3. The evaluation of development model for teachers in small primary schools on teaching critical thinking process by training arrangement revealed that the training participants who had gained knowledge and understanding before and after the training was significantly different at the .01 level higher than the assigned criteria. The trainees could apply their knowledge for planning learning activities and produce a high quality of learning plan focusing on critical thinking.