THE NEEDS FOR INTERNAL SUPERVISION ON ART SUBJECTS OF TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA 32

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the needs for internal supervision in art subjects of teachers in secondary schools under Buriram Secondary Education Service Area Office 32 in 3 aspects, namely curriculum development, learning management, and learning measurement and evaluation aspects; to compare the needs in the 3 aspects as classified by educational level and experience; and to collect additional problems and suggestions related. The sample used in this research were 132 teachers teaching art subjects, derived through Krejcie & Morgan’s Table and simple ramdom sampling. The instrument used for collecting the data was the 5-point - rating - scale questionnaire, constructed the researcher and with reliability of .80. The statistics used for analysing the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, and Scheffe’s Method.

The main research were findings were summarized as follows:-1. The teachers teaching art subjects in secondary schools had needs for internal supervision as a whole, in individual aspects, and by item at the high level.

2. The teachers teaching art subjects in secondary schools with the educational level in art field and other fields had needs for internal supervision as a whole, in individual aspects, and by item mostly at the high level; except on appointing school curriculum developers, supervising on curriculum implementation, using evaluation results to improve, develop and adapt, using technology to organize learning, and learning evaluation principles, it was found at the highest level, and mostly with no difference; except on supervising on curriculum implementation and, using evaluation results to improve, develop and adapt, it was found with statistically significant difference at the .01 level, and on analysing data emphasizing local needs, supervising and controlling organization of learning activities and learning evaluation principles at the .05 level.

3. The teachers teaching art subjects in secondary schools with experience below 5 years, 5-10 years, and more than 10 years had needs for internal supervision as a whole, in individual aspects, and by item mostly at the high level; except on appointing schools curriculum developer, student learning roles, analysing local curriculum, planning, preparing curriculum, training on curriculum implementation, developing desirable characteristics, and using technology to organize learning, it was found at the highest level and mostly with no difference; except on appointing school curriculum developers, analysing core curriculum, local curriculum, and school curriculum, planning curriculum preparation, and participating in curriculum development, it was found with statistically significant difference at the .01 level, and on analyzing data emphasizing local needs, training on curriculum implementation, developing desirable characteristics, learning organization principles, and instruments for learning evaluation at the .05 level,

4. The teachers teaching art subjects in secondary schools perceived main problems on teachers lacking knowledge and understanding in local curriculum preparation, schools lacking instructional media materials and equipment, and teachers lacking knowledge and understanding in diverse evaluation processes; and gave important suggestions that curriculum be improved to become localized and of Thai identity, budget on materials and equipment be increased and training on measurement and evaluation techniques be conducted.