ASEAN TEACHERS’ COMPENTENCY MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY PRE-SERVICE TEACHER IN THAILAND

Abstract

Research objectives are 1) to explore ASEAN teachers’ competency level in Rajabhat university Pre-service teacher and 2) to examine the validity of ASEAN teachers’ competency model for Rajabhat university Pre-service teacher in Thailand. Research samplings are 480 Pre-service teacher who studied in 5^th year of education faculty in Rajabhat university in 2019. They are selected by using Multi-stage random sampling. Research instrument is ASEAN teachers’ competency questionnaire in 5 ratio scale. Data analyses are Frequency, Percentage, Average, Standard Deviation, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.        

It was found that the overall of ASEAN teachers’ competency within Rajabhat university Pre-service teacher was high level (M = 4.12) The highest part was becoming a better teacher every day (M = 4.30) whereas helping students’ learning (M = 4.13), knowing and understanding what to teach (M = 4.06), and engaging the community (M = 3.97) were in order.

ASEAN teachers’ competency model for Rajabhat university Pre-service teacher was relevant to observed data. It is shown that Chi-Square =33.71, df = 34, p = 0.48, c²/ df = 0.99, RMSER = 0.00, RMR = 0.01 GIF = 0.99, AGIF = 0.97. The standard weight factor was positive (0.77 – 0.90). Moreover, the statistical significance was .01.