THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF-STUDY PACKAGE ON PSYCHOLOGY FOR TEACHERS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

The Development of the Self-Study Package on Psychology for Teachers for College Students was a Research and Development study. The purposes of this research were 1) to develop a Self-study Package on Psychology for Teachers and 2) to investigate the results of using the package. The participants were 12 college students who intended to work as teachers, but did not enroll in any educational programs and did not register in any courses of psychology for teachers. The purposive sampling was used. The instruments included 1) a package of self-study on psychology for teachers 2) the students’ opinions questionnaire towards the Self-Study Package on Psychology for Teacher, and 3) information from a focus group.

The Self-Study Package was developed from analyzing the Teaching Professional Standards of Thailand, Curriculum 4th: Psychology for Teachers which consisted of 5 units; 1. Developmental Psychology, 2. Psychology Learning Theories, 3. Goal Setting and Motivation, 4. Individual Differences, and 5. Classroom Management. Each unit included a conceptual framework, Learning objectives, Importance Elements, Directions, Pre-test questionnaire, Content and questions, Post-test questionnaire, Keys for the pre and post-test, Keys for questions at the end of each content section, Recommended reading, and References.

The research resulted of the Self-Study Package on Psychology for Teachers for College Students found that the values of efficiency of the self-study package (E1/E2) were higher (85.83/87.33) than the expected values (80/80). The Percentage of progression after studying the Self-Study Package was 41.66.

Participants reported high satisfaction level towards using the package in learning content and self-evaluation. Furthermore, the participants reported that the Self-Study Package for Psychology for Teachers was not only useful in gaining more knowledge about psychology for teachers, but also it was important at helping the students to have self-improvement as well, especially in the unit 3. This unit discussed about goal setting and motivation that could help them to set their goals and increase their learning motivation, and help them manage their learning time effectively. Students could spend their free time to study outside the classroom time and they would choose their favorite places to study in order to motivated them to study the Self-Study Package and reduce their tension while studying the package.