A Study on Chinese Teachers’ Competence, Challenges and Ability to Handle the Challenges at International Schools in Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to study the Chinese Teachers’ Competence, teaching challenges and their ability to handle those challenges at International Schools in Bangkok. The research used a quantitative and qualitative mixed design. Questionnaires and interviews with 99 Chinese teachers from the 37 sampling international schools in Bangkok were conducted. The findings implied that international schools’ Chinese teachers in Bangkok had a highly qualified profile; their competence including pre-instruction, presence, learning environment, students learning and professionalism was high. Students’ diversity, classroom management, school support, parental involvement, selection of teaching materials were ranked as the Top five challenges that Chinese teachers faced in their classroom. It was also found that the Chinese teachers had the high ability of handling the challenges, and there were a positive correlation between the Chinese teachers’ competence and their ability of handling these challenges.