THE DEVELOPMENT SELF LEARNING PACKAGE TO PRACTICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS FOR THAI LANGUAGE TEACHERS PRATHOMSUKSA 3 IN CENTRAL REGION BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF LEARNING IN THE 21st CENTURY

Abstract

           The objective of this research were: 1) to create a self-learning materials for practicing in information technology and communications skills for Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers  in central region–it based on the concept of learning in the 21st century, 2) to initiate the Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers  in central region for practicing information technology and communications skills from the self-learning materials, and 3) to examine outcomes of self-learning materials from before and after practice with 21st century information technology and communication skills learning materials. The sample population were Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers in the central region: 8 provinces from northern central area and 8 provinces from southern central area–the total is 16 provinces. The sample random multistage was used to select the sample. The provinces were selected by cluster random sampling. The 25 sampling schools per province and 50 teachers were selected by simple random method. The research instruments were: 1) information technology and communications skills questionnaires, 2) the 21st century learning concept based self learning package to practice information technology and communications skills for Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers in central region, 3) quality assessment of Information technology and communications skills for Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers in central region, and 4) skill assessment test of information technology and communications skills. The percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to analyzed the data.

            The results indicated as following: 1) self-learning materials for practicing information technology and communications skills were smart phone, YouTube, and power point, 2) Prathomsuksa 3 Thai language teachers in central region had a good understanding of information technology and communications skills, average was 21.82, and 3) the achievement scores after learning through self-learning information technology and communications skills was significantly higher than pre-test scores at .05.