A STUDY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A NEW GENERATION OF TEACHERS

Abstract

The research objectives were to 1) perform a factor analysis of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers.;  2) examine the coherence of the measurement model to study the consciousness of a new generation of teachers.; and 3) study the consciousness of a new generation of teachers. The sampling group was selected by multistage random sampling. The population of six hundred teachers with five to ten years of teaching experience in six regions around Thailand. The two research tools included a semi-structured interview for measuring the consciousness of the teacher in terms of teaching assessments, with the discrimination ranging from between 0.30 to 0.63 and with a reliability coefficient (alpha) of 0.94. The statistics were applied and analyzed by the exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis with orthogonal rotation by the Varian method and by confirmatory factor analysis of maximum likelihood (ML). The studies of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers were statistically analysed using mean and standard deviation.

            The research results were as follows 1) The factor analysis of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers. The Eigen values were in the range between 4.07 to 39.62 and the sum of squared score loading cumulative was 49.63. They were the three key components of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers such as conception of reflection, behavior, and morality. 2) The confirmatory factor analysis of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers model was in accordance with empirical data =24.28 df=17 p=.11, GFI=0.98, AGFI=0.95, CFI=1.00, RMSEA=0.03 and SRMR=0.02. The standard factor loading of these three components were high (.01) and were constructed with reliability in the range of between 0.65 to 0.94. The standard factor loading of each component shown in the rankings were behavior (0.96), the conception of reflection (0.95), and morality (0.94). 3) The study of the consciousness of a new generation of teachers was at the high level.