The Problem Condition of Learning Management Flipped Classroom to Enhance the Thai Language Usage for Mathayomsuksa 3 Students

Abstract

This research article is the result of the first stage of the research procedure. The research objectives were 1) to examine teachers’ perspectives on the practice and the problematic conditions of learning management through flipped classroom in order to enhance Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ Thai language usage, and 2) to examine the students’ perspectives on the situation of learning management through flipped classroom in order to enhance Mathayomsuksa 3 students’ Thai language usage. The target group of this research consisted of 15 teachers. The samples included 314 Mathayomsuksa 3 students at 12 schools administered by the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Administrative Organization, selected by stratified random sampling. The instruments used for data collection were opinion questionnaires employed by the teachers and the students. The statistics utilized for the data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings revealed that 1) the teachers’ perspectives towards the practice of learning management through flipped classroom, as a whole were at a moderate level, accounting for 69.50 percent. When broken down, the aspect with the highest level of implementation was assessment and evaluation, at 90.00 percent, while the lowest was content, at 39.05 percent. Their perspectives towards the problematic conditions of learning management through flipped classroom were overall moderate ( =2.69, S.D.=0.68). 2) The students’ perspectives on the practice of learning management through the flipped classroom as a whole were also at a moderate level, accounting for 67.11 percent. The aspect with the highest level of implementation was classroom atmosphere, at 73.17 percent, while content received the lowest level of implementation, at 52.67 percent. Their perspectives towards the problematic conditions of learning management through flipped classroom enhancing Thai language usage were overall at a moderate level  ( =2.76, S.D.=0.72).