The promotion of 21st century learning environment for undergraduate students, faculty of education, mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya university

Abstract

The study consisted of the following objectives: 1) to investigate the guidelines for promoting 21^st century learning environment; and 2) to explore factors promoting 21^st century learning environment. A group sample for the study included the first to fourth year undergraduate students in Faculty of Education, for a total of 152 persons. The tool used was a questionnaire with checklist and 5-point Likert scale. The statistics used to analyze the collected data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation (S.D.), t-test, One-Way ANOVA, and least significant difference (LSD).

From the study, the findings revealed that the promotion of 21^st century learning environment for undergraduate students, Faculty of Education, Mahachulalongkornrajavid yalaya University is overall at a high level ( = 4.22, S.D. = 0.28). When each aspect is examined, the aspect with the highest level of mean if learning in the 21^st century (= 4.22, S.D. = 0.36), and followed by learning environment ( = 4.21, S.D. = 0.31), respectively. The aspect with the lowest level of mean is promotion of learning between teachers and students ( = 4.18, S.D. = 0.35).

The opinions toward the promotion of 21^st century learning environments differed when the research hypothesis was tested with respondents from different status, ages, educational levels, and majors. When investigating the guidelines for promoting 21st century learning environment with respondents of different status, ages, educational levels, and majors, their opinions toward the promotion of 21^st  century learning environment are not different; hence, the null hypothesis is rejected.