THE STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY AND INNOVATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS AT RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ISAN

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study knowledge management capability of English language teachers of Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, 2) to study innovativeness of English language teachers of Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, and 3) to study correlation between knowledge management capability and innovativeness capability of English language teachers of Rajamangala University of Technology Isan. The samples were 20 English language teachers from the main and 3 campuses who were teachers in the curriculum; Bachelor of Arts Program in English for International Communication. The instruments were a questionnaire, and a structured interview. The Statistical analyses used for this research were frequency, percentage, means, and standard deviations. The major findings revealed that: 1) the six components of knowledge management capability of English language teachers which are technology, structure, culture, expertise, learning, and information of English language teachers were of high capability level. 2) The five components of innovativeness of English language teachers which are instructional media, teaching methodology, curriculum, evaluation, and management of English language teachers were of high capability level. 3) The result findings showed that the six components of knowledge management capability, have positive correlation at intermediate level with the five components of innovativeness of English language teaching through the Pearson Coefficient Correlation.