THE CURRENT STATUS OF TEACHING PROFESSION

Abstract

            Education is the heritage in the learning process of the members of society. From ancient times, the people of the community and society were each other's teachers. Therefore, education is crucial to a person's rational thinking. Moreover, it helps a person to live in the society successfully. It was refined by teaching new members of society to know their roles and duties to be able to express themselves appropriately. Education is the process of promoting people to grow and prosper all around. It also motivates individuals to have the ability to continuously develop themselves throughout their lives.

National Education Act 1999 mentioned that the education shall
aim at the full development of the Thai people both physically, mentally, intellectually and knowledge. Education should also improve the morality culture as well as to be able to live with others happily. Teachers are mainly responsible for teaching and promoting the learning of learners through various methods in educational institutions. Teachers are the person responsible for providing education which is the process of transferring knowledge, training, inheriting the culture and maintaining academic progress. They create factors that support students to help them learn continuously throughout their lives. Educational management must be based on the principle that all learners can learn and develop themselves. To consider that the learners are the most important.

Teachers are capable of teaching and helping to develop learners ‘quality. They also train people to have skills to develop themselves, be self-reliant, uplift the mind and be able to think of things that benefit oneself and others. Teachers are to be ethical in their thoughts and actions including the development of knowledge to be mindful and intellectual and be able to think reflectively in decisions making through the process of pedagogy. Moreover, teachers should always update the lessons to suit the current situation to be developed in the future based on the law for the teaching profession; that is appropriate and up to date with changing expectations from society.