A MODEL FOR PROMOTING CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH OF TEACHERS IN BASIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE KHONKAEN PRIMARYEDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 4

Abstract

               The purposes of this research were to 1) study the current conditions and problems in promoting classroom action research of teachers in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4 2) compare opinions about the forms of classroom action research promotion in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4 and 3) develop a model for promoting classroom action research in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4. This research is a mixed methodology research between quantitative research and qualitative research. The sample group used in this study was 503 school administrators and teachers which were obtained by opening the tables of Krejcie and Morgan with simple random sampling method. The target group consisted of 9 administrators of educational institutions, supervisors and experts. The instrument used for data collection was a 5 level rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, mean, standard deviation and Analytic Deduction.

The research results were revealed as follows:

               1.The current conditions and problems in promoting classroom action research of teachers in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4 was found that the operating conditions were at a high level and practice problems were at a moderate level.
                2.The comparison of opinions concerning the promoting classroom action research of teachers in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4 was found that in overall aspect, there were statistically significant differences at level .01. But the overall problems were significantly different at the level .05.                 
                3.A model for promoting classroom action research of teachers in basic education institutions under the Khon Kaen primary educational service area office 4 consisted of five main components 1) paying attention to classroom action research 2) promoting the importance of classroom action research 3) responsibility to teachers who conducted the classroom action research 4) respect for teachers who conducted the classroom action research and 5) promoting career progress of the teachers who conducted the classroom action research. Likewise, the model was appropriate and could be implemented with statistical significance at the level of .01.