Organizing Active Learning in Conjunction with Bloom's 6-Step Intellectual Development Process Concept to Develop Teacher Characteristics in the Professional Learning Community of Student Teachers in the English major, Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were 1)to study teacher characteristics of professional learning communities (PLCs) of student teachers by using active learning management together with process concepts to develop Bloom's 6 stages of intelligence; and 2) to compare the teacher characteristics of professional learning communities of student teachers by using active learning management together with the concept of Bloom's 6 stages of intellectual development process with excellent criteria (86 percent). It was the quantitative research. The sample group used in the research consisted of 1 group of first-year student teachers in the English major, with a total of 31 students. The research tools included a learning management plan for the professional practice course during study that was prepared based on the characteristics of active learning management combined with Bloom's 6 steps of intellectual development process, 15 plans, 1 hour per plan, for a total of 15 hours, with content validity. (IOC=.67-1.00) and the self-evaluation form regarding teacher characteristics of professional learning communities, totaling 48 items, had an IOC value for each item between .67-1.00 and an IOC value for the entire version equal to .87 and the entire reliability value was .958. Statistics used in data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results found that 1) teacher characteristics of the professional learning community of student teachers in the English major, overall, it was at a high level (83 percent). The characteristics of teachers in professional learning communities from highest to lowest were in the aspect of having a common vision and goals, cooperation and power aspect, communication aspect and interaction aspect, and learning and reflection on work performance aspect, respectively; and 2) the results of analysis and comparison of teacher characteristics of the professional learning community of student teachers in the English major used active learning management together with the concept of Bloom's 6 stages of intellectual development process, lower than the excellent criteria (86 percent) (t=-1.75, p-value=.044).