THE GUIDELINES OF DEVELOPING TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY FOR SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICES OF KALASIN PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the actual states, expected states, and needs, 2) to find out guidelines for developing and 3) to assess the guidelines for developing teacher characteristics in the 21^st century for schools under the Office of Kalasin Primary Educational Service Area. The research process was divided in to 3 phases, the 1^st phase, was to study on a sample group of 357 teachers from stratified sampling. The research instrument was 5 level rating scale questionnaire with the reliability of 0.91 actual states and 0.92 expected states. The data was analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and modified priority needs index (PNI). The 2^nd phase, find out the guidelines from twelve purposively selected information through semi-structured interview. The data was analyzed using content analysis. The 3^rd phase, assessment five experts from purposive selection. The data was analyzed by means and standard deviation.  The results were as follow: 1) The actual states and the expected states of teacher characteristics in the 21^st century were at a high level, and the needs, as follows: the first needs was technology knowledge and the last needs was character and integrity, 2) the guidelines for developing consist of observable attributes 72 guidelines and addressing attributes within a person 20 guidelines, and 3) the guidelines were evaluated at the highest level in terms of utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy.