An Action Research on Development of Managerial Skills in Home Working Course through the 5 STEPs Cooperation Learning Activities for Prathom Suksa Five Students in Bankaemtai School under Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to investigate the action research development of managerail skills in the occupational working course using the cooperative learning activities for Prathom Suksa five students at Bankaemtai School, Ubon Ratchathani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, and to compare the level of managerial skills of the students before and after the managerial skill development. The target group were 19 Prathom Suksa five students purposively selected for the study. The research instruments were: (1) 12 learning management plans, (2) a test on managerial skills, (3) a quiz assessing the managerial skills at the end of the cycle, (4) learning behavior observation form, (5) students’ interview form, and (6) an observation form on teacher’s teaching behavior.  The statistical procedures for data analysis were mean, percentage, stanadrd deviation and the percentage of the scores on the development. 

The research findings were as follows:

1. The action research development of managerail skills in the occupational working course using the cooperative learning activities had a repetition in three cylcles using 12 twelve hours. Each cycle consisted four stages, namely: (1) planning, (2) implementing the 5-step cooperative learning activities, (3) observation, and (4) feedback. The positive feedback was then developed and the negative one was improved in the next cycle. 
2. Upon comparing the level of managerial skill development before and after the development using 5-step cooperative learning activities, it showed that the students had a higher level of skills than beofre the development. As a whole the average score of development was 65.14 which was at a very high level.