A Comparative Study of Teachers’ Perception Towards Professional Development According to Their Demographics in an International School in Pracha Uthit, Bangkok
Keywords:
Teachers’ Perception, Professional Development, Demographics, International School in BangkokAbstract
This study was to compare the significant differences in the teachers’ perceptions towards school’s professional development according to their gender, age, nationality, teaching experience and teaching level at an international school in Pracha Uthit, Bangkok, Thailand. Sixty-five teachers from the international school were surveyed by questionnaire based on Guskey’s (2000) Professional Development Evaluation model. The results showed that teachers’ perception level towards school’s professional development at the international school was high. Majority of teachers thought their professional learning had positive impacts on students’ learning achievement, and they felt that could gain new knowledge and skills from it. Nevertheless, teachers had relatively low perceptions regarding to the school professional development for students learning outcomes. No significant differences in the teachers’ perceptions towards school’s professional development according to their demographics: gender, age, years of teaching experience and grade level teaching were founded at the international school. However, significant differences of teachers’ perceptions towards their school’s professional development between Thai and Non-Asian existed at the international school in Pracha Uthit, Bangkok.
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