NEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL LEARNING AND TEACHING INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TEACHERS IN SERVICE AREA SAKON NAKHON RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate personal factors of Agricultural teachers under the service area of Sakhon Nakhon Rajabhat University; 2) explore needs for developing agricultural teaching/learning innovation of the agricultural teachers; and 3) compare the needs for developing agricultural teaching/learning innovation and the personal factors. The sample group in this study consisted of 130 secondary school agricultural teachers. A set of questionnaire was used for data collection and analyzed by using mean, stand and deviation, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Results of the study revealed that, as a whole, the respondents had a high level of needs for developing agricultural teaching/learning innovation ( = 4.41). There was no difference in needs for the development between male and female respondents There was no difference in the level of teaching of the respondents It was found that the level of teaching in agricultural teaching experience of the respondents had an effect on the difference in needs for developing agricultural teaching/learning innovation (sig. = 0.00). found that the respondents whose age range was 26-30 years, and their teaching experience was less than 3 years had less needs for developing agricultural teaching/ learning innovation than those of 16-20 years old, Those having teaching experience for 3-10, 11-15, 21-25, and 35 years and above had less heats for developing agricultural teaching/learning innovation than those of less than 3 years and 15 - 25 years of teaching experience.