Increasing the Efficiency of Teaching Model with the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Uthaithani Polytechnic College

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the current conditions and the desirable teaching conditions with the Professional Learning Community, 2) develop and examine quality of the model to increase the teaching efficiency with the Professional Learning Community, 3) implement the developed model, and 4) evaluate the model. This development and procedure research employed the population of 29 teachers, 9 professionals for focus group, and 7 professionals to examine the quality of the model. The research tools were questionnaires, focus group conversations, and achievement report. The data analysis was conducted by percentage, average, standard deviation and content analysis.

The results showed that: 1) the overall current conditions and desirable conditions were at the highest level.  2) The model consisted of 4 components and were examined for its quality at the highest level. 3) The results of the model implementation revealed the highest performance levels in all activities. Furthermore, the achievement of the participants in all activities in the overall was higher with the score of 83.29 percent. In addition, 4) the model evaluation showed the following results. 4.1) the teachers reported the highest satisfaction towards the use of the model, 4.2) the model consisted of 29 topics representing 100 percent, and 4.3) the achievement of the teacher network development revealed 7-network learning communities representing 100 percent.