Advancing Transformative Learning to Develop Competency in Teaching Social Studies Online of Pre-service Teacher Students in Chiang Mai Education Sandbox

Abstract

The objectives of the research at this time were to 1) study and construct the transformative learning innovation to develop competency in teaching social studies online and 2) study the results of transformative learning to develop competency in teaching social studies online of pre-service teacher students in Chiang Mai education sandbox. For research methodology, participatory action research (PAR) was used. The samples in the research consisted of 1) Staff of teachers teaching social studies (9 people); 2) Experts of learning management (5 people), and 3) Students taking the course of the social studies teaching methodology for Semester 1 of the 2021 academic year (43 people). Purposive sampling was used to get a total of 57 people. The instruments used in the research were 1) unstructured interview forms, 2) assessment forms of the suitability of the approach of organizing innovative transformative learning to develop competency in teaching social studies online, and 3) questions reflecting learning. Qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis. The presentation was conducted in the form of descriptive analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed by using the statistical package to find the mean and standard deviation. The study results revealed that: 1. Regarding innovative transformative learning to develop competency in social studies online teaching, arrangements should be made for students to learn the methodology of social studies pedagogy in the form of hybrid learning. This will help students have teaching competencies in real classrooms(onsite) and virtual reality classrooms (online) efficiently. The approach to organizing learning innovation called area-based pedagogy had efficiency at the highest level and 2. The developed learning innovation helped develop teaching competencies of pre-service teacher students to be consistent with the Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education of digital competencies efficiently.