The Individual Factors Affecting the Innovation Competencies of Social Studies Student Teachers in Bachelor of Education Program of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

           The research aimed 1) to study the levels of innovation competencies of 70 social studies student teachers of Education program, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, in academic year 2017 2) to study individual factors that have an effect on innovation competencies as perceived by student teachers 3) to study the relationship between three individual factors; Knowledge, Thinking skills, and personal attributes of student teachers, and 4) to study the influence of individual factors on the innovation competencies of student teachers. I randomly selected the samples were 59 social studies student teachers and used the evaluation forms and questionnaires to collect the data. The data was subsequently analyzed by statistical calculation for frequency, percentage, mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.) and specified by criteria. And tested the research hypotheses by SPSS using statistical examination namely; Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient, and Multiple regressions. I found that 1) The innovation competencies of social studies student teachers total 8 indicators showed high mean (  = 3.69 S.D. = 0.27), 2) The individual factors affecting the innovation competencies according to the opinions of the social studies student teachers are 6 variables of knowledge, 6 variables of thinking skills and 12 variables of personal attributes. 3) The levels of individual factors influencing the social studies student teachers' innovative competencies all 3 dimensions had high mean; knowledge (  = 3.76 S.D. = 0.23), innovative thinking skill (  = 3.62 S.D. = 0.78), and personal attributes (  = 3.69 S.D. = 0.54). 4) The levels of individual factors correlated with the levels of student teachers’ innovation competencies with statistically significant at the .05 level. 5) 24 variables of individual factors had no influence on their ability to prepare the plan, ability to research the innovation, and ability to bring the innovative educational innovations with statistically significant at the .05 level. However, at least one individual factor had influence on their ability to design innovative creation, ability to expand the innovation, ability to create the unique innovation, ability to evaluate the efficiency and achievement, and ability to improve innovation with statistically significant at the .05 level.

Credit : Sutthiporn Thanthong

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