The problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject of agricultural teachers in Secondary School in Northeast Region of Thailand

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Poungsuk, P.
Department of Agricultural Education, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
Piyanard, J.
Department of Agricultural Education, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
Nitikorn, J.
Research Project in Rural Development and Agricultural Education, Department of Agricultural Education, KMITL, Thailand

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The results were as follows: 1) Most of respondents were male with 68.20%, age above of 50 year old (35.94%), highest academic degree of BS (65.11%) with agricultural area, and they were having teaching experience lower 8 year and between 21-30 years (23.96%) equally. 2) problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject of teachers in overall were in the middle level with mean of 3.07. In order 3 their problems and obstructions were follows: 1) classrooms and facilities have not been developed to be suitable for agricultural teaching purposes with mean of 3.3, 2) teachers having too many other commitments besides teaching with mean of 3.3, and 3) the problems of financial support with mean of 3.2. 3) The results of comparison between problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject with the differences of school side, teaching experience, education attaining, and training experiences were as follows: (1) Teacher who teaching in differences school side having problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject was significant difference at the 0.05 level with extra-large school side difference with small school side.  (2) teacher who teaching in differences of school side having problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject was significant difference at the 0.05 level with the interest and responsibilities of students studying agriculture. In order of teachers who was heaving teaching experiences more than 20 years was difference with teachers who heaving teaching experiences lower than 11 years. Another, the problems of financial support factors show that teachers who heaving teaching experiences more than 20 years was difference with teachers who heaving teaching experiences lower than 11 years; (3) teachers who have difference of training experiences having problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject was non-significant difference at the 0.05 level; (4) teachers who have difference of education attaining having problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject was non-significant difference at the 0.05 level.

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Poungsuk, P., Piyanard, J., & Nitikorn, J. (2015). The problems and obstructions on teaching and learning of agricultural subject of agricultural teachers in Secondary School in Northeast Region of Thailand. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 11(2), 459–471. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/6265
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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015): February
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