The Effectiveness of the Teacher Professional Development Program for Developing the Competencies of Music Teachers in the 21 Century

Abstract

           The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of the teacher professional development program for  developing the competencies of music teachers in the 21 century. This study was one group quasi experimental research. Samples of the research were 15 music teachers in the Bangkok using a purposive sampling.

           Research instruments included; a knowledge test about music learning in the 21st century; evaluation of competencies; attitude evaluation; an evaluation of the ability to organize music learning activities in the classroom, and a satisfaction evaluation of the students toward the music learning activities organized by the trainees. The data were analyzed using percentage, means, standard deviation, and pre-test and post-test. Furthermore, a T-Test was used to conduct a dependent sample statistical test.

           The findings were that: the average score of the trainees was higher after than before the training at a statistically significant .05 level. Both learning management skills and attitude evaluation were found to be high which was higher than before the trial. The overall satisfaction after the training was statistically significant. As for the ability in arranging the activities in the music class, the results of both first and second evaluations were also significant along with the result of the overall satisfaction of the students toward the performance of the trainees in conducting the musical activities.