Desired Characteristics of Japanese Instructors Perceived by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology Students
Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this research were 1) to study desired characteristics of Japanese instructors perceived by Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students in four aspects: Teaching Ability, Personality, Morality and Virtues, and Giving Consultation 2) to compare students’ opinions on the four aspects according to students’ gender, academic year and faculty, and 3) to gather supplemental suggestions. Research samples were 291 TNI students in second semester of 2014 academic year, derived through simple random sampling technique. The instruments used for gathering the data were the rating-scale and open-ended questionnaire. The statistics used for analyzing the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, and content analysis. The research findings were as follows: Opinions in desired characteristics of Japanese teachers of Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology students as a whole were at high level ( = 4.45). When considered in each aspect, it was found that their opinions were at the highest level on Personality and Morality and Virtues ( = 4.63, = 4.60 respectively). For Teaching Ability and Giving Consultation, it was founded that their opinions were at high level ( = 4.35, = 4.20 respectively). The students with different genders showed statistically significant differences in overall at .05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on Giving Consultation. The students with different academic year showed no significant differences in overall. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on Giving Consultation. The students with different faculty showed statistically significant differences in overall at .05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that there were statistically significant differences at .05 level on Teaching Ability, Personality, Morality and Virtues, and Giving Consultation. TNI students had supplemental suggestions as following: Japanese teachers should provide high concern on the students during their Japanese learning because there were different levels of the students’ in Japanese ability. Japanese teachers should learn how to speak Thai because this would be easier for the students to ask questions in classroom. It was important for Japanese teachers to share their experiences in order to motivate the students’ learning.Japanese teachers should provide interesting learning activities to create enjoyable lessons.
KEYWORDS
Japanese Teaching-Learning Technique, Japanese Teaching-Learning Process, desired characteristics of Japanese instructors