This research was to find out the roles of technology teacher perceived by technology teachers. The specific objectives of the research were threefold; (1)to find out the expected roles for technology teacher based on the literature review, (2)to find...
This research was to find out the roles of technology teacher perceived by technology teachers. The specific objectives of the research were threefold; (1)to find out the expected roles for technology teacher based on the literature review, (2)to find out the roles for technology teacher perceived by technology teachers, (3)to find out real time input in each expected role for technology teacher.
The method of this research was questionnaire survey conducted by the technology teachers. The technology teachers were selected by cluster sampling method. After data screening, 100 data were analyzed by frequency, percentage and paired T-test.
The main findings of this research were as follows:
(1)technology teachers teached 3.3 classes a day average. They spend 0.6 hours on evaluation after test, 0.8 hours in counseling students, 1.1 hours in managing official documents and doing office work, and 0.4 hours on activities related to industrial fields per a day average.
(2)the optimal time spent per a day at school which technology teachers perceived were 2.8 hours in teaching, 1.7 hours in preparation of teaching, 0.5 hours in evaluation, 0.8 hours in counseling, 0.5 hours in managing documents, 0.4 hours in activities in relation to industrial fields.
(3)technology teachers knew the importance of ability to teach student how to operate tools and machine, to demonstrate manufacturing technics, to develop students' crativity in technics, to manage workshop, to teach students safety in workshop. But technology teachers didn't spend their time and energy in these roles.