Impacts of Teacher Competencies in Facilitation and Inclusiveness to Learner-centered Teaching (LCT)

Hla Maung Than; Kyal Sin Shint Thant; Virginia Smith

doi:10.35974/isc.v11i4.3453

Authors

Hla Maung Than
Kyal Sin Shint Thant
Virginia Smith AIU

https://doi.org/10.35974/isc.v11i4.3453

Keywords:

Learner-centered Teaching, LCT, teaching competencies, facilitation, inclusiveness

Abstract

Teaching competencies are generally knowledge, skills, and attitudes of teachers. But teaching competencies come in various forms. Specific competencies lead to a variety of teaching practices. As learner-centered teaching (LCT) has become one of the most valued teaching practices, this research investigates how teaching competencies in facilitation and inclusiveness contribute to the practice of learner-centered teaching (LCT). This paper investigates the practices of the LCT approach, based on teacher competencies in facilitation and inclusiveness, by the teachers at Asia-Pacific International University (AIU) and Adventist International Mission School (AIMS), both of which are in Muak Lek, Thailand. There were 57 participants, which is 60% of the teachers of both institutions in this study. Purposive sampling was used in this study. A 30 item self-constructed instrument was prepared for this study. It is interestingly found that there is an average level of agreement or implementation across all instructional strategies for three groups (facilitation, inclusiveness and LCT). There is no statistically significant difference in the practices of facilitation, inclusiveness and LCT among the group means, as the p-value (Sig.) is greater than .05. One factor was extracted using stepwise regression analysis.

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