Perception of College and University Lecturers on Lecturers’ Teaching Competencies and Performance of Institutions in Metro Bangkok Region: Basis for Faculty Development Plan

Abstract

The need for competent teachers that uses various methods in teaching English is necessary. Practices and competence in teaching the language is significant to the success of language learning. Thus, teachers’ competence is believed to have a huge impact on students’ learning and performance according to [26] Ugbe and Agim and [25] Sultan and Shafi. Therefore, the researcher aimed to find out the teachers’ teaching competencies and the performance of these institutions in tertiary level around the Metro Bangkok Region, Thailand as perceived by the teachers and their administrators. A descriptive correlation research design utilizing an adopted self-rate questionnaire which was administered to 14 tertiary institutions where 40 teachers and 8 administrators participated. The study found out that in both the pedagogical and classroom skills of the respondents were rated outstanding, while their assessment and performance and professional scale were rated very good based on their perceived teaching competency. The administrators rated the teachers’ teaching competencies on four domains very good. It was also found out that there was no significant difference on the level of the teachers’ teaching competencies and the null hypothesis was accepted. On the institutions’ performance, both the teachers and the administrators rated the domains as oftentimes because of its high and active involvement in the development of the teaching-learning process except for partnership where it was given an appraisal of sometimes. It was revealed that there was no significant relationship between the teachers’ teaching competencies and the institutions’ performance. Moreover, there was no significant difference between the teachers’ teaching competencies and the institutions’ performance when grouped according to their profile variables.