The Needs for Teacher Development of Vocational Colleges in Thailand to Enhance Entrepreneurial Leadership

Abstract

Abstract

       Thailand has currently found itself at a pivotal juncture where the need for vocational workers converges with the ideals of entrepreneurial leadership. At its core, vocational teachers were the architects of this transformative process, imparting practical skills and knowledge to students. This research aimed to study the priority needs of teacher development to enhance entrepreneurial leadership among vocational college teachers. The informants were 416 consisting of vocational college directors, deputy vocational college directors, department heads, and vocational college teachers. Data were collected using a constructed questionaire and were analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and priority needs index. The overall results showed that both current state and desirable state were at high level: (i) The first priority needs for vocational college teachers’ entrepreneurial leadership were prediction logics (PNImodified = 0.139) in the process of analyzing goals (PNImodified = 0.131), and economic responsibility and sustainability (PNImodified = 0.141) in the process of analyzing target audience (PNImodified = 0.131). (ii) In the design phase, the first priority needs of teacher entrepreneurial leadership were social responsibility and sustainability (PNImodified = 0.160). (iii) For teacher development methodologies, coaching yielded the highest frequency on-the-job development method, while networking or professional learning community yielded the second highest frequency on off-the-job development method. (iv) In the implementing phase, the first priority needs of teacher entrepreneurial leadership were prediction logics (PNImodified = 0.144). (v) In the evaluating phase, the first priority needs of vocational college teacher entrepreneurial leadership were creation logics in innovation (PNImodified = 0.154) in the process of evaluating the quality of learning resources (PNImodified = 0.143), and economic responsibility and sustainability (PNImodified = 0.151) in the evaluating process of the success of the operation (PNImodified = 0.110).

Keywords: Priority needs, teacher development, entrepreneurial leadership, vocational college