Instructional Management Competency Development of Novice Instructors in College of Nursing Under the Praboromarajchanok Institute

Abstract

The purposes of this research study were to 1) study contexts of the instructional competency development for novice nursing instructors of nursing colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute 2) develop and quality of a model for instructional competency development for novice nursing instructors of nursing colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute 3) study a result of using a model for instructional competency development for novice nursing instructors of nursing colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute. The population were novice instructors of nursing colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute in Northern area of Thailand working in the first 3 years, directors and others involved in the development of novice instructors. The samples of the study were included 59 directors and others involved in the development of novice instructors and novice instructors. Data collections were literature review, interviews, focus groups and assessed by using a semi-structured interview questionnaires and recording forms. The data were analyzed with content analysis, mean and standard deviation percentage and test statistics with the Friedman Two-way ANOVA, and Wilcox on Singed-Ranks Test

The results of the study were 1) The instructional competency development of novice instructors also did not meet the expectation of novice instructors and stakeholders expectations, the models for instructional competency development for novice nursing instructors were not as effective as they could be, and they needed to be a form of reflective teaching model to the instructional competency development of novice instructors 2) A model for instructional competency development for novice nursing instructors consists of 4 elements were included the principles and objectives, arrangements, development process, and evaluation. The quality of this model found that the overall quality was highest level. 3) The effectiveness of the model were as follows: a) the instructional competencies average scores of novice nursing instructors were assessed by self-assessment mentors and students higher than before development b) result of satisfied evaluation of the usage of the model was at the highest scores. c) regarding result of students learning outcomes found the second group average scores higher than the first group and the both groups passed standard scores.