Development of Blended Training Program on Project Subject Model With Public Participation

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop and evaluate the appropriateness of blended training program on Project Subject with public participation and 2) to develop and evaluate the efficiency of the blended training program on Project Subject with public participation. The target group to evaluate the appropriateness of the developed model included 9 specialists while the target for data collection consisted of 21 teachers of Project Subject selected according to the set criteria. The results revealed that: 1) the 9 specialists evaluated the appropriateness of the developed model through the interview at very high appropriate according to the research hypothesis. 2) The evaluation of the training program efficiency by CIPP Model presented the following results. 2.1) The context evaluation revealed very high appropriateness of the 12 training topics. 2.2) The input evaluation showed that the training program was very appropriate and congruent with components of the program and behavioral objectives in every aspect. The trial results showed very high reliability of every test with the achievement scores on the theoretical part at 83.12/ 82.26 and that of the practical part at 83.91 with high satisfaction. 2.3) The process evaluation reported high achievement with the theoretical score at 84.64/ 83.17 and the average of practical part of 82.72 higher than the set criteria. Moreover, the trainees reported high satisfaction on the training course. 2.4) The product quality evaluation. It is a following-up and evaluation on using project-based teaching together with community participation of the teachers who were trained by administrators. It was the opinion on bringing knowledge and skills trained to use in teaching management. In the overall picture, it is in highest level. The community representatives who were nearby the college, they had an opinion on bringing the project-based teaching developed to use in teaching management. In the overall picture, it is in the highest level. The teachers had an opinion on thinking manner, working, and solving the students' problems. It is in the highest level. And the students had an opinion on teachers' teaching management who were trained. In the overall picture, it is also in the highest level. The evaluation of the training program reached the criteria in every aspect so, it can be concluded that the developed training program was efficient according to the research hypothesis.