Digital Platform Implementation for Teaching Practicum of Teacher Students: Perceptions and used in Classroom Observation

This research aimed to study the perception of digital platform implementation in teachers’ teaching behavior and students’ learning behavior observation during teaching practicum of teacher students. This research was quasi-experimental research consisting of the use of digital platforms to record data and survey the perception of digital platforms. The target group was 42 second-year teacher students major in Digital Technology for Education, the Faculty of Education, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University in Thailand. Research instruments consisted of 1) first was 26-items with 4 components to assessed teachers and students’ behavior as well as the learning environment (Srisai, 2002), 2) a digital platform used to display results in real time, and 3) a rating scale for evaluating the perception of digital platforms second was 25-items with 8 components (Lee, 2023). Data were analyzed by Mean, Standard Deviation, repeated measures with t-test, and Pearson’ s correlation coefficient. The results of the study demonstrated the applicability of the digital platform to assess teachers’ teaching behaviors and students’ learning as well as the learning environment over a 3-week period, and also showed a positive relationship between all perception variables.