An Analysis of Thai Student Teacher Appropriate Internet Use Behaviour

Authors

  • Punnee Leekitchwatana Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) 1 Thanon Chalong Krung, Lat Krabang, Bangkok 10520 Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-2811
  • Paitoon Pimdee Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) 1 Thanon Chalong Krung, Lat Krabang, Bangkok 10520 Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3724-2885

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i02.13747

Keywords:

hierarchical linear model, Internet addiction, Internet behaviour, Thailand

Abstract


The goals of this research were to analyse and develop a Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) of appropriate Internet use behaviour of Thai student teachers. The sample group consisted of 1,800 student teachers studying for their bachelor’s degree at 30 Thai government educational institutions. The research tool used was a questionnaire with content validity and reliability at 0.83 – 0.92. Mean (¯(x )), standard deviation (S.D.), and HLM were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that appropriate Internet use behaviour in Thai student teachers was at a high level. Additionally, the HLM for appropriate Internet use behaviour for Thai student teachers consisted of two levels of predictor variables. The first level was the student teacher level, in which six of the hypothesized nine predictor variables had statistical significance. Five had a positive effect, which included ability, affect, family situation, gender, and GPA, while one variable had a negative effect, which was income. The second level was the institutional level, which contained two predictor variables with statistical significance, friends and educational institution situation, with both having positive effects. Friends had a direct effect on behaviour at the educational institution level, while educational institution situation had an effect through ability.

Author Biographies

Punnee Leekitchwatana, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) 1 Thanon Chalong Krung, Lat Krabang, Bangkok 10520 Thailand

Punnee Leekitchwatana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Education at the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand. She graduated with a B.Ed. and M.Ed. in science education and has a Ph.D. in research and curriculum development. She specializes in education research, science education, curriculum development and measurement / evaluation education. E-mail: punnee.le@kmitl.ac.th ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-2811

Paitoon Pimdee, Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) 1 Thanon Chalong Krung, Lat Krabang, Bangkok 10520 Thailand

Paitoon PIMDEE serves as an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology and Vice President of Procurement at the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemistry, B.E. in Economics and a M.Sc. in science education. He also holds a Ph.D. in environmental education and specializes in environmental behaviours, conservation behaviours, educational research, and statistics. His google scholar citations are located at https://tinyurl.com/y5fl9r2a. E-mail: paitoon.pi@kmitl.ac.th. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3724-2885

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Published

2021-01-26

How to Cite

Leekitchwatana, P., & Pimdee, P. (2021). An Analysis of Thai Student Teacher Appropriate Internet Use Behaviour. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(02), pp. 254–271. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i02.13747

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