The Strategies for the Efficiency of the Field Experience Work at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University.

Abstract

              This  survey research  aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the  field experience work ,  study the problems and obstacles in work, and explore the strategies for developing the efficiency of the field experience work at the  faculty  of  humanities  and  social  sciences  ,   Chiang  Mai   Rajabhat University in the  second  semester  of  2016.  The example  groups  in this research were 1) 377 students attending the field experience course, 2) 67 university supervisors, and 3) 138 organizations’ administrators or chiefs. The  study  was  collected   using   questionnaires.   Statistics  used  in  the research were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

            The result provided that the filed experience work is quite effective. However ,  there  were  still  some problems as  follows  1)  some  students were  assigned  to  do  things which  were  different  from  what  they  had learned   2)   the   next   batch  of  students   should  not   be   sent  to  some organizations 3) There were some students who lacked information about their workplace 4) some students did not have enough knowledge 5) there was  little   workload  for  students  6)  the  students  did  not  gain  enough experience from work  7) there were some problems about finding a place to work  8) the filed experience work  program was not enough for student 9)  the time of supervision between  teachers and  students  did not  match 10)  some  organizations  did not  want the  next  batch of students to work with them and  11)  The  university  did  not  receive  the  evaluation  from some organizations  because it was sent back slowly or it was disappeared. From  the   study  of  problems  and  obstacles ,   it  was  new   strategies  to develop the  process  as  follows  1)  the division ,  department ,  or  faculty should arrange the project that older batch student give advice to the next batch students  2)  the students  should  be  trained various skills ,  such as  languages ,  office  equipment ,  computer ,  and  working  under  pressure  3) students  should be supervised by their advisors  4) the evaluation after finishing working should be done online in order to  reduce the  problems of  tracking evaluation paper.