Problems and Guidelines for Development of Conducting Theses of Master Students at the Faculty of Education, National University of Laos (KEY IJP************337)

• Phaivanh Duangphachanh

Abstract

The present research was conducted to investigate the problems and guidelines of developing master students theses at the Faculty of Education, National University of Laos. The research adopted the Delphi technique as a research method and was divided into two phases. Phase 1 examined the problems and Phase 2 investigated the guidelines of developing master students theses at the Faculty of Education, National University of Laos. The target participants include: 1) master students recruited in the academic year 2024-2025 in total of 73 students, 17 experts for providing suggestions. The research instruments were the close-ended questions and open-ended questions and the evaluation form for appropriacy. The form is five Likert-scale and the data were analysed by using percentage, mean, and median, standard deviation, and Interquartile Range. The findings reveal that the problems of conducting master theses of the students were at the high levels; including main problems and sub problems and indicators for developing master students theses in total of 4 components and 44 indicators. In terms of the curriculum and instruments, six components and 31 indicators were found. With reference to the supervision, seven components and 34 indicators emerged. Finally, eight components and 39 indicators were identified in relation to the administration of the division and faculty.