A Study of the Level of Self-efficacy and Self-esteem in the Success of New Teachers in the Recruitment Examination and Appointment to Serve as Teachers under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission of Thailand

This research aimed to study (1 ) the level of belief in self-efficacy and (2 ) the self-esteem of new-generation teachers under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (VEC) in machine mechanics, production technology, and welding technology in Thailand. (3) To compare the level of belief in self-efficacy. (4) To compare the level of self-esteem.To the success of new generation teachers under VEC, machine mechanics, production technology, and welding technology in Thailand. The research was conducted using validated tools with a confidence value of 0.85, and data were collected from a sample of 186 people by selecting specifically. The research results showed that the group of new teachers with the highest level of belief in self-efficacy would be able to succeed in the teacher service exam with an average of 3 8 .9 5 %, and the results of the chi-square analysis showed that new teachers with high self-efficacy in the use of information technology would be able to succeed in the teacher service examination faster than the statistical significance at the .0 5 level and the comparative analysis of self-esteem levels were found that most of them had self-esteem in the standard, 87.63 %, high self-esteem, 8.07 %, and low self-esteem, 4 .3 0 %. Positive self-esteem did not affect the success of the new group of teachers. However, only the negative question had a statistically significant correlation at the .05 level with success in the teacher service examination for teaching assistant positions.