Administration based on the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy in Small-sized Primary Schools : The Grounded Theory Research

Abstract

              The objectives of this research were study and present the theoretical conclusion of the management phenomenon according to the philosophy of sufficiency economy in a primary schools. Key informants were administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community. The target area was a small school under the office of the Basic Education Commission, certified as a sufficiency education model, obtained by using snowball techniques. Data were collected by using the document analysis, In-depth interview, observation. The small group discussion was recorded by data analysis using content categorization systematically, interpretation, sorting, classifying and grouping of content. The results of the research showed that

1. Causal consist of the policy of sufficiency education institutions. The administrators want to develop to be a sufficient education, the problems of school and need to develop the school to be a learning center of the sufficiency economy.


2. The administration had 6 steps, namely understanding the context, access to prepare for the development of knowledge to expand to the community, evaluate every step


3. Factors affecting success were internal factors, such as administrators and teachers and the school context was ready to develop into a learning source. External factors were communities, government agencies, and private organizations providing support.


4. There were 5 aspects of the impact, in which students had desirable characteristics according to the philosophy of the sufficiency economy. Teachers loved and were proud of the profession. The administrator had a good role model. The school was a model sufficiency school. The community was gratitude and proud