The States of the Academic Administration in the Schools Affiliated to the Office of Amnatcharoen Primary Education

Abstract

ABSTRACT

                  The research aimed to study the states of the academic administration in schools affiliated to the office of Amnatcharoen primary education, to compare the opinions of teachers as classified by position, working experience, size of the school, and to explore guidelines of the development of the academic administration in the schools affiliated to the office of Amnatcharoen primary education. The samples used in the research were 399 teachers of the schools in question, derived by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire with a total confidence value equal to .97. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and variance analysis.The research findings were as follows. An academic administration in schools affiliated to the office of Amnatcharoen primary education was at a high level. A comparison of the opinions of the teachers in the study revealed that subjects, as classified by position and working experience had no different opinions. Considering individual aspects, they had different opinions with a statistical significance of .05.The guidelines for the development of the academic administration in schools in questions were as follows. Appreciation value of the curriculum of the school, training measurement and evaluation, a learner-centered process, making instructional media, and stimulating teachers to use learning sources in teaching.

Keywords: administration, academic