PARADIGM BASIC EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION OF THE BASIC EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY, HIGHLAND SCHOOL AND REMOTE AREAS CHIANG MAI PROVINCE

Abstract

There are 2 objectives of this research are: 1) To study the current situation, problems and guidelines for basic education administration for equality in Highland schools in remote area, and 2) To create, validate paradigms and evaluate paradigm for equality in Highland schools in remote area. This research is qualitative research. The informant group is the group of people who involved in the management of Highland schools in remote area. It consists of school administrators, school board, teacher and parent representatives, and community representatives by using Site Visit, Works shop, Interview, Public Hearings and the paradigm assessment responses. The evaluation tools used were the interview form, Observation form, workshop form and the paradigm checks list and evaluation form. Data analysis used Mean, Standard Deviation and content analysis. The results found that 1) The current problems in educational administration of Highland schools in remote area in Chaing Mai found that each school has different difficulties depending on the geographical conditions, transportation, ethnic diversity, public utilities and economic conditions of the community. The suggested approach is to create networks of both government and private sectors to participate in education management, and 2) Basic Education Administration paradigm for equality in Highland schools in remote area in Chaing Mai consists of the principle paradigm, the policy paradigm, the administrative and management paradigm, the practice paradigm, and the evaluation paradigm. The results of the examination found that they were correct and appropriate in every element and the evaluation results of the paradigm are feasible and useful at the highest quality level.