The Participation of Teachers in School Administration Under Phetchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This survey research has the purpose to study and compare the participation of teachers in school administration under Phetchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. These objectives of conducting research were classified into education degrees, work experiences and the school size. The sample group was teachers in school administration under Phetchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 were 291 School, B.E. 2564, 291 teacher. The sample size was determined based on COHEN’s table (1988, p.54-55) by conducting proportional allocation to obtain the sample by Simple Random Sampling. Rating- scale questionnaire was used as a research instrument for data collection. The content validity was measured by the Index of Conformity (IOC) is 0.96 from 5 experts and the reliability value (Reliability) by the coefficient method. Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient is .978. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test for comparing means of two groups and one-way ANOVA (F-test) for comparing means of more than two groups. When there were statistically significant difference level of .05 were found, Scheffe’s Post hoc Comparison was conducted. The results of this study indicated as follows 1) The participation of teachers in school administration under Phetchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at a high level for both overall and individual aspects. 2) The teachers who differed educational level and work experience take part in overall school administration both overall and in individual aspects are not different. 3)Teachers who teach in schools of different size of school were different in overall school administration it is significantly different in term of statistic at 0.05.