ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF KHON KAEN PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the situation of academic administration in schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3, 2) to compare academic administration in schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3 classified by position and size of schools and 3) to study the recommendations for academic administration in schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3. The sample groups included school administrators and teachers under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3, with the total number of 403 people. The instrument used in this research was questionnaire with value of IOC 0.67 and reliability 0.83. The statistics used to analyze data comprised percentage, mean, standard deviation. The t-test and f-test were used for comparison of mean.     

The research results were found that:

1. A study of the situation of academic administration in schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3 was rated at a high level, when considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect with the highest level was assessment and evaluation, followed by school's curriculum development, the aspect with the lowest level was the development of media, innovation and technology for education.


2. A comparison on academic administration in schools under the Office of Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area 3 in 5 aspects classified by position and size of schools was found that the level of academic administration was not different with statistical significance at 0.05 level.


3. Recommendations for academic administration in schools were as follows: On aspect of assessment and evaluation and grade transferring, there should be training to develop personnel in accordance with the standard. On aspect of school's curriculum development, the administrators should encourage teachers to use the assessment results for improving teaching and learning activities. On the development of learning process, the administrators must define characteristics of teachers that classroom research was required in order to solve teaching and learning problems. On aspect of teaching and learning management in schools, learners should be continually developed on learning. There should have project and activities to develop on creative thinking skills. On the aspect of media, innovation and technology development for communication, the administrators should apply concept methods for education management for teachers, encourage teachers use knowledge from media, innovation and technology for broader learning.