ROLES OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION UNDER NONTHABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study roles of school administrators in the management of early childhood education, and 2) to compare the opinions of school administrators and kindergarten teachers, classified by gender, age, education level, work experience, and school size, and 3) to study guidelines of roles of school administrators in the management of early childhood education. The sample consisted of 3 experts for an interview, and 165 school administrators and kindergarten teachers for questionnaires. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a content validity, IOC values, between .67–1.00 and a reliability value of .99 The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way ANOVA, LSD, and content analysis.

The results of the research were as follows: 1) roles of school administrators in the management of early childhood education were at a high level in overall, and particular aspects, ranking from the highest to the lowest mean: Roles of stakeholders in curriculum management, Supervision for the curriculum implementation, Development of instructors and early childhood teachers, Support for resources and budgets, and Evaluation of the curriculum in early childhood education, 2) the opinions of school administrators and kindergarten teachers classified by gender and age were not different in overall, while the differential work experience, school size and education level was statistically significant at the level of .05, and 3) guidelines of roles of school administrators : School administrators should allocate the assessment of the curriculum in early childhood education, monitor the progress of the curriculum implementation consistently, and continuously enhance the curriculum in early childhood education.