INTERNAL SUPERVISION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THEPHATTHALUNG PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) Study the internal supervision of school administrators under the Phatthalung Primary Education Service Area Office 1, and 2) Compare the internal supervision of school administrators under the Phatthalung Primary Education Service Area Office 1, according to teachers' opinions. The teachers were classified by educational level, work experience, and school size. This research was Survey Research. The sample group used in this study was 285 teachers in schools under the Phatthalung Primary Education Service Area Office 1. They were obtained by Stratified Random Sampling with a rule  of three in proportion to the school size. The teachers in each school were then randomized by Simple Random Sampling with the drawing lots method. The tool used in this research was a questionnaire. It had two parts, as follows: Part I: Information about the status of the respondent, which was a check-list form, and Part II: a 5-level rating scale with 54 questions. The questionnaire has an IOC between 0.60-1.00 with a reliability value of 0.802. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis      of variance, or One-way ANOVA (f-test), and pairwise testing using the LSD method. The results showed that:1) The internal supervision of school administrators under the Phatthalung Primary Education Service Area Office 1, in both the whole       and individual aspects, was at a high level. 2) The internal supervision of school administrators under the Phatthalung Primary Education Service Area Office 1, according to teachers' opinions and classified by educational level, in both the whole and in individual aspects, was not different. However, teachers with different work experiences and teachers in different school sizes had different opinions with statistical significance at the .05 level.