CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN DIGITAL ERA UNDER NONTHABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study characteristics of school administrators in the Digital Era under Nonthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, and 2) to compare the opinions of school administrators and teachers on characteristics of school administrators in the Digital Era under Nonthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, classified by gender, age, education level, work experience, and school size. The sample consisted of 317 teachers under Nonthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The research instrument was a questionnaire with content validity, IOC values between .67-1.00, a reliability value of .98. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way ANOVA, and LSD. The results of the research were as follows: 1) characteristics of school administrators in the Digital Era under Nonthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 were at a high level, in overall and particular aspects, ranking from the highest to the lowest mean: Leadership, Environmental management, Interpersonal relations, Knowledge and competence, Morality and Ethics, and Personality, and 2) the opinions of school administrators and teachers on characteristics of school administrators in the Digital Era, classified by gender and age were statistically significant at the level of .01 in overall, and particular aspects. The differential education level was statistically significant at the level of .01 in overall, and particular aspects, except for Personality and Leadership, while the opinions of school administrators and teachers classified by the differential work experience and school size were not different.