21st Century Leadership of School Administrators in Schools under Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The objectives of research were 1) to study teachers' opinions on leadership of administrators in the 21^st century under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2. and 2) to compare teachers' opinions on the leadership of administrators in the 21^st century of under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2 by gender, work experience, and size of school. The samples in this research were 272 school teachers under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2 by stratified random sampling by size of school. The research instrument was a questionnaire with 5 points Likert scale. Data were collected by questionnaire checklists with content validity of 0.67-1.00 and reliability of 0.97. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, for Independent Samples and F-test One-Way ANOVA. The results revealed that: 1) the overall and individual leadership of school administrators in the 21^st century under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2 were at a high level. The leadership of school administrators in the 21^st century was sorted by average score from the highest to the lowest: technological leadership in the 21st century, visionary leadership, transformational leadership and strategic management. 2) The leadership of school administrators in the 21^st century under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2, classified by gender, work experiences and sizes of school were not different. 3) The leadership of school administrators in the 21^st century under Songkhla primary educational service area office 2, classified by sizes of school were not different.