COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE KANCHANABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1
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Community Participation, School Administration, Kanchanaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1Abstract
The purposes of this research were to: 1) study community participation in school administration; 2) compare community participation in school administration as classified by position; and 3) compare community participation in school administration as classified by school size. This study employed a quantitative research approach using a survey research design. The conceptual framework was based on the concept of community participation in school administration. The sample consisted of 342 teachers and school board committee members selected through stratified random sampling based on school size. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a content validity index (IOC) of 1.00 and a reliability coefficient of 0.97. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Scheffe’s method for pairwise comparisons. The level of statistical significance was set at 0.05. The results of the study were as follows: 1) Community participation in school administration, overall and in each aspect was at the highest level. The aspects ranked from highest to lowest mean scores were evaluation, implementation of planned activities, resource allocation, coordination, and collaboration; 2) The overall comparative results of community participation in school administration classified by position revealed a statistically significant difference, with school board committee members demonstrating a higher level of participation than teachers; and 3) The overall comparative results of community participation in school administration classified by school size showed no statistically significant difference.
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