Academic Administrtion of Opportunty Expansion Schools Under Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area 2

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the academic administration of the schools for expanding educational opportunities and 2) compare the academic administration of the schools for expanding educational opportunities in seven areas: curriculum development, learning process development, measurement, evaluation and transfer of learning outcomes, development of innovative media and educational technology, research for improving educational quality, educational supervision, and development of internal quality assurance systems in educational institutions, classified by gender, education level, and age. This research was quantitative. The sample consisted of 145 teachers of the schools for expanding educational opportunities. The research instruments were a questionnaire for general information of the respondents and a checklist for personal status. The academic administration variables were measured using a 5-point Likert scale with a reliability of 0.87.

        The research results revealed that: 1) Academic administration of schools for expanding educational opportunities was at a high level overall. When considering each aspect, the highest to lowest average scores were: curriculum development, followed by learning process development, innovative media and educational technology development, measurement, evaluation and transfer of learning outcomes, educational supervision, quality assurance system development, and research for educational quality development. 2. The results of comparing academic administration of schools for expanding educational opportunities showed that teachers of different genders, educational levels, and ages had no significant differences in overall academic administration performance at the 0.05 level.