Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study academic development needs in Muangbangpu School Network under the Office of Samutprakan Primary Educational Service Area 1, which deals with 6 areas: the curriculum, the development of the learning process, the development of media, innovation and technology, the learning assessment and transferring, the classroom research, and the development of learning resources.
The population used in this study comprised 9 school administrators and 187 teachers for a total of 196 persons by using a 5-scale rating questionnaire as a tool for data collection. Statistics used to analyze the data were percentage, mean, and Standard Deviation.
The results showed that academic development needs of the primary schools in an overall and every aspect were at high level, as follows: the development of learning resources aspect, the development of media, innovation and technology aspect, the development of school curriculum aspect, the classroom research aspect, the learning process development aspect, and the learning assessment and transferring aspect, respectively.