Relationship between academic leadership and classroom action research promotion of school administrators under Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2
Abstract:
administrators 2) study the classroom action research promotion of school administrators and 3) study the relationship between the academic leadership and the classroom action research promotion of school administrators. The population of this research was the 1,866 school administrators and teachers under Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample consisted of 320 administrators and teachers selected using Krejcie and Morgans table. A 5-level rating scale questionnaire was used to collect data. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The findings were as follows: 1. The academic leadership of school administrators was overall at a high level. From the highest to the lowest, the order was: organizing school atmosphere ( = 3.81, S.D. = 0.65), teaching and learning management ( = 3.68, S.D. = 0.56) and specifying school missions ( = 3.58, S.D. = 0.52). 2. The classroom action research promotion of school administrators was also overall at a high level. From the highest to the lowest, the order was: accrediting classroom researchers ( = 3.73, S.D. = 0.46), promoting and training classroom researchers ( = 3.68, S.D. = 0.41), encouraging teachers to use research results to develop their teaching ( = 3.64, S.D. = 0.35), promoting teachers to conduct classroom action research ( = 3.57, S.D. = 0.38) and promoting the advancement in the career path of classroom action researchers ( = 3.56, S.D. = 0.35). 3. The relationship between the academic leadership of school administrators and their classroom action research promotion was positively correlated. The relationship was quite high with a statistical significance of 0.05.