Abstract:
The purpose of this research was: 1) to study the academic administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of the Saraburi Primary Education Service Are Office 2 and 2) to the compare the academic administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of the Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 as classified by school size and staff work experience. The sample consisted of 298 teachers in the stated schools obtained by stratified random sampling using Krejcie and Morgans table. The tool used for data analysis was a set of questionnaires with a reliability of 0.98. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and independent t-test. When differences were found, pair comparisons were done using Scheffes test.
The research results were as follows:
1. Overall and for each aspect, the academic administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of the Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was at a high level. Considering each aspect individually, from the highest level to the lowest level the results were as follows: guidance, selection of textbooks for use in schools and research for improvement of the quality of education in schools.
2. The comparison of the academic administration in the schools under the Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, classified by school size, produced as a whole, statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level. Considering each aspect, individually, all the aspects were statistically different, except the following: development of learning process, development and promotion of learning resources, educational supervision, guidance, development of quality assurance systems and standard and selection of textbooks for use in schools.
3. The comparison of the academic administration in the schools under the Saraburi Primary Education Service Are Office 2, classified by staff experience, did not reveal, as a whole any differences. Considering each individual aspect, it was found that they were not different except for the following aspects: teaching and learning in schools, development of the school curriculum, development of the learning process, assessment, evaluation and implementation of transfer results, and the development and promotion of learning sources, which were all statistically different at the 0.05 level of significance.