APPROACHES FOR DEVELOPING SMALL-SIZED SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS FOR STUDENT QUALITY DEVELOPMENT
Abstract:
This study was Explanatory Sequential Mixed Method Research. The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the present and desirable states of small-sized secondary school academic management based on the concept of collaborative networks for student quality development; 2) propose some approaches for developing small-sized secondary school academic management based on the concept of collaborative networks for student quality development. The population consisted of 147 small-sized secondary schools. The sample included 108 small-sized secondary schools and the informants comprising school directors, heads of academic affairs, 216 in total. The research instruments were rating scaled questionnaires, evaluation forms of appropriateness and possibility. The data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, PNI Modified and content analysis. The results were as follows. 1) The present and desirable states of small-sized secondary school academic management based on the concept of collaborative networks for student quality development, overall were at a moderate level and a high level, respectively (the present state mean = 2.85 and the desirable states mean = 4.12). The first priority need index fell on the approaches of teaching and learning and development of learning processes (PNImodified = 0.52). The second priority need index was curriculum development (PNImodified = 0.49), and the last priority need index was to promote the strength of community in academic affairs and cooperation in academic development (PNImodified = 0.39). Approaches for developing small-sized secondary school academic management based on the concept of collaborative networks for student quality development comprised 5 approaches, 17 sub-approaches, and 41 procedures, ranked from the highest to the lowest priority need indices: 1 approach, 3 sub-approaches and 10 procedures for teaching and learning and development of learning processes; 1 approach, 2 sub-approaches and 4 procedures for curriculum development; 1 approach, 2 sub-approaches and 5 procedures for evaluation; 1 approach, 2 sub-approaches and 5 procedures for development of internal quality assurance and education standards; 1 approach, 8 sub-approaches and 17 procedures for promoting the strength of community in academic affairs and cooperation in academic development.