Abstract:
The purposes of this study were 1) to examine state of administrators internal supervision in schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, according to teachers opinion, 2) to compare teachers opinion toward internal supervision of administrators in schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 4 based on working experiences and school sizes ; and 3) to study development guidelines for internal supervision of administrators in schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. Two phases were implemented in this study. In phase 1, state of internal supervision of administrators was examined. The sample consisted of 331 teachers, selected by stratified sampling according to the school sizes. The instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire, and the data were analyzed by using percentage, mean ( ), and standard deviation (S.D.). The hypothesis was tested by using t-test and the analysis of variance in term of one-way ANOVA. Phase 2 was to investigate development guidelines for internal supervision of administrators. 7 experts from school administrators, academic teachers and educational supervisors were chosen by using purposive sampling for interviews. Interview form was used to collect the data and the data were analyzed by using content analysis.
The findings revealed as follows:
1. State of administrators internal supervision in schools under Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office 4 is a high level in overall aspects.The lowest average aspect is supervision technique.
2.Comparison of teachers opinions toward the state of internal supervision of administrators based on working experiences and school sizes was not different.
3. Development guidelines for internal supervision of administrators in schools were as follows :
3.1 For a supervision process, a need survey should be conducted by observations, asking questions, and exchanging opinions with a positive and friendly atmosphere.
3.2 For the aspect of supervision techniques, a supervision plan should be implemented according to the objectives of learning and teaching procedures. For a lesson plan design, it should be correlated to the needs of learners and local communities. Reducing the roles of teachers and using the activities that focus on learners should be implemented so that learners could learn by doing and with happiness.
3.3 In terms of supervision activities, they should be systematically organized so that they could be put into practice successfully.
3.4 For the evaluation of supervision, the information getting from the supervision should be used for the learning and teaching development according to the supervision plan and supervision manual.