A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP MODEL OF FACTORS OF EDUCATION MANAGEMENT TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY BY TEACHING AND LEARNING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This article aimed 1) to analyze the educational management factors to enhance teaching and learning efficiency through information technology, 2) to assess and enhance educational management for improved teaching and learning through information technology, and 3) to present a model to enhance teaching and learning efficiency using information technology in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 2, Bangkok, Thailand. The sample comprised 400 high school students, 12 academic administrators, and head teachers, who were selected by multistage random sampling. The instruments for collecting the data were a questionnaire and interview. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling. The research results were as follows:

1) The study included six factor components and 28 observed variables affecting educational management for enhancing teaching and learning efficiency through information technology.

2) The educational management policies significantly affected the schools’ budgets (0.342), followed by Thailand's educational evolution's impact on the schools’ status (0.148), and the influence of technology adaptation on teaching and learning efficiency with information technology (0.562). All these effects were statistically significant at a level of 0.05.

3) The model fitted well with the data (X²/df = 1.930, p-Value = 0.000, CFI = 0.976, GFI = 0.931, RMSEA = 0.043, and RMR = 0.025) and was introduced as the THAM Model.