School Administration Factors Affecting Academic Administration of Quality Schools in Districts under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

          This quantitative research aimed to: 1) study the levels of school administration factors; 2) study the levels of academic administration; and 3) identify the school administration factors affecting the academic administration of the district quality schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The population consisted of 195 participants. The research instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis.

           The research findings were as follows:

1. The school administration factors were overall at the highest level. Arranged in descending order of the mean, the factors were: educational media and technology, teachers, budget, school administrators, and parents and community.
2. The academic administration was overall at the highest level. Arranged in descending order of the mean, the aspects were: classroom research, internal supervision, internal quality assurance, curriculum development, educational measurement and evaluation, educational media, innovation and technology development, and learning process development.
3. All five school administration factors positively affected academic administration at a statistical significance level of .01. These factors could jointly predict academic administration at 63.30 percent. Arranged in descending order of predictive power, the factors were: budget, educational media and technology, school administrators, parents and community, and teachers. The predictive equations can be formulated as follows:

           Unstandardized predictive equation:

            = 1.505 + 0.171 ( ) + 0.196 ( )  + 0.120 ( ) + 0.112 ( ) + 0.086 ( )

           Standardized predictive equation:

            = 0.273 ( ) + 0.270 ( ) + 0.197 ( ) + 0.175 ( ) + 0.144 ( )