THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE MODEL FOR ENHANCING SELF – LEADERSHIP OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHIANG MAI PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Abstract

Objectives of this research were: 1. to investigate administrative contexts and problems to cultivate self-leadership in the children, 2. to develop and verify the administrative model and manual, and 3. to assess the administrative model and manual. The informants were divided into two groups: 1) experts and specialists involved in interviews, a workshop, an connoisseurship seminar and a public hearing which were purposive sampling and 2) school administrators and teachers were obtained by determining the sample size based on Krejcie & Morgan table (1970) and a simple random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect the data and the data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The content analysis was also applied.

Findings were as follows: 1. The administrative contexts and problems revealed that the overall mean of the contexts was at a high level while that of the problems was at a moderate level. 2. The administrative model is found to have four parts, which include goals and principles, objectives, systems and mechanisms to enhance self-leadership of pre-school children, and success conditions. The manual is divided into three parts: Introduction, Administrative Model, and Self-leadership enhancement process as well as appendices. The verification revealed that all items were accurate and appropriate. 3. The assessment of the model and manual revealed that the feasibility and utility of all items were at the highest level.