THE PRIORITY NEEDS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS ENHANCING GROWTH MINDSET OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the priority needs of secondary school management development towards enhancing a student growth mindset, conducted by the quantitative research. The samples were 274 secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, chosen by multi-stage random sampling. For informants, there were 343 school directors and deputy directors and 752 secondary school teachers. The research instrument was a 5 scale-ratings questionnaire with a reliability of 0.994. The data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, and priority needs index. (PNI Modified)

The results of the research in academic administration of secondary schools showed that the highest priority needs were the development of the curriculum of the educational institutions in terms of setting the curriculum aimed for learners to have a growth mindset, followed by the development/creation of media, innovation, technology and learning resources, and measurement and evaluation. In terms of personnel management, teacher development, it was found that the highest priority needs were off-the-job Training by learning from Simulation and self-learning, followed by on-the-job training by coaching and mentoring. As for the characteristics according to the growth mindset of students and teachers that were needed for development, they were 1) embrace challenges, 2) learn from criticism, and 3) discover the lessons and inspiration of others, success.