The Administrative Model for STEM Education Schools

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: analyze the factors of the administration of STEM Education schools, develop the administrative model, evaluate the administrative model of STEM Education schools. The steps of research process were as follows: step 1 was the factor analysis of the administration of STEM Education schools based on document studying, interviewing 9 experts, and data collecting which was taken from a sample group of 400 participants. The research instruments used were a document analyzing form, an interviewing form, and a questionnaire with the reliability coefficient of 0.98. The statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Exploratory Factor Analysis: EFA, step 2 was the development of the administrative model of STEM Education schools by holding a connoisseurship from 9 experts. The instruments employed were a drafting of the administrative model of STEM Education schools, and documents for holding the connoisseurship. The statistics employed was content analysis, and step 3 was the evaluation of the administrative model of STEM Education schools. The data was collected from 9 administrators of STEM Education schools. The research instrument employed was a model evaluation form. The statistics used were mean and standard deviation.
The research findings were as follows: The results of the factor analysis for STEM Education schools comprised 6 factors and 57 variables were 1) instruction 14 variables , 2) strategic planning 12 variables, 3) work evaluation and assessment 11 variables, 4) learner’s quality defining 10 variables, 5) work development 6 variables, and 6) resource management 4 variables. The results of the development of the administrative model of STEM Education schools consisted of 3 parts were part 1: introduction was the basic concept and the purposes of the model, part 2: content included the factors of STEM Education schools and the administrative process of STEM Education schools, and part 3: successful condition. The results of the model evaluation from expert’s confirmation shown that the model included the accuracy, the propriety, the feasibility and the utility. The results of the valuating for the administrative model of STEM Education schools found that the accuracy, the propriety, the feasibility and the utility were at the highest level.