The Role of School Administrators in Promoting Learners’ Characteristics in the 21st Century, under The Office of Kalasin Primary Educational Service Area 3

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the role level’s elements of school administrators for promoting learners' characteristics in the 21st century 2) study the role level of school administrators for promoting learners' characteristics in the 21st century and 3) compare the role level of school for promoting learners' characteristics in the 21st century in the schools with different sizes, the Office of Kalasin Primary Educational Service Area 3 by using mixed-methods educational research, exploratory design. Developing research instrument divided into 2 phases: phase 1: exploration element, study the role elements by interviewing the 7 experts and analyzing qualitative data for developing instrument in phase 2 and phase 2: study the role levels of the school administrators in promoting learners' characteristics in the 21st century. The samples were 132 school administrators and 341 teachers those selected by using stratified sampling from 199 school administrators and 2,316 teachers. Research instrument for collecting data was questionnaire that its reliability was .99 The results of this research found that: 1.The elements of school administrators’ role in promoting learners’ characteristics in the 21st century consisted of 5 aspects as:: 1) Planning, 2) Participative Administration, 3) Environmental Management to enhance learning, 4) Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation, and 5) Academic Leadership. 2. The role levels of school administrators, in overall, was at high level ( xˉ ) = 4.13 S.D. = 0.579). When considering in each aspect was also at high level. The aspect of Environmental Management to enhance learning was at highest level and the aspect of Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation was at lowest level. 3. The role levels of school in different size schools in promoting learners’ characteristics in 21st century were significantly different at the statistical level of .05.