The Guidelines for Promoting Academic Administration in Accordance with the Four Bhāvanā Dhammas of School Administrators under the Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the condition of academic administration of school administrators; 2) to study academic administration according to the Four Bhāvanā Dhammas of school administrators; 3) to propose guidelines for promoting academic administration in accordance with the Four Bhāvanā Dhammas of the school administrators under the Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample group used in the research consisted of 320 people from a total population of 1,845 people. The statistics used for data analysis were: Frequency, Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation. The research results were as follows: 1) The academic administration of school administrators under the Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was overall rated at a high level. The highest mean was seen in the aspect of learning processes, followed by that of media development, educational innovation and technology, learning evaluation and assessment, educational supervision, and educational curriculum development, respectively. 2) The academic administration, according to the Four Bhāvanā Dhammas of school administrators under the Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, was overall rated at a high level. The highest mean was seen in the aspect of Citta-Bhāvanā, followed by Paññā-Bhāvanā, Kāya-Bhāvanā, and Sīla-Bhāvanā. 3) The guidelines for promoting academic administration according to the Four Bhāvanā Dhammas of the school administrators under the Loei Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 were that the administrators should encourage personnel in the organization to develop good personality terms of walking, sitting, and dressing appropriately. They should promote exercise and regular health checks, pay attention to the development of physical health and behavior as a role model appropriately, academic leadership in collaborating with others, have a good heart, share loving-kindness with their subordinates, position workers correctly and appropriately for the job, and accept the opinions of others and study and seek knowledge, and develop oneself to keep up with the changing situations.