THE STUDY OF STATE AND GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION IN SMALL-SIZED SCHOOLS UNDER KANCHANABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study of state and 2) guidelines for academic administration in small-sized schools Under Kanchanaburi primary educational service area office 1. The samples used in the research were 262 school administrators and teacher. The re-search instrument was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with content validity 1.00 and reliability 0.98 and group discussion questions. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Content Analysis.

        The findings: 1) The study of state for academic administration in small-sized schools, is at a high level, When considering each aspect, it was found that it was at a high level in every aspect. The av-erage values, ranked from highest to lowest, are: development of educational curricu-lum, followed by educational supervision, development of learning processes, measurement, evaluation and transfer of learning results, development of media, innovation and technology for education, and research to develop the quality of education. 2) Guidelines for academic administration in small-sized schools, found that: 1) in terms of curriculum development, small schools should cooperate in creating a curriculum that is consistent with and reinforces national educational objectives, meets community needs, and applies the curriculum to benefit students. 2) In terms of developing the learning process, small schools should reflect the importance of the problem to the central agencies and request personnel in the missing subjects from the parent agencies because even though small schools may have few students. 3) In terms of measurement, evaluation and transfer of learning results, administrators should supervise and monitor the implementation of measurement and evaluation of learning results to achieve the goals and guidelines set by the educational institution. 4) In terms of research to develop the quality of education, administrators should encourage teachers to use research results to develop teaching and learning and develop the quality of students at least once per academic year. 5) In terms of media development, innovation and technology for education, administrators should continuously survey, supervise, monitor and evaluate the use of media and technology, provide training for teachers on the production, development. and 6) in the area of educational supervision, organize a meeting to plan the educational supervision system of small schools to be consistent with management methods, teaching management and the context of small schools, without increasing the burden on teachers, without affecting teaching management.