A School Administration Model Promoting Learning Management Integrating Teachers’ Local Wisdom of Rong Ta Thi Woven Fabric to Enhance the Career Skills of Students at Rong Ta Thi Wittaya School
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This research aims to: 1) study the current conditions and needs; 2) develop a school administration model that promotes learning management integrating teachers' local wisdom of Rong Ta Thi woven fabric to enhance the career skills of students at Rong Ta Thi Wittaya School; 3) experiment with the implementation of the school administration model; and 4) evaluate the school administration model. The research was conducted in 4 steps. Step 1: studying the current conditions and needs with a sample comprising 96 participants, including teachers, school board committee members, parents, students, community leaders, local wisdom experts, and 5 experts. Step 2: developing a school administration model, evaluated by 9 experts. Step 3: experimenting with the use of the school administration model with a sample of 370 participants, including teachers, students, parents, local wisdom experts, community leaders, local entrepreneurs, and experts. And Step 4: evaluating the school administration model with a sample of 268 participants, consisting of teachers, basic education school board committee members, and parents. The research instruments included a questionnaire, a semi-structured interview form, a form for checking the appropriateness of the model and the model usage manual, a teacher competency evaluation form, a student career skills evaluation form, a perception and attitude evaluation form, an interview form on wisdom conservation, a curriculum quality evaluation form, and a model evaluation form. Data were analyzed using means, standard deviations, and content analysis.
The research findings revealed that: 1) the school lacked the integration of career skills into subjects and dedicated budget allocation; stakeholders had high to highest levels of needs for development, particularly regarding career support, weaving and handicraft skills, and learning from local wisdom experts; 2) the developed model consisted of 4 main components: principles and concepts, objectives, management components, and measurement and evaluation, with the management components based on the FABRIC model divided into inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, impacts, and feedback; 3) teacher competency, student career skills, and curriculum quality were at the highest levels; wisdom conservation was at the strongly agree level; and achievements in the local wisdom of Rong Ta Thi woven fabric received awards ranging from the school level to the national level; and 4) the evaluation results of the model and implementation manual were at the highest level.
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