A Digital Leadership Development Model for School Administrators in Basic Education to Fulfill the Thailand 4.0 Policy

Abstract

The objectives of the study on “A Digital leadership development model for school administrators in basic education to fulfil Thailands 4.0 policy” were 1) To explore the components of Digital Leadership 2) To develop a Digital Leadership model. The sample group was 591 samples from medium-size schools affiliated to Buriram provincial educational office. The results of the study were as follows: 1) Components of Digital Leadership in the following aspects: (1) Vision Leadership (2) Use of Digital Technology in teaching (3) Use of Digital Technology in management (4) Digital Technology support and management in education (5) Use of Digital Technology in measurement and evaluation and (6) Ethics in the use of Digital Technology. 2) Model of Digital Leadership development: (1) Context (1.1) Policy is a guideline for implementation (1.2) Principle is a guideline for development (1.3) Objective of indicating changing behaviours (2) Guideline for Digital Technology development (2.1) Input consists of Administrative structure, Technology, Organizational culture (2.2) Digital Technology development process such as Design thinking process (2.3) Digital Leadership productivity and cognition (2.4) Feedback, both direct and indirect was useful Information for the Digital Technology development model that was suitable, feasible, useful, and consistent with the research framework. Data analysis statistics were Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.