The Use of Digital Technology in Schools Affecting the Student Support System of Schools under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study and compare the use of digital technology in schools classified by school status and size, 2) study and compare the student care and support systems in schools classified by school status and size, 3) examine the relationship between the use of digital technology in schools and the student care and support systems, and 4) investigate the predictive power of digital technology use on the student care and support systems in schools under the jurisdiction of the Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. They employed a quantitative methodology. The sample consisted of 349 participants, including 57 school administrators and 292 teachers, selected through stratified random sampling. The research instruments were two Likert scale questionnaires with reliability coefficients of .99 and .95, respectively. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that: 1) the overall use of digital technology in schools was at a high level, with no significant differences based on school status or size; 2) the overall student care and support systems were also at a high level, with no significant differences based on school status, but significant differences were found based on school size at the .01 level; 3) the use of digital technology in schools was positively correlated with the student care and support systems at a moderately high level, with significance at the .01 level; and 4) key predictors of the student care and support systems were data storage systems and internet-connected devices, jointly predicting 54% of the variance.